Stephen Malkmus

From weirdo country to neo post-punk, dance music, orch pop and more, here are Indie Basement’s favorite albums of the weirdest year ever…so far.

Pavement recently joined Bandcamp, initially making their five studio albums available, and now they’ve added a few more…

Indie rock greats Pavement may not be reuniting to play Primavera Sound this year like they were supposed to (thanks to the coronavirus), but they have just joined Bandcamp…

Today’s picks for live videos to watch while you’re home and every show is cancelled include Pavement in 1992, Tricky in 1997, Missy Elliott, and more.

Record stores will also be selling exclusive releases as part of Love Record Store’s new virtual event.

You can also read tributes to Little Richard from Ringo Starr, Chuck D, Yoko Ono, Chance the Rapper, Krist Novoselic, Gene Simmons, The Kinks’ Dave Davies, Billy Bragg, Margo Price, Lloyd Cole, Frank Turner, and more.

Pavement’s reunion at Primavera Sound has been pushed to August (fingers crossed), so to tide you over till then, here’s frontman Stephen Malkmus performing “Spit on a Stranger” in a cafe in Paris…

From Pavement to Pulp, from Oasis to R.E.M., from Frank Sidebottom to The Brian Jonestown Massacre, here are a dozen docs to stream right now.

Wowee Zowee celebrates its 25th anniversary on April 11.

Bill Withers’ music has touched just about everyone, so it’s no surprise that there’s been an outpouring of tributes since the world learned he died this morning. You can read tributes from Raekwon, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson, Lin Manuel Miranda, Yo La Tengo, Billy Dee Williams, and more.