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Gonerfest 2020 going virtual (lineup & tickets)

Memphis’ Gonerfest is going virtual this year, with exclusive performances from Quintron & Miss Pussycat, The Rebel, Cheater Slicks, Jack Oblivian & The Sheiks, Mary Tee & Bruce Brand, Mick Trouble…

Bill's Indie Basement (10/12): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: the return of Comet Gain and Amusement Parks on Fire, plus more Stereolab vinyl reissues, Spray Paint meet The Rebel, new Welsh band Adwaith, and Davey Woodward (The Brilliant Corners, Experimental Pop Band).

100 Most Influential Artists, according to NME

“There was a certain amount of science to it. An entire week of work experience students left the office thinking that cutting-edge music journalism in 2014 mostly involves calculating which bands have been mentioned most in NME in the past two years, then hunting out references to the bands that influenced those acts online and finally adding up the number of times each influence came up…

Gonerfest announces initial 2014 lineup: Grifters, Len Bright Combo, Gizmos, So Cow, Radioactivity, Spray Paint & more

Gonerfest is back for an eleventh year, happening at various venues in Memphis from September 25 – 28. The initial lineup was just announced and features a reunion from ’90s Memphis indie rockers Grifters, plus reformations from late-’70s Indiana cult act The Gizmos, and Len Bright Combo, the group which featured Wreckless Eric as well as Bruce Brand & Russ Wilkins from The Milkshakes…