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Bill’s Indie Basement: Best of 2019
This week in the Indie Basement: Bill's favorite records of 2019, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.
Kelley Stoltz
Kelley Stoltz
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Bill’s Indie Basement (11/15): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: reviews of records by Snapped Ankles, Tindersticks, TOY, Kelley Stoltz, Gramme, plus En Attendant Ana, and more.
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Bill’s Indie Basement (9/27): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: reviews of new albums from Moon Duo, Kelley Stoltz, and Automatic, plus Jarvis Cocker compiles the best of his ’Sunday Service’ radio show and two trips to Switzerland via Klaus Johann Grobe and Neutral Zone.
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tours announced: Dandy Warhols, Pete Yorn, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ezra Furman, more
Plus: T-Pain, Wolf Eyes/Pharmakon, DMBQ, Shannon Lay, Thrice, She & Him, Wilco, Raphael Saadiq, and more tour news.
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Bill’s Indie Basement (8/2): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: reviews of new albums by Ty Segall, Possible Humans and Young Guv, and new singles from Kelley Stoltz and Spinning Coin.
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Bill’s Indie Basement (7/19): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: album reviews from Mick Trouble, Darren Hayman (Hefner), and Big Stick, plus a new compilation of San Francisco underground pop, Arab Strap's debut album gets reissued and The Flaming Lips' ’King's Mouth’ finally hits streaming services.
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Sonny & The Sunsets prep new LP co-produced by The Shins’ James Mercer (stream a track)
’Hairdressers From Heaven’ will be the first album on Sonny's own Rocks in Your Head Records. The band is touring, too.
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Spiral Stairs announces new LP & tour (listen to “Hyp-No-Tized”)
’We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized’ will be out March 22.
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Bill’s Indie Basement (6/29): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: great indiepop label Slumberland Records is doing a singles club for its 30th anniversary; an essential Fall compilation is getting its first-ever U.S. vinyl release; plus The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kelley Stoltz, and Warm Drag (Oh Sees / K-holes).
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Bill’s Indie Basement (3/2): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in the basement: the return of Ladytron, a wigged-out new single from Wand; Memphis punk cult legends The Klitz; the jangly slacker style of San Francisco's The Love Birds; and Gwenno asks an important question on her terrific new album.