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Bill's Indie Basement (6/1): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Indie Basement we’ve got the new solo album from The Clean’s Hamish Kilgour; French artist (and former Melody’s Echo Chamber bandmember) Halo Maud; a new ’50s exotica compilation from The Numero Group; balaeric pop from Australia; and debauched party rock from Warmduscher (featuring members of Fat White Family and Childhood).

End of the Road fest: 2018 lineup

The 2018 lineup was revealed today featuring headliners Vampire Weekend (their first show in four years) and St. Vincent, plus Feist, Yo La Tengo, Ezra Furman, Jeff Tweedy, John Cale, Oh Sees, Gruff Rhys, Fat White Family, Julia Holter, Destroyer, Big Thief, Aldous Harding, Hookworms, Omar Souleyman, Mulatu Astatke, Protomartyr, Japanese Breakfast, Gwenno, and lots more.

Rough Trade Shops' Top 100 LPs of 2017

It’s officially End-of-the-Year list season as Rough Trade Shops — always first out of the gate — have announced their Top 100 Albums of 2017…

Primavera Sound fest begins (webcast streaming live, WFMU broadcasting it too)

One of the premier music festivals in the world, the 2015 edition of Primavera Sound is just underway in Barcelona, Spain. If you can’t make it, they’re streaming many of the fest’s performances live via two video channels on their website and below…

Primavera Sound 2015 lineup announced

The 2015 Primavera Sound Festival goes down in Barcelona, Spain from May 28 – 30. We knew The Strokes and recently reunited shoegazers Ride were playing and now the line-up is being announced via the festival’s mobile app, which is a not-so fun 8-bit game you have to play to reveal names…

The FADER list their favorite tracks of 2014

The FADER always has some year-end coverage, but for the past 15 years they didn’t publish a ranked year-end list. This year however, they ranked their 116 favorite songs of 2014 (find out why) and it’s a diverse list that manages to sing the praises of iLoveMakonnen, Tinashe, Alex G, Florida Georgia Line, Enrique Iglesias, Bleachers, Ricky Eat Acid, YG, Toni Braxton & Babyface, Nothing, Grimes, Parquet Courts, Run the Jewels and Grouper all in the same damn list…

NME's Top 50 albums & tracks of 2014

It’s the last week of November and we’ve hit Best-of List Season. Especially in the UK where we’ve already seen album lists from Rough Trade, MOJO, Q, and Uncut…

Rough Trade's favorite albums of 2014

Rough Trade NYC on Record Store Day 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As they usually are, Rough Trade Shops are one of the first this year to post their favorite albums of 2014 l…

Star Wars | Grocery Store Wars Video

the jean genie pointed me to this video recreation of Star Wars featuring Obie Wan Cannoli. Brought back memories of the Meatrix.