Texas boogie rock legends ZZ Top are currently on the road with Willie Nelson as part of his 2022 Outlaw Music Festival tour, but they've just announced fall headline dates that have them out October through December. All dates are… Read More
Tickets for some dates of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band's 2023 tour went on sale last week and they were not cheap. In fact, platinum seats topped out at a whopping $5000. This was in part due to Ticketmaster's "dynamic… Read More
In the midst of some festival appearances, Zambia-born, Australia-based rapper Sampa the Great came to NYC to headline a free SummerStage show in Bed-Stuy's Herbert Von King Park on Saturday (7/23) with support from Pink Siifu and DJ AQ. She… Read More
The big hometown festival from reunited Richmond punk greats AVAIL is almost here! Over The James happens on August 6 at Brown's Island, right in the middle of the river AVAIL's classic 1998 album is named after, and the stacked… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: The Linda Lindas, Bacchae @ Bowery Ballroom Warpaint, Belief @ Brooklyn Made Jungle Brothers, DJ Red Alert, Big Jeff, Mike Gee, Afrika Baby Bam, DJ Sammy B @ Sony Hall Ecco2K, National @ Elsewhere Telekinetic Yeti, White… Read More
Sylvan Esso just played Newport Folk Festival, where they surprised the crowd by both announcing their new album, No Rules Sandy, and performing the whole thing. The album will be out August 12 via Loma Vista. The band say their… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Mitski, The Weather Station @ Radio City Music Hall The Black Keys, Band of Horses, Ceramic Animal @ PNC Bank Arts Center black midi, keiyaA @ Asbury Lanes Hop Along, Ratboys @ R.J. Daniels Sampa the Great,… Read More
We're a little more than halfway through 2022 and BrooklynVegan has already posted its 50 Favorite Albums of The Year So Far list, and now here's Indie Basement's mid-year list. As I usually do 40 albums for my end-of-year albums… Read More
New York City is in the midst of a weeklong heatwave, making electric bills soar and this writer drop some cheesy lines, but Indie Basement is just as hot with this week's very cool new albums: Ty Segall goes acoustic, The… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More