Last year, indie-rap duo ShrapKnel (aka Curly Castro and PremRock) released a very good self-titled album, and now PremRock just put out his own new album, Load Bearing Crow’s Feet. It features Curly Castro, as well as other underground hip… Read More
Toronto shoegaze band iris have changed their name to Bliss Fields and slightly adjusted their lineup, and their first release under the new name will be a self-titled EP due August 6 via Acrobat Unstable (pre-order here). “Bliss Fields marks… Read More
Welcome to another busy week in Indie Basement. This time we’ve got: Australia’s The Goon Sax reinvent themselves just a little on their terrific third album; Suede celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coming Up with a new vinyl repress; Matt… Read More
Last week was a shorter album release week because of the holiday, and this one has a bit more going on but it’s still a little lighter than usual. I highlight four albums below; Bill reviews The Goon Sax, Museum… Read More
Courtney Barnett will release her third album, Things Take Time, Take Time, on November 12 via Mom + Pop. She made the album with producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint, and according to the press release, the songs detail a particularly… 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
Billy Idol is on tour this year, including August dates in the Midwest and West Coast, and just-announced September shows surrounding his appearances at Asbury Park’s Sea.Hear.Now festival, including Springfield, MA, Port Chester, NY, Roanoke, VA and Charles Town, WV.… Read More
Nevermen, the trio of Mike Patton (Faith No More), Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) and Adam “Doseone” Drucker, released a remix of their song “Mr. Mistake” by enigmatic Scottish duo Boards of Canada back in 2016. Now Boards of… Read More
TURNSTILE continues to slowly add new dates to their tour. They recently announced a NYC show happening on August 23 at Elsewhere Hall, which appears to have quickly sold out, and now they added a second NYC show happening one… Read More
Big Red Machine, the project of Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and Aaron Dessner of The National, only just announced their new album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, on Tuesday but they’ve spent the rest of the week dropping singles from it left and right.… Read More