John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask celebrated over 20 years of Hedwig and the Angry Inch with their Origin of Love Tour, featuring songs and stories about the musical and its creation. They were set to keep it going with… Read More
Minneapolis indie-punks Gully Boys recently signed to Get Better Records and today they’ve released their first single for the label, “Russian Doll.” It’s a loud, roaring grunge-punk song with stadium-sized hooks but a more DIY/lo-fi production aesthetic, and it’s full… Read More
Country and rockabilly great Wanda Jackson retired from the biz a couple years ago but has one last album in the pipeline. It’s titled Encore, was produced by Joan Jett and her collaborator Kenny Laguna, and features appearances by Jett,… Read More
Thrash greats Testament, Exodus and Death Angel have announced “The Bay Strikes Back” tour which will have them out together this fall. “Finally we are able to announce this suspended tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes Testament’s Eric Peterson.… Read More
Parquet Courts‘ new single “Plant Life” was premiered over the weekend on Japanese radio station FM Karuizawa and they’ve now officially announced it. “’Plant Life’ the song is my story of rediscovering my passion for music through New York City… Read More
Last month, Hot 97 announced that they would be bringing their annual Summer Jam concert back for 2021 after being unable to hold it in 2020 because of COVID. It happens on Sunday, August 22 at MetLife Stadium in East… Read More
Welcome to the first Indie Basement of Summer. This week: John Grant gets personal on his Cate Le Bon produced fifth album, Boy from Michigan; SAULT drop another great one on us; NYC dreampop act Lighting Bug glow warmly on their… Read More
Sonic Youth have released a new edition of their Smart Bar • Chicago 1985 live album as an exclusive on their Bandcamp. It’s a handmade “bootleg-style” double vinyl set, that’s hand-numbered with a double-sided newsprint style fold-over cover that doubles as… Read More
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas of TLC will celebrate their classic, chart-topping second album, CrazySexyCool, on tour this fall. They’ll perform songs from the album along with other fan favorites, and if you’re attending, you might want to… Read More
Olivia Rodrigo released her extremely likeable debut album, SOUR, in May, and while we’re still waiting for word of a tour supporting it, she’s now announced a new concert film, SOUR Prom, that will stream on Tuesday, June 29 at… Read More