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Bill's Indie Basement (4/24): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from BC Camplight, RVG, Adventure Time soundtrackers Lake, Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, Sleater-Kinney), and more.

Harkin (Sleater-Kinney, Courtney Barnett) releases solo debut this week (listen)

Onetime Sky Larkin bandleader Katie Harkin has spend the last decade as one of the most in-demand side musicians, having played in the touring lineups of Sleater-Kinney, Wild Beasts, Flock of Dimes, and Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile‘s band. But all the while she’s been working on her own music…

Flock of Dimes celebrated her new album at Rough Trade with (Katie) Harkin (pics)

Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner brought her solo tour as Flock of Dimes to NYC this week in support of her debut album ‘If You See Me, Say Yes.’ Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, Sleater-Kinney) opened…

ENTRANCE released new EP (listen), playing 2 NYC shows before this weekend's Huichica fest (full schedule)

Guy Blakeslee just released his solid new EP of psychedelic pop as ENTRANCE. If you haven’t checked it out you can listen…

Menace Beach (includes mems of Sky Larkin & Hookworms) released an EP, ready new single (streams)

Menace Beach are from Leeds, the same English City that that also birthed Hookworms and Eagulls (and Gang of Four and Sisters of Mercy). Named after an old NES game, the band’s sound owes a little to the ’90s too, with sludgy guitar poured over some relentlessly catchy pop with the always-appearling male-female vocal combo courtesy main members Ryan Needham and Liza Violet…

Sky Larkin ready new LP (stream a track)

Leeds indie rock outfit Sky Larkin are gearing up to release their third album later this year. It’s been almost three years since the group dropped the terrific Kaleide and since then the band have gone through some line-up changes…

CMJ 2010 - Bill's Wednesday NIGHTTIME picks & stuff (Tamaryn, Sky Larkin, Frankie & the Hearstrings & more)

DOWNLOAD: A Classic Education – I Lost Time (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Tamarayn – Love Fade (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin – Year Dot (Spirit Spine Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin – Barracuda (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dominant Legs – About My Girls (MP3) My picks for day parties are HERE…

Sky Larkin return w/ a new album - MP3, remix, dates & more

DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin – Year Dot (Spirit Spine Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sky Larkin – Barracuda (MP3) Sky Larkin will be over from the UK this month for a North American tour which starts in Vancouver on October 12 — the same day their teriffic new album, Kaleide, gets its American release…

The Mynabirds on tour w/ David Bazan (Brooklyn Bowl Friday), playing Saddle Creek CMJ showcase (dates)

DOWNLOAD: The Myrnabirds – Numbers Don’t Lie (MP3) The Saddle Creek / Wichita CMJ showcase will take place at the Delancey in NYC on October 21st, and it looks something like this:…

Sky Larkin, Nana Grizol, Futureheads, Athlete, PO PO, Summer Fridays mix tapes & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Nana Grizol – Galaxies (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Naza Grizol – For Things That Haven’t Come (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Futureheads – Struck Dumb (MP3) Sky Larkin @ Pianos during CMJ (more by Bryan Bruchman) It’s not the most action-packed of weekends in TWII land…
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