Real Numbers

Plus: Murder by Death, Yellow Ostrich, Lovelorn (ex Creepoid), Interpol / Spoon, Mat Kerekes (Citizen), Lee Fields, Genocide Pact, Art D’Ecco, and more tour and festival news.

NYC’s New Colossus Festival will be back from March 9-13 at venues in the East Village and Lower East Side, featuring US and international acts headed to Austin for SXSW…

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Too Much Joy, Jane Inc, Real Numbers, Adele & The Chandeliers, and more.

Listen to new songs by La Femme, Boys Noize & Kelsey Lu, Spirit of the Beehive, Hiatus Kaiyote, Wode, Zao, Open Mike Eagle, and more

Listen to new songs by MONO, Steven Wilson, Clark, Charlie Hickey ft. Phoebe Bridgers, ’68, Mother of Mars (members of The Rapture), Clairo, Ohtis ft. Stef Chura, Closer, and more.

Listen to new songs by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ilsa, Blunt Razors (Planes Mistaken For Stars), Billy Danze (M.O.P.), Masego, Cabaret Voltaire, Bent, and more…

Mercury Girls have upcoming shows, including an NYC date in February with No Joy.

Their seemingly shambly indiepop sound is a style a lot of bands attempt but few can actually pull off. Real Numbers can and do with a combination of super-catchy songs, musicianship and just-right mid-fi production.

The Minneapolis indiepop band owe more than a little to twee punk icons Television Personalities.

Philadelphia’s Mercury Girls won the battle over use of their name (Toronto’s Mercury Girls are now called Pavilion). With that settled, look for a 7″ out early next year on venerable indiepop label Slumberland…