NYC indie label Sacred Bones are celebrating their 15 years with a special anniversary show at Knockdown Center on Saturday, May 28. The lineup features acts from throughout their history across multiple stages, including Anika, Black Marble, Spellling, The Men,… Read More
Pavement are having a very active 2022, with a bevy of anniversaries, reissues and a reunion tour, but that hasn't stopped cofounder Scott Kannberg from announcing a new Spiral Stairs album, Medley Attack!!!, which will be out July 8 via… Read More
Lou Barlow has been very busy lately. He put out his new solo album Reason to Live last year, released the first new Folk Implosion EP in two decades last month, and is always busy with Dinosaur Jr too. Now… Read More
This week in Indie Basement: Porridge Radio return with another powerhouse emotional gut-punch; METZ's Alex Edkins goes (kinda) pop as Weird Nightmare; Cola rise from the ashes of Montreal's Ought; Frightened Rabbit's Simon Liddell and singer Carla Easton embrace their… Read More
Sentenced 2 Die are a new Minneapolis death metal band who formed last year, played their first show in August (with Xibalba, Wanderer, and While God Sleeps), and released their debut EP No Reason to Live in November. They're fronted… Read More
Amy Taylor is a dynamo. This is not news. Watch one of Amyl & The Sniffers' music videos, or just listen to almost any song, and Taylor's energy and charisma is apparent. While the band's songs would rip regardless, Taylor's… Read More
NYC experimental metal band Imperial Triumphant have announced a new album, Spirit of Ecstasy, due July 22 via Century Media (pre-order). The album features Voivod frontman Snake on lead single "Maximalist Scream," and other guests include sax man Kenny G,… Read More
Montreal band Ought announced their breakup last November, while frontman/guitarist Tim Darcy and bassist Ben Stidworthy simultaneously announced they'd formed a new band, Cola, with U.S. Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. "What started as stripped-down open D songwriting with a CR-78 soon became a full album and new… Read More
Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson's third album as SOAK, If I Never Know You Like This Again, is out today via Rough Trade Records. They wrote it with longtime collaborator Tommy McLaughlin and recorded it with a full band in the… Read More
I'm still making my way through the extremely dense, complex, and complicated Kendrick Lamar album, but there are also a lot of new albums out this week worth talking about, so let's talk about those. I highlight 11 below, and… Read More