Saint Etienne

The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess is organizing online interactive listening parties of classic UK Britpop, shoegaze and alternative albums, via Twitter, all hosted by members of the bands.

This week in Indie Basement: the amazing new album by Porridge Radio, plus Jeanines, The Wants, Wax Machine, and a terrific ’80s UK synthpop collection compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs.

This week: reviews of new records from Julian Cope, the late Andrew Weatherall, Daisies, Spinning Coin, Capricorn One (Ed Ackerson, RIP), and Lithuanian minimal wave band Solo Ansamblis.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Field Music and Jim Noir, plus a reissue of The Durutti Column’s Fidelity, baroque psych comp Tea & Symphony, and a new single from Cold Beat’s first album for DFA.

This week in Indie Basement: C90 takes C86 into a new decade, a collaboration between The Auteurs’ Luke Haines & R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, and Peter Strickland’s delightfully weird film In Fabric.

This week in Bill’s Indie Basement: his favorite albums of the last decade, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

This week in Indie Basement: Girl Ray go pop with style on their second album, plus reissues from Pale Saints, Dolly Mixture, Saint Etienne, and Hefner.

This week: reviews of new albums from Comet Gain, Elbow, Allah-Las, The Hecks and Lindstrøm, plus reissues from The Wedding Present, and a damn fine compilation from Tim Burgess (Charlatans) and Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne).

This week: reviews of new records by Whitney, Parsnip, and The Vacant Lots, plus Catherine Wheel’s ’Adam & Eve’ gets a vinyl reissue, and ’90s Britpop act Salad release their first album in 22 years.

This week’s show featured songs by Willie Nelson, Kevin Morby, James Blake, Toth, Bruce Springsteen, Stormzy, No Age, Pinocchio, Desperate Bicycles, Saint Etienne and more.