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Indie Basement (3/10): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week’s Indie Basement album reviews: Sleaford Mods, Fever Ray, Ulrika Spacek, Shana Cleveland (La Luz), Frankie Rose, H. Hawkline, Brix Smith (The Fall), Das Koolies (Super Furry Animals), and more.

Fever Ray share "Kandy" ft The Knife's Olof Dreijer (watch the video)

“Kandy” is one of four songs on Fever Ray‘s new album co-written and co-produced by Karin Dreijer and their brother and The Knife bandmate Olof Dreijer. ‘‘Radical Romantics‘ is out March 10 via Mute.

Bjork, The Knife & Fever Ray remix each other (listen)

Björk and Karin Dreijer (as both The Knife and Fever Ray) swapped remixes on songs from their most recent albums, and the results are striking.

Fever Ray cancel fall tour dates for mental health reasons

“Many of you know already that I’ve been struggling with general anxiety and panic attacks for a long time. For seven years I did not enter the stage, for five years I did not enter an airplane. It is a disorder that always lurks in the shadows that I have had to work carefully with and around, and that I never really know when it will strike or how much it will affect me.” – Karin Dreijer

Fever Ray announces new LP 'Plunge' which is out this week, touring in 2018

Fever Ray‘s new album is indeed titled Plunge and, surprise, it’s out on Friday (10/27) digitally via Mute, with physical copies out in February. Karin Dreijer, who is one-half of The Knife, made it primarily in her own Stockholm studio…