When David Byrne, still reedy and diffident as a silver-haired 68-year-old, says to the audience at the beginning of American Utopia, “Thank you for leaving your homes,” the moment is touchingly sincere. After the Broadway show, which this film documents… Read More
Guitarist David Lord’s newest LP is Forest Standards Vol. 2 and finds the guitarist teaming with the rhythm section of Jeff Parker (bass, Tortoise) and Chad Taylor (drums, Chicago Underground). Produced by Chris Schlarb (Psychic Temple) at his Big EGO… Read More
“I wanna make you holler…” The Spice Girls, an obscure indie speed metal quintet-turned-quartet-turned-quintet from the ’90s, are doing something exciting with their back catalog…and continuing to work around a reliably unwilling Victoria Beckham. Once upon a time, a certain… Read More
Coronavirus has kept Run the Jewels from touring in support of their excellent 2020 album RTJ4, but soon you'll be able to watch them perform it in full for the first time. Adult Swim is airing the virtual show on… Read More
Manchester legends A Certain Ratio release ACR Loco — their first album in 12 years — this week. The record pulls together elements from their 40+ years together of mixing rock and dance and features appearances by the late Denise Johnson, The… Read More
Godcaster’s debut album is a swirling, sloppy mess of guitars, drums, flutes, synths, and apparently whatever else the band had on hand in the Philadelphia basement where Long Haired Locusts was recorded. Their music seems to be equally influenced by… Read More
At one point on Blitzen Trapper’s tenth studio offering, Holy Smokes, Future Jokes, bandleader Eric Earley sings, “Let’s do the world a favor, yeah / Let’s all go extinct” over a spry, upbeat hook that gives the music the feel… Read More
It's a pretty huge week for hip hop, with new albums by new Griselda signing Armani Caesar, fellow Buffalo up and comers 14 trapdoors, and West Coast legend MC Eiht, not to mention funk legend Steve Arrington, whose classic music… Read More
It's the last Indie Basement of Summer 2020 and you know what that means… more new records! This week: Osees are back and spelling their name differently (and sounding a little different too); British comedian/actor Matt Berry shows once again making… Read More
We're exactly one week away from the release of Deftones' highly anticipated, Terry Date-produced album Ohms (due 9/25 via Reprise), and they've now released the second single, "Genesis," following the recently-released title track, which closes the album, and which was… Read More