The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Jenny Lewis

 

 

 

Jenny Lewis’ One Of The Guys (July’14) sounds like Joan Jett with pop sensibilities. One Of The Guys is produced by Beck.

One Of The Guys rolls along behind big drums, choral verses and lands on a catchy chorus with more to the lyrics than most.


 

Jenny Lewis started making music in the band Rilo Kiley back in 1998 and rolld out of Las Vegas, Nevada.

One Of The Guys is off Jenny Lewis’ third solo album Voyager (July'14).

Jenny Lewis was a child actress and the bands she digs are Death Cab For Cutie, Built To Spill and ahhh... country music.
Looking for more of Jenny? Try It’s Not Me or Completely Not Me.

 

Jenny ‘nah I didn’t do it’  Lewis collaborated with Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend on Completely Not Me.


So here’s Vampire Weekend with Unbelievers(2013) a heavenly indie anthem.

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Cold War Kids

 Cold War Kids’ All This Could Be Yours makes a dash for the finish line with driving drums and “Ooh oh ohs" creating an eerily desolate and desperate scene. It’s catchy but.

 

Cold War Kids are from Long Beach, California and have been making music since 2004. All This Could Be Yours is off their fifth album Hold My Home (Oct’14).
 

Cold War kids have described themselves as a soul punk band and have diverse likes. However the bass player's favourite bands as a youngster were Blur and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Great taste my man. Other Cold War Kids influences are Jeff Buckley and the Velvet Underground.


If you’re looking for further ammunition from the Cold War Kids try the indie anthem First or Miracle Mile. They're good ’uns.

 

Both the guitarist and the drummer in Cold War Kids are originally from Modest Mouse. Modest Mouse are from Portland, Oregan, and started making music in 1993. They are similar to Dr. Dog or Bloc Party. Their main influences are The Pixies and The Talking Heads. Float On (March, 2004) was the lead single from their fourth album Good New For People who Love Bad News (April, 2004) and is their most popular song. So with no further ado here’s the Modest Mouse classic Float On.

 

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2014 - Bear Hands

 
With a chorus made of heroin, sugar and MSG here is Bear Hand's Agora.

 

 

 

 

 
These buggers Bear Hands have been around since 2006 and hail from the New York City. Agora comes off their second album and includes the modest hit Giants.

 

 

 

Bear Hand’s singer went to school with two of the members of MGMT and you know what that means, fuck yes, here’s MGMT's best song ever, the synth pop masterpiece Kids (2008).