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Bill’s Indie Basement (12/1): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week we’ve got a memoir from Robert Forester of The Go-Betweens, a whole bunch of Saint Etienne reissues, and buzzsaw pop from Los Angeles’ Flat Worms. Plus, two premieres: one a collaboration between two French-language acts, and a band whose name sounds like they might be French (but aren’t).

Tres Oui (members of Literature) releasing new EP (listen), touring

When not fronting Literature, Nate Cardaci also makes music as part of Tres Oui. While still within what you might call “dreampop,” Tres Oui are slightly less manic…

Wildhoney contributing to new split-EP w/ Mercury Girls, Spook School & Tigercats (listen), touring this summer

Indie pop labels Slumberland and Fortuna Pop are teaming up for a four-way split EP featuring bands from the U.S. and the UK…

Sheer Agony playing NYC & Philly this weekend

Montreal’s Sheer Agony are hopping across the Canadian Border this weekend for a couple East Coast shows. They’ll play NYC’s Cake Shop on Saturday, April 16 with Philadelphia’s Literature, plus Home Lives, Ratbath, and DJ Paul Bruno spinning between sets. On Sunday (4/17) they’ll play Philly’s Ortliebs with Louie Louie and Beat Jams. Tickets for […]

Expert Alterations announce debut LP, share "The Past and You," on tour with Literature (2 NYC shows this week)

Having already released an EP this year via Slumberland, Baltimore’s scrappy, jangly Expert Alterations have announced their debut LP, You Can’t Always Be Liked, will be out October 30 via Kanine Records…

What's going on Thursday? (Battles, Raekwon, Mac DeMarco, Blackalicious, Porches, Literature, Trap Them & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Raekwon @ SOB’s Raekwon’s timeless debut solo album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (aka The Purple Tape), turned 20 earlier this month and in celebration of that, Rae’s been on tour playing songs from…

Mercury Girls from Philly (mems Literature / Little Big League) ~VS~ Mercury Girls from Toronto (mems Fucked Up)

We’ve done a few of these “Band Vs. Band” posts over the years, but maybe never one where both bands have the exact same names, similar(ish) sounds, formation dates, and factoids…

Mike Pace and the Child Actors streaming debut LP ++ featured on new comp w/ Gotobeds, Literature & more (listen)

As mentioned, former Oxford Collapse frontman Mike Pace will release Best Boy, his album with new band The Child Actors, on January 13. You may have seen the funny video for “Fire Sale” already, but now you can stream the whole album of quality no-nonsense indie rock (via Stereogum), below…

Jason of Fang Island forms new band Wins, remixed A Sunny Day in Glasgow (stream) who told us their Top 10 of 2014

A Sunny Day In Glasgow returned this year with Sea When Absent, arguably their most ambitious record to date, and perhaps their most acclaimed too…

Literature release new video, made a mixtape of their "Essential Songs from 2014"

Literature @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Philadelphia’s Literature just released the video for “New Jacket” which is off this year’s Chorus, their first album for Slumberland…
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