Black Tambourine

Pitchfork names The 25 Best Indiepop Albums of the '90s

Pitchfork is wrapping up ‘90s Month with this list of twee and indiepop albums including Belle & Sebastian, The Vaselines, Magnetic Fields, Velocity Girl and more.

Bill’s Indie Basement (12/8): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: a lost album from Television Personalities, former The Loft frontman Pete Astor, the debut solo album from Jackson MacIntosh of Sheer Agony, and LP #3 from Scotland’s The Spook School.

Pete Astor of The Loft releasing new solo album made with James of Ultimate Painting, shares "My Right Hand"

Pete Astor was in NYC earlier this year playing NYC Popfest with his old band The Loft. That band (and his other ’80s band, The Weather Prophets) worked in a jangly, post-VU style that still sounds good today…

noisy UK band Spectres release unofficial Bond theme; Ramesh, Darren Hayman & more on new indiepop 007 tribute

Spectres hail from Bristol, UK and make the kind of hazy, dark din that’s not too far off from what Ride or Swervedriver did in their early days…

Hard Left = Mike from Slumberland/Black Tambourine + mems of Boyracer & Lunchbox (listen to a song from their debut LP)

Slumberland Records founder and Black Tambourine / Manatee member Mike Schulman has a new band called Hard Left, and the indie pop sounds you may associate him with are nowhere to be foun…

stream Withered Hand's new album, see him at Chickfactor 22 this week w/ King Creosote and Pam Berry in his band

Scottish singer/songwriter Dan Willson will release New Gods, his second album as Withered Hand next week (3/25) via Slumberland. It’s a sparkling collection of literate pop, and the record features appearances Black Tambourine’s Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines and members of Belle & Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit…

Chickfactor 20 @ the Bell House (night 1 pics/video/review) -- Small Factory, Black Tambourine, Dump, Versus & more

“I feel like we’re some weird meat stuck between two pieces of amazing bread.” Small Factory drummer Phoebe Summerquash was referring to her band’s placement on the bill between Versus and reformed indiepop legends Black Tambourine at Night One of CF*2012: for the love of pop……

Black Tambourine played D.C. & Maxwell's, playing 1st of 3 chickfactor anniversary shows in NYC (tonight @ Bell House)

DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game? (MP3) Between most songs in Black Tambourine’s set, Mike Schulman, Archie Moore, and (Washington City Paper staffer) Brian Nelson switched off between guitar, bass, and percussion…

Black Tambourine add chickfactor show at Maxwell's, releasing EP of Ramones covers

DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine – What’s Your Game? (MP3) The first night of chickfactor 2012: for the love of pop, which features sets from reunited Black Tambourine and Small Factory, sold out pretty quick, so Black Tambourine have added another show at Maxwells on Monday April 9 for those who didn’t get tickets…

Black Tambourine, Aislers Set, Small Factory, Legendary Jim Ruiz Group & more reuniting for chickfactor festival

 will celebrate its 20-year anniversary with five blissful nights of sparkling indie pop on the Northeast Corridor of the USA (three in NY; two in DC) including the first shows in years and Fan Modine and rare performances from such pop luminaries asStevie Jackson (Belle & Sebastian), Frankie Rose, Lilys, Lorelei, Dot Dash, Versus, Bridget St John and Honey Bunch. c…
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