Harlem
Hippies

Harlem’s self-released debut—the you-still-have-to-pay-for-it madness of Free Drugs (2009)—was apparently just the forewarning. Because Hippies is her...

The name of the band, the name of this record, the fact they named their last one Free Drugs? these guys clearly are making an effort to provoke. Asid...

One of the most wonderful things about garage rock is its inherent sense of brevity. It?s a world where three-chords are cause for a celebration becau...

“The only band we like is Nirvana. The only album we like is Nevermind. The only song we like is “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” No, this is not an obituar...

Harlem’s jangly arty surfer-rock n roll is less abrasive than bands like Wavves and more melodic; tunes like ‘Friendly Ghost’ have great bass lines, f...

There’s a whiff of 60s attachment to ‘Hippies’, Harlem’s follow up to the self-released ‘Free Drugs’. Of course there’s a wink to the Modern Lovers an...

Some bands don't need to change their sound. It might be a case of getting as far as you can go with the talent you've got, or a fear of losing the fa...

Harlem’s second album reinforces the current US underground’s fascination with Nuggets-influenced pop. The songs are short, riotous blasts of psychede...

This Texan trio’s self-released debut ‘Free Drugs’, pretty much sounded like a bunch of kids taking loads of gak and fucking around in their parents g...

Theseare in fact the words of Harlem, a three-piece Austin-based outfit that takethe term ‘garage rock’ as literally as possible. And so you might ma...