Daniel Rodriguez knows loss, and perhaps more intimately than many of us. Running parallel to Elephant Revival’s breakup was the end of a 14-year romantic relationship. These two significant misfortunes left Rodriguez seemingly lost. However, he turned a new leaf… Read More
While the COVID-19 pandemic put plans for their third album on hold, Brooklyn-based psychedelic dream-pop/jazz/soul sextet GADADU saw it as an opportunity to revisit an old song and reconstruct it remotely. The result is “dosaardvark”, their new single, which premieres… Read More
With the pandemic still resulting in several coronavirus cases and with the potential of reinfection, concerts as we know them are still nonexistent (and may not return until 2022), but in the meantime, some venues have experimented with socially distant… Read More
A little over 15 months after music critic Jon Landau declared, “I have seen the future of rock and roll and his name is Bruce Springsteen”, the promise and burden contained in that declaration were manifested in the release of… Read More
“Are you that somebody? Are you?” Agnes doesn’t necessarily come around all that often, but whenever she does, she never gets it wrong. Ever. In fact, the “Release Me” Swedish Idol – literally, she won the second season of Sweden’s… Read More
Rising Nigerian Afro-pop artist Fireboy DML has followed his acclaimed 2019 debut album Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps with his anticipated sophomore album, APOLLO. Guest appearances come from fellow Nigerian artists Olamide and Inglewood, CA rapper D Smoke, and it’s a… Read More
It's a pretty killer week here in Indie Basement. We've got: The bonkers new album from No Joy, Motherhood; Dent May is his usual charming self on Late Checkout; Guided by Voices' drop their 30th album; and Barry Dobbin of… Read More
It's a pretty killer week here in Indie Basement. We've got: The bonkers new album from No Joy, Motherhood; Dent May is his usual charming self on Late Checkout; Guided by Voices' drop their 30th album; and Barry Dobbin of… Read More
Rather than simply releasing the music he had recorded for Derek Jarman’s 1994 film Glitterbug, Brian Eno handed over the score to bassist Jah Wobble, encouraging him to do with it as he pleased, with the results released in 1995… Read More
“It’s too divided, too deep to understand / But if we don’t do it, tell me, who will?” For an Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey sure has made herself incredibly visible in 2020, just making the most of life (it’s like… Read More