Indiecision: Music Blog: Independent Music in India and Elsewhere

Jihae (South Korea/NYC) is a singer/songwriter in the vein of Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple (but more Aimee Mann). Her new album Elvis Is Still Alive was released Nov 11. Indiecision has an exclusive interview and music from Jihae.

Check out Jihae.

Alisha Batth is a singer/songwriter from Mumbai known for her kitschy aesthetic and almost perfect covers of artists like Melissa Etheridge, Ani DiFranco and er, Melissa Ferrick.

All Alisha Batth stories.

Stick a glockenspiel, a ukulele and a few handclaps on a young folk-pop quartet and voila, the claim of new Neutral Milk Hotel is easy to throw around. Add a reference to a Wes Anderson movie and you’ve got yourself something that’s either very easy to dismiss as contrived or very easy to love. There’s no middle ground here.

So where do Noah And The Whale find themselves?

The Indiecision on Noah And The Whale's Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down.

Mason Proper are a indie rock quintet from Alpena, Michingan. They’ve been around since 2004, having toured with the likes of Ra Ra Riot and Cloud Cult. Their new album Olly Oxen Free was released in Sep on Dovecote Records.

Download: 'Fog' - Mason Proper

All Downloads.