After over a year closed due to COVID, Greenwich Village mainstay Le Poisson Rouge is returning in late August for its 13th operating year. They’ve announced their reopening lineup, which includes both recently announced and brand new shows from Thurston… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We… Read More
Naomi Cowan has been making a name for herself as one of the brightest new voices in reggae, and after releasing the singles “Energy” and “Lucky Me” (ft. Runkus and The Wixard) earlier this year, she now teamed up with… Read More
It’s Fourth of July Weekend and I’m here, as always, to put the “indie” in Independence Day. (I also have no shame in puns). This week in the Basement: Arborous UK band Snapped Ankles are here to dance in the Forest of… Read More
For 20 years, Ian Parton has been mashing up old soul and pop samples, Double Dutch raps, British indie, and more as leader of The Go! Team. The band has just released its sixth album, Get Up Sequences Part One, which Parton… Read More
While London band Snapped Ankles pull from influences like krautrock, post-punk, prog and psych, they are unique in world of indie. Namely, they claim to be forest folk, descended from the trees and playing instruments made (partially) out of actual logs, branches… Read More
Live music is back, Brooklyn metal/punk venue Saint Vitus Bar has been announcing shows again, and they just added another great one to their initial lineup. Blackened Philly punks Devil Master, who released their great debut album Satan Spits on… Read More
Avant pop vets of Montreal will be on tour this fall, with Locate S,1 opening all shows. Dates kick off with a hometown Athens, GA show on October 30, and from there the tour heads to Asheville, Carrboro, DC, Baltimore,… Read More
Screaming Females recently announced some fall tour dates, but that isn’t all that frontwoman Marissa Paternoster has going on. She’s announced a new EP from her project Noun, In The Shade, due out this summer via State Champion Records. She… Read More
Onetime Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore has a short tour lined up for September. Things kick off at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on 9/12 (tickets), and from there he heads to Chicago for two shows at Empty Bottle on 9/14 &… Read More