Edwyn Collins

This week: a tribute to Ranking Roger, reviews of new albums from onetime Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins, French dreampop act Marble Arch, and Chicago’s pitch-black FACS, and more.

This week in the Basement: a new box set of Scottish independent music of the ’70s/’80s, new band Beauty Parlor featuring members of Fungi Girls, a new video from fictitious cult artist Mick Trouble, a tribute to late music writer David Cavanagh, and more.

Pete Shelley, co-founder and lead singer of groundbreaking UK punk band Buzzcocks, sadly passed away at the age of 63, and the music world (and beyond) have taken to social media to pay tribute.

It’s your granny on bongos and other Fall ephemera as we pay tribute to the one and only Mark E. Smith.

Shopping’s new Edwyn Collins-produced album, The Official Body, is out January 19 via Fatcat.

The new album was produced by Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice), and “The Hype” is one of the funkier (and catchier) songs they’ve made yet, while retaining that short, sharp, post-punk sound.

The BBC’s indie/alt station is throwing a three day fest in Glasgow featuring Depeche Mode, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride, Belle & Sebastian, Father John Misty, Sparks, The Wedding Present, The Shins, Warpaint, Edwyn Collins, Future Islands, and tons more

You can watch the band, as they put it, “roll around and frolic in clusters of vivid autumnal coloured rotting leaves for near 4 minutes.” Plus, read about their favorite things from 2016.

The Liverpool quartet return with LP#2, which was produced by Edwyn Collins.

As mentioned, Brandon from Crocodiles will be DJing tonight at Baby’s All Right as part of Kanine Records’ holiday party which is free with RSVP…