Episode 64:: The Newer Thing

After a considerable hiatus, WSRP returns from its new Washington, DC headquarters for our regular deca-versary edition of Indie Rock - Indie on the 4's. This week's episode focuses on some of the new (or newer- or newish) sounds bouncing around the many incarnations of the term 'indie,' with a slight focus on the odd pairing on pop (dance beats, simple lyrics) and experimental (noise, heavy layering, etc). It somewhat follows the trend we looked at in the Jazz idiom in Episode 63, but you can expect the parallels to end there - if you want a dissertation on the structural link between Jazz and Indie, talk to an ethnomusicologist. If you want Indie that might happen to consider some of the concepts that high-octane Jazz deals with routinely, then you've come to the right place.

Audio

Playlist

1. Florence + the Machine - Kiss With a Fist - Lung
2. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous! - Sound of Silver
3. Hockey - Too Fake - Mind Chaos
4. Yeasayer - Ambling Alp - Odd Blood
5. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead - Manners
6. Dan Deacon - Woof Woof - Bromst
7. Dirty Projectors - Cannibal Resource - Bitte Orca
8. Modest Mouse - Guilty Cocker Spaniels - No One's First, And You're Next
9. Noah & the Whale - 5 Years Time - Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
10. Local Natives - World News - Gorilla Manor
11. Terror Prigeon Dance Revolt - Iotdwykiyhtbr - I Love You. I Love You. I am In Love with You...
12. The Dead 60s - Riot Radio - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist Soundtrack
13. The Black Keys - Tighten Up - Brothers

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