Inspiral Carpets

This week in the Basement: reviews new records by The Clientele, Aphex Twin, Bush Tetras, Dot Allison, Co-Pilot (Jim Noir / Soundcarriers) and DJ Koze, plus Madchester box set ‘Come Together.’

This week’s playlist includes new music by Parannoul, The Album Leaf (ft. Bat For Lashes), Caroline Polachek, Jam City (ft. Show Me The Body’s Julian Cashwan Pratt), Orbital (ft. Penelope Isles), and more.

This new compilation collects all of the Manchester band‘s singles, remastered, for the first time, along with classic and new remixes. It‘s out March 17 via Mute.

From shoegaze to Madchester, pop and hip hop, Sonic Youth to Cocteau Twins, it’s Indie Basement’s Top albums of 1990.

This week: Steve Gunn’s great new LP, plus two Australian bands that feature members of Twerps, plus Flat Worms and a new wide-ranging Manchester compilation.

Read tributes to Gill from members of Oasis, The Charlatans and Happy Mondays.

UK punk poet John Cooper Clarke had to cancel his last NYC visit due to visa issues, but he’s now announced a new round of dates on the East Coast this spring…