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
Swedish tech-metal vets Meshuggah are joining forces with Converge and Torche for a stacked US tour. Starting in February of 2022, they stop in Philadelphia, NYC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisoc, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Orlando, Atlanta and more.… Read More
Goth icons Bauhaus will be in Brooklyn this fall and they’ve just announced a second show happening November 3 at Kings Theatre. Tickets for that show go on sale Wednesday, June 30 at 10 AM Eastern. There are still limited… Read More
Pitchfork Music Festival has announced 2021 dates and lineups for its first-ever London edition, as well as Pitchfork Paris. The inaugural London festival happens November 10-14 at various venues around the city, including the Roundhouse, South Bank Centre, Moth Club, Village… Read More