Karen Peris

Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2021

This week in Indie Basement: The very best albums of 2021, with a focus on classic indie, college rock, and more.

Our favorite songs of the week (playlist)

This week’s playlist includes new music by Mitski, Conway the Machine, Mick Jenkins, Gang of Youths, The Jazz Butcher, and more.

Indie Basement (10/8): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from The Innocence Mission’s Karen Peris, Prince Rama’s Taraka Larson, and Gustaf, plus reissues from The Clean, The Charlatans and Glaxo Babies

Innocence Mission's Karen Peris announces new solo LP, shares "I Would Sing Along"

Karen describes it as an album ”for kids or for anyone who might like songs about walking under trees in a city, seeing dogs from a car window, reading…and the beauty of the world, the possibility contained in a tiny moment of a day.”

Indie Basement (2/26): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Stereolab, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Cheval Sombre, Lost Horizons, Mouse on Mars and Sibille Attar.

Cocteau Twins’ vast influence lives on :: 24 great artists they’ve inspired

The influence of the Cocteau Twins goes well beyond dreampop and shoegaze.

Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) & Richie Thomas (Dif Juz) form Lost Horizons, prep guest-filled debut LP

The Lost Horizons LP features an impressive cast of guest vocalists, including Sharon Van Etten, Marissa Nadler, Tim Smith (Midlake), Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit), Karen Peris (The Innocence Mission), Cameron Neal (Horse Thief) and more. Listen to a song now.