Go-Betweens

Bill’s Indie Basement (12/1): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week we’ve got a memoir from Robert Forester of The Go-Betweens, a whole bunch of Saint Etienne reissues, and buzzsaw pop from Los Angeles’ Flat Worms. Plus, two premieres: one a collaboration between two French-language acts, and a band whose name sounds like they might be French (but aren’t).

Robert Forster shares "Learn to Burn" from new solo LP

Former Go-Betweens singer Robert Forster has just shared the first full song from his new solo album, Songs to Play. “Learn to Burn” opens the album and is pretty indicative of what’s to come: lots of arch, thoughtful wordplay (“I’ll stop for petrol and I’ll stop for Dylan, but that’s the limit”) and loose but energetic backing by members of The John Steel Singers…