As you may have heard, Thrice's classic sophomore album The Illusion of Safety turned 20 earlier this year. It's not just one of Thrice's best albums, it's also one of the most crucial documents of the early 2000s emo/post-hardcore boom,… Read More
Philly's 2nd Grade are students of classic power pop — the kind started in the '70s with Raspberries, Big Star, and Cheap Trick — and make their own excellent version of it, as you can hear on their terrific second album.… Read More
With Rolling Loud behind her, Nicki Minaj has announced that her next NYC-area appearance will be headlining Power 105.1's Powerhouse 2022 on October 29 at Prudential Center in Newark. The lineup also includes Kodak Black, Moneybagg Yo, TEMS, Fivio Foreign,… Read More
Pop Montreal 2022 has arrived in full force. The annual fest kicked off on Wednesday and continued Thursday with a host of stellar shows played at venues across the city. The festival aims to fill the city with art and promote independent… Read More
Having recently released their first album in a decade, The Mars Volta are on their reunion tour now, which stopped in NYC on Thursday night (9/29) for the first of two shows at Terminal 5. They've been keeping their setlist… Read More
Glitterer, the project of Title Fight bassist/co-vocalist Ned Russin, has just surprise-released a new EP, Fantasy Four. The EP was inspired by the untimely deaths of Power Trip's Riley Gale and Iron Age's Wade Allison, as Ned explains: These songs… Read More
Esteemed reissue label Numero Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a two-day festival, Numero Twenty, happening February 18 & 19 at Palace Theater in Los Angeles. The lineup is themed to the label's 200 series of '80s/'90s punk, hardcore… Read More
We close out Indie Basement's September with another strong week, including reviews of new albums from Lambchop, Pixies, The Intelligence, Melody's Echo Chamber, Fujiya & Miyagi, 2nd Grade, and Mamalarky. Meanwhile, it's a massive week in Notable Releases with Andrew… Read More
Neil Young has announced a new album with Crazy Horse, titled World Record, that will be out November 18 via Reprise Records. They made it with Rick Rubin at his Malibu recording studio Shangri-La, and it's "a cohesive vision that spreads positive… Read More
This really might be one of the biggest release weeks of the entire year. I highlight 14 below, Bill hits another seven in Bill's Indie Basement, and this week's releases include some of the most widely anticipated albums of the… Read More