After a rough ride with a major label who didn’t understand her sound, alt-R&B pioneer Tinashe returned to the atmospheric, minimal sound of her early mixtapes with 2019’s Songs For You, her first album since leaving her label and going… Read More
Pete Holmes does a monthly show at Los Angeles’ Largo at the Coronet, and on Thursday night (8/5), he had a couple of very special surprise guests on hand. As Variety reports, he brought out Phoebe Bridgers, who performed “Motion… Read More
Happy August! This week in Indie Basement: Ty Segall drops a surprise album and, no surprise, it’s great; Liars drop an apple on their best album in a while; Sonny & The Sunsets add pedal steel to great effect on… Read More
The Doobie Brothers have announced a new album, Liberté, which will be out October 1. The band made the album with producer/songwriter John Shanks (Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus) and ahead of that they’ve released four of its songs as an… Read More
Aimee Mann has announced a new album, Queens of the Summer Hotel. It’s the follow-up to 2017’s Mental Illness and it’s due out November 5 via her SuperEgo label. The album’s 15 tracks were inspired by Susanna Kaysen’s classic memoir… Read More
Charlotte, North Carolina emo band Jail Socks will follow up their early EPs/split with their debut full-length album, Coming Down, on September 3 via Counter Intuitive Records. The album was produced by I Am The Avalanche’s Brett Romnes, and guitarist/vocalist… Read More
Screen Slate has been presenting curated screenings around NYC for 10 years, including events at Anthology Film Archives, Spectacle and Roxy Cinema. To celebrate they’re throwing a weekend-long anniversary party Roxy Cinema from August 13-15, featuring favorite films that they’ve… Read More
The Delta variant continues to rise, and it’s of course affecting the entertainment world; it was just revealed that NYC will now require COVID vaccine proof to attend any indoor performances (or movies, dining, etc). Meanwhile, outdoor shows are still… Read More
The Weeknd recently confirmed a new album is on the way in an interview with GQ and released a teaser video called “The Dawn Is Coming” with a clip of new music. Now he’s released the full song previewed in… Read More
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of The Strokes‘ instant-classic debut album Is This It, post-hardcore titans Touche Amore have released a cover of “Hard To Explain” for Bandcamp Friday. No strangers to putting a hardcore spin on classic indie… Read More