The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - 10 Of The Best (Part Five)

These songs didn’t make it onto the blog. They should have as these are some of the best indie songs of 2015 so prepare to have your socks knocked off in this New Year special!

1.   Bloc Party – The Love Within

And now a little bit of what's going down in London. The Bloc Party are indie rock legends with widespread popularity (3 million in sales and counting). Hymns (Jan'16) is their fifth album and has already hit two boundaries. The Love Within  (Oct'15) is the first of  the two cracking singles and is screamingly original. Fucking synths, as seen far to often these days, but quite a rocking melody with it. Proper quirky.

 

 



2.   Grizfolk – Trouble Maker

Grizfolk are a Los Angeles alternative rock band with a debut album out in January (Waking Up The Giants) followed by a national tour. Troublemaker (Nov'15) is a rollicking number with impassioned vocals about nothing much really.

 

3.   Colyer – Out For You

Colyer fights out of Los Angeles by way of the mid-east and is a multi instrumentalist and singer songwriter. His facebook page reckons he has an "edgy raw rock'n'roll sound and a dynamic R&B groove". Out For You (Oct'15) has some shit-kicking strut and a grimy desert rock vibe.

4. Beck - Dreams

Dudes been making music since like forever (1985) and is an absurdly popular genre hopper from fucking Los Angeles. Yeah, again. Dreams (June'15) is a stand alone single and it has made Beck relevant again, twenty years after he peaked, with a bouncy indie tune, fat beats from the rhythm section and some spacey lyrics.

 

 

5.   Yacht – I Wanna Fuck You Till I'm Dead


Here comes the fun. An indie dance rock band from Portland, Oregon but based in Los Angeles (I shit you not) Yacht released their sixth album, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler, in October. I Wanna Fuck You Till I'm Dead (Oct'15)  has a bit of a dirty rock guitar sound to accompany the kooky vocals, synth and big bounce. Dimes to dollars it'll put a smile on your dial. 

 

 

6. Electric Six – Kids Are Evil

A comedy rock band from Detroit, Michigan, hallelujah! Electric Six have eleven long players in the vault and Kids Are Evil (Oct'15) is off the last, Bitch Don't Let Me Die (Oct'15). The tune sounds like a Rocky Horror Picture Show song, the rhythm guitar brings the heat, filthy as a street sleeping geriatric hobos dick cheese and grinding harder than a Thai lap dancer on a rainy week night.

 

7.   Dead Sara – Something Good

A rock band from Los Angeles, I couldn't make this shit up, Something Good (May'15) comes screaming off their second album Pleased To Meet You (2015). It sounds like Stevie Nicks joined Led Zeppelin and rocks as hard as a cunt punt from Ronda Rousey while being, in parts, as smooth as a baby's bottom. One of the best songs of 2015.

 

 

  8. Matt Rock – Gimme A Sign

 

A reclusive indie rocker from London, England, Matt Rock has a debut album Get Blank (Oct'15) out and Gimme A Sign (Sept'15) is the debut single. The message is universal, a search for meaning, and some hand clap rhythm with great guitar propels this infectious tune forward. Make more music. That's your sign Matt.

 

 

 

9. Family Of The Year – Facepaint

 

Of course this band are from Los Angeles. Why wouldn't they be? An indie rock band Facepaint (Aug'15) is from their third self-titled album and marries sweet wafting indie with righteous rock. Better than a kick in the teeth.

 

 

 

 

10. Whitey – Thank You For Letting Me Down

 

Whitey is a musical prodigy from London and a genre hopper. Check out the piano in this track. Thank You For Letting Me Down (March'15) is off his mini album Seven (2015). This is why I listen to indie music. Varied, introspective, emotive and talent up the wazoo.