Having already posted the Indie Basement Best Albums of 2020 list, I thought I'd run down my favorite reissues and compilations from the past year. I stayed within the general confines of the things I cover on a weekly basis. So as… Read More
After cancelling their 2020 edition because of COVID, Psycho Las Vegas are planning to return in 2021, with almost the same lineup as 2020 — 80 of the 83 bands booked are currently onboard for the coming year, including Danzig,… Read More
Here's some holiday cheer: Glenn Danzig went viral this week after his girlfriend, Ashley Michelle Wisdom, posted a picture of him wrapping Christmas presents. The photo was taken down but it turns out the gift was for us in the… Read More
Billy Nomates released one of the more striking debuts of the year, mixing country, pub rock, post-punk, hip hop, UK garage and more into a brash style that was uniquely hers. The album was produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow who… Read More
Activity, the Brooklyn band which features members of Grooms, Russian Baths and Field Mouse, released their excellent debut album, Unmask Whoever, back in March. It's certainly a title that took on different meaning than what they'd intended, but that goes… Read More
Savages singer Jehnny Beth released her sleek and stylish solo debut, To Love is to Live, in June. The record features production by Flood, Atticus Ross, and her partner Johnny Hostile, as well as appearances from Joe Talbot of IDLES,… Read More
Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington put Darkside in deep freeze back in 2014, not long after releasing their excellent debut, but they've thawed it out and will release their second album, Spiral, in spring 2021 via Matador. The pair began… Read More
I don't need to get into all the reasons why 2020 was a bad year, but it was an extremely good year for rap. We got great records from all across the board, from exciting new spins on '90s boom… 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. In… Read More
Mica Levi is best known as a film composer these days, having done scores for Under the Skin, Jackie and, recently, Steve McQueen's Small Axe series, but they haven't given up on indie rock. Micachu & The Shapes morphed into… Read More