Dead Can Dance‘s twice rescheduled North American 40th anniversary tour was set to begin in San Diego on October 1, but the band have postponed it again, this time to 2022. A statement from the band reads: It is with… Read More
Cornelius‘ Keigo Oyamada resigned from his position at The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as a composer for the opening ceremonies, after old interviews, where he admitted to bullying classmates in school, including people with disabilities, resurfaced. At the time, he… 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
The Lurking Fear, an old school style death metal band fronted by Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear, etc) and also featuring two other ATG members including original drummer Adrian Erlandsson, will follow their 2017 debut LP Out of the… Read More
Despite many lineup changes (due to COVID and other reasons), Riot Fest 2021 began on Thursday (9/16) with the “preview party,” which featured Morrissey, Alkaline Trio, Patti Smith and Her Band, Joyce Manor, WDRL, and Kristeen Young. The smaller lineup… Read More
Fall may not officially start till Tuesday, but autumn feels off to the races judging by this week's release calendar and today's Indie Basement features reviews of seven new albums: Blunt Bangs, the new group from Black Kids' Reggie Youngblood,… Read More
It’s “A Night of Hip-Hop Royalty” at Queens’ Knockdown Center on November 27 and you could take that a step further by calling it a night of New York Hip-Hop Royalty, as the lineup features Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Slick… Read More
BRIC JazzFest has announced its return this fall. The seventh edition of the festival happens October 21-23 at BRIC House, and tickets are on sale now. The lineup was co-curated by Madison McFerrin (who is performing), Executive Producer Lia Camille… Read More
Sarah Davachi builds temples out of tone. Throughout the past decade, the prolific Canadian minimalist composer has used repetition, silence, and duration to create secular drone music imbued with feelings of religious reverence. Antiphonals’ soft instrumental palette of Mellotron, synthesizer,… Read More
NJ’s Save Face recently released “GLITTER,” which we named one of the best punk songs of August, and now they’ve announced their sophomore album Another Kill For The Highlight Reel, due October 29 via Epitaph (pre-order). The album was produced… Read More