Preoccupations

The Preoccupations / METZ / FACS tour starts in November.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from LUMP (Laura Marling & Tunng’s Mike Lindsay), former One Dove singer Dot Allison, Bloodslide (members of Protomartyr & Preoccupations), plus reissues from Half String and Magic Roundabout.

Canadian groups Preoccupations and METZ will be on a coast-to-coast tour of North America this fall. Plus: watch METZ play “A Boat to Drown In“ from last year’s ‘Atlas Vending‘

Bloodslide features Nancy Sinatra’s daughter, AJ Lambert, Protomartyr guitarist Greg Ahee, and Preoccupations drummer Mike Wallace.

Bloodslide is Protomartyr guitarist Greg Ahee, Preoccupations drummer Mike Wallace, and bassist/singer AJ Lambert (the daughter of Nancy Sinatra).

Rarities 2007-2010 is out this Friday.

This week’s show featured songs by Misfits, DIIV, Big Thief, Nick Cave, Vivian Girls, Luna, Lightning Bolt, Kim Gordon, Matt Berninger & Phoebe Bridgers, Gang Starr, Oh Sees, and more.

IDLES lit up the room from the moment they stepped on stage til the moment the last notes rang out, with the crowd matching pace, jumping and screaming along to every song while crowd surfers swarmed towards the stage in a steady stream…

Plus: Dave Hause, Sinead O’Connor, Lana Del Rey, The Movielife’s holiday shows, Eaux Claires Hiver, Polica, Caroline Polachek, and more tour-related news.

We’re giving away tickets to a bunch of NYC shows, including Taking Back Sunday with Errortype:Eleven, PUP with AJJ and Illuminati Hotties, IDLES with Preoccupations, A$AP Ferg with Murda Beatz and MadeinTYO, CharliXCX, and BABYMETAL with Avatar.