Kiwi jr.

Canadian indie rockers Kiwi Jr.'s sound is one-part Pavement's snarky melodicism and one-part C-86 jangle, with sprinklings of restless wit in their lyrics about house parties, strange friends, and suburban landscapes. The band took cues from a lineage of jangly slacker pop acts from the '80s and '90s for their bright and bounding 2019 debut Football Money and signed on with Sub Pop for subsequent releases like 2022's new wave-leaning Chopper. Kiwi Jr. formed in 2015, made up of guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Gaudet, drummer Brohan Moore, bassist Mike Walker, and second guitarist ...