Summer is heating up in Indie Basement-land and this week has another great crop of new releases: Viagra Boys' best album yet, Australian sax-and-drums duo Party Dozen, Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs, former Klaxons' frontman James Righton and UK indie rockers… Read More
Laura Veirs has proven herself a soft-spoken powerhouse in her decades-long career. Her newest album Found Light sees her exploring a newfound independence following the 2019 divorce from her longtime producer and husband. To be sure, it is not a… Read More
After reuniting for their first proper set since the '90s at Welcome to Rockville in May, Porno for Pyros played a Los Angeles show at The Belasco on Thursday night (7/7). It was part of Perry and Etty Lau Farrell's… Read More
The Mars Volta recently released their first new song in 10 years, "Blacklight Shine," and announced a reunion tour, and now they've released a second new single, "Graveyard Love." Like the last single, it really leans into their trippy Latin… Read More
The xx's Oliver Sim has shared another song from his upcoming solo debut. “‘GMT’ was one of the first songs made for the record,” says Sim of the song, which is powered by vocal harmonies and samples Brian Wilson's "Smile."… Read More
Julien Baker has announced a new EP, B-Sides, featuring three previously unreleased songs from the sessions that produced her third LP, last year's Little Oblivions. It's due out July 21 via Matador, and she's shared the first single, "Guthrie," which… Read More
Longtime underground rap collaborators YUNGMORPHEUS and THERAVADA have announced a new album together (produced entirely by the latter), Up Against The Wall; A Degree of Lunacy, due August 5 via Bad Taste (pre-order). Guest appearances come from Awhlee and Starker.… Read More
Camp Cope released their great new album Running with the Hurricane earlier this year (order it on limited edition ultra clear/baby pink moon phase vinyl), and they've shared a new video for the soaring title track, one of the highlights… Read More
Power Trip guitarist Blake Ibanez recently spoke about new music he had been writing, and now in an interview with Dallas Observer he broke the news about a new band he formed: Fugitive. It's a collaboration with vocalist Seth Gilmore… Read More
A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel released his debut solo album, What Normal Was, on June 10, and is now on tour in support. That tour with VOWWS hits NYC's Gramercy Theatre tonight (July 6), Theatre of the Living Arts in… Read More