Joel Gion

This 20th anniversary cut of DIG! features new narration by BJM tambourinist Joel Gion, plus 40 minutes of additional footage “bringing the story up to today.”

Few shows before or since worked in their love of music like Gilmore Girls. From a snowman version of Bjork to appearances from Sonic Youth and Sparks, here are 10 musical moments to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary.

Every musician has a story about a crazy show, the worst gig of their life or general weird stuff that happens on the road. Writer Drew Fortune talked to a lot of famous musicians about just that for this very entertaining new book.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Jeanines, A Beacon School and Seablite, plus a 40th anniversary repress of Joy Division’s ’Unknown Pleasures’ and a surf documentary soundtrack with Dungen, Allah-Las and more.

While you can draw parallels to the BJM, Gion is on his own trip here. “Groovy” is probably the best way to describe the album that is flush with flutes, bongos, 12-string guitars and other jazzy bachelor pad essentials…

LEVITATION (fka Austin Psych Fest), one of the best festival lineups of 2015, is now less than a month away. Happening May 8-10, 2015, the 8th annual festival will feature performances by the 13th Floor Elevators (50 year anniversary reunion), The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Primal Scream, The Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, Mac Demarco, and many more…

You may know Joel Gion as the mutton-chopped tambourine player in Brian Jonestown Massacre whose sense of humor and wry asides made him a scene-stealer in BMJ doc DiG…