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Tour news: Beyoncé, Paramore / Taylor Swift, Supersuckers, Oblivion Access 2024, more

Plus: Haunt & Hell Fire, The Black Sabbath Cover Band Rehearsals, The Baseball Project, Cold World, the Triple B / Daze / Streets of Hate showcases, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Bombino, and more tour and festival news.

Indie Basement (6/30): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: Sweeping Promises, Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten, UK shoegazers bdrmm, Cornelius, The Baseball Project (REM/Dream Syndicate), and more.

R.E.M. release 'Strange Currencies' EP, share new video ft 'The Bear'

R.E.M.‘s music plays a big part in FX/Hulu series ‘The Bear,‘ and R.E.M. have partnered with the show for a new music video for “Strange Currencies“ which is used more than once on the show.

'The Bear' Season 2 is more delicious than the first ++ a great soundtrack too (listen)

Surprise 2022 TV hit The Bear maintains its high standards for its second season, including its soundtrack which features lots of ’80s/’90s indie/alternative and some surprising needle drops.

R.E.M.'s long out-of-print 'Around the Sun' & 'Collapse into Now' getting vinyl reissues

Neither ‘Around the Sun‘ nor ‘Collapse Into Now‘ have been available on vinyl since their original pressings.

The Baseball Project detail new album, share "Journeyman," add more tour dates

‘Grand Salami Time‘ is out June 30 and the band, which includes Steve Wynn and half of R.E.M., will be on tour in August.

R.E.M. reflect on 'Murmur' on its 40th anniversary

“Forty years is a looong time,“ says Peter Buck. “I’m more than gratified that Murmur is still floating around in the ether.”

The Baseball Project prep 'Grand Salami Time,' touring w/ Jason Isbell, more

The band, featuring members of R.E.M. and The Dream Syndicate, made their new album ‘Grand Salami Time‘ with Mitch Easter, who worked on R.E.M.’s first two albums.

Read tributes to Tom Verlaine from Blondie, Michael Stipe, Steve Albini, Dean Wareham more

You can also read tributes from Lloyd Cole, Real Estate, The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Robyn Hitchcock, Primal Scream, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, AC Newman, Marc Maron, and more.

Indie Basement (1/20): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by John Cale, Guided by Voices, Ladytron, The Murder Capital, Blur drummer David Rowntree, The Bad Ends (ft R.E.M.’s Bill Berry), The C.I.A. (Denée & Ty Segall), and more.
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