Kind of a quiet week in Indie Basement but as always I’ve found a handful of things worth checking out: New Orleans group Silver Synthetic have delivered a chill stunner of a psych rock debut; CFCF wrap its new album in… Read More
The very long list of Record Store Day exclusives has been revealed — with “drops” on June 12 and July 17 — and one of the many, many, many cool titles that stood out to us is a St. Vincent… Read More
Concerts are officially back in NYC; venues in New York were allowed to reopen (at limited capacities) beginning April 2. While many venues remain closed for now (and will until full capacity shows can return), Bowery Electric was among those… Read More
Funk/soul legends The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind & Fire got in the holiday spirit with a special Easter edition of Verzuz, hosted by Steve Harvey. They went hit for hit for two hours, with a mix of live performance… Read More
War co-founder, bassist, and vocalist Morris “B.B.” Dickerson died on Friday (4/2) at a Long Beach, California hospital, “after a long, undisclosed illness,” reports Billboard. He was 71. Dickerson’s co-writing and basslines helped define such War classics as “Low Rider,”… Read More
Will Yip recently launched a massive fundraiser raffle to support the Asian American & Pacific Islander Community Fund, and after already raising over $79,000, Will added a new raffle with prizes from Thursday, mewithoutYou, Quicksand/Deftones, Gorilla Biscuits, Kid Dynamite, Balance… Read More
Last year, we profiled Baltimore’s Pinkshift and called them one of 2020’s most vital new punk bands, and we included their debut EP in our list of albums we were anticipating in 2021. Today, they’ve finally released it. It features… Read More
It’s another excellent week for new music in Indie Basement with five album I like a lot: Michigan’s Major Murphy deliver their own brand of heartland rock on their second album; Chicago’s Moontype make instantly winning guitar pop on their… Read More
A year on from first being told to down tools and go home en masse, people in the UK find themselves in the perverse situation of comparing lockdowns. Despite the nearing possibility of being able to do things like go… 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