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Bill’s Indie Basement (12/8): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: a lost album from Television Personalities, former The Loft frontman Pete Astor, the debut solo album from Jackson MacIntosh of Sheer Agony, and LP #3 from Scotland’s The Spook School.

Pete Astor of The Loft releasing new solo album made with James of Ultimate Painting, shares "My Right Hand"

Pete Astor was in NYC earlier this year playing NYC Popfest with his old band The Loft. That band (and his other ’80s band, The Weather Prophets) worked in a jangly, post-VU style that still sounds good today…

noisy UK band Spectres release unofficial Bond theme; Ramesh, Darren Hayman & more on new indiepop 007 tribute

Spectres hail from Bristol, UK and make the kind of hazy, dark din that’s not too far off from what Ride or Swervedriver did in their early days…

NYC Popfest Sunday preview/streams (Popguns, Colour Me Wednesday, Heathers, Pam & Bart, Gold-Bears & more)

For the last few years now, the final day of NYC Popfest has been an all-day show at Littlefield in Gowanus. This year is no exception though things seem to be starting a little later than usual…

NYC Popfest 2014 Friday preview / streams (The Flatmates, My Favorite, Haywains, Bart & Friends) ++ unofficial shows

Night 2 of NYC Popfest happens at Knitting Factory (tickets) and is headlined by C-86 era UK band The Flatmates whose tight, hook-filled songwriting and loose, loud style — and a career that only saw them release singles and EPs, breaking up before they managed an album — makes them one of the quintessential ’80s UK indiepop bands…

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fear of Men & Ablebody played Bowery Ballroom (pics)

“thank you @thepainsofbeing for a wonderful night of tunes and for covering my favorite Katy Perry song” – Sad Girls Guide “The @thepainsofbeing show was awesome till they covered katy perry…

stream Withered Hand's new album, see him at Chickfactor 22 this week w/ King Creosote and Pam Berry in his band

Scottish singer/songwriter Dan Willson will release New Gods, his second album as Withered Hand next week (3/25) via Slumberland. It’s a sparkling collection of literate pop, and the record features appearances Black Tambourine’s Pam Berry, Eugene Kelly of The Vaselines and members of Belle & Sebastian and Frightened Rabbit…