Gimme Indie

Synthwave dreamer Teeel aka Jim Smith kicked off his micro Midwest-tour with a gig at Cameo Gallery in Brooklyn this Wednesday. New Jersey-based Jim Smith only became famous as Teeel in 2011, but is by no means a newbie to the music business. As a youth in various metal and hard rock bands, a successful drum and bass DJ in […]

Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett is a 25-year-old guitar player and singer-songwriter who has captured the hearts of music lovers with her unique sound. A miscellaneous mixed bag of charming indie and slacker garage pop, Barnett’s tunes are difficult to pigeonhole. Her recently released video, Avant Gardener, is the perfect example of this genre-defying nature. Relaying the story of an anaphylactic panic-attack […]

Based on the latest track from School of Night‘s upcoming EP, Darby Cicci (also of The Antlers) will deliver a synth rich album without forgetting the importance of including a few organic elements in the mix. “Fire Escape” feels immediately deep without seeming muddled or cloudy. Rounded horns are paired with metallic, fluttering tones, giving way to the down tempo […]

Nearly a year after their first single “Wings” came out, Brooklyn’s synthpop five-piece Haerts release their long-awaited debut EP Hemiplegia today. I have to admit, I had not listened to (or even heard of) Haerts until Gimme Indie founder Tommy pointed them out to me a few weeks ago. And I can’t imagine a better introduction to this band than […]

Portland trio Blouse hit the playlist this week with 90s inspired track “1000 Years” from their current LP on Captured Tracks. This song comes straight out of brand new Blouse release: Imperium is the follow up to 2011 well-acclaimed debut album. Leaving behind synths and drum machines, on this record the band focused mostly on traditional instruments. This way they […]

A – Blaenavon – Prague A – Blouse – 1000 Years A – Boardwalk – I’m to Blame B – Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener A – Crystal Antlers – Rattlesnake B – Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir B – Diane Coffee – Hymn A – Dios Mio – Lions A – Fairchild – Figure It Out B – Jacco […]

Somewhere between Kate Nash’s simplicity and CocoRosie’s love for toy instruments sits Copenhagen’s So so Sofie. Her newest offering What I didn’t tell the boy tells a secret of harbored feelings towards Sofie’s love interest and explores the emotional world of a girl. Sung out to two drunks in the streets of Berlin, What I didn’t tell the boy is a […]

1.0 is the debut release from the New York electronic duo, Big Data. “Dangerous” landed on our playlist last week, and the self-released four song EP hit the web this week. According to the band the music they make is “paranoid electronic pop music”. The first time I heard “Dangerous”, I was lured by it’s slinking rhythms and impossibly catchy […]

Surrounded with an 80’s vibe, husband and wife band Tennis are ready to present us with new songs from their forthcoming EP Small Sound. Having met at Uni while studying Philosophy, Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley recruited James Barone on drums since their first tour. With two albums, the second one produced by Patrick Carney from The Black Keys and […]

After spending the last twelve months working on some new tunes, the MAZE are ready to release their brand new EP and we are happy to have a sneak peek the day before the big unveiling! Whilst floating around their Wollongong music scene over the last few years, the MAZE have refined their own unique fusion of indie pop and […]