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Bill's Indie Basement (10/5): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Basement: Kero Kero Bonito continue to get better, two very different groups from Glasgow (one featuring Franz Ferdinand’s Paul Thompson); two very different artists from Melbourne, Australia (one punk, one quirky pop); and a reissue of The Soundtrack of Our Lives’ breakthrough LP.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives called it quits, played final show in Stockholm (setlist, video); guitarist forms new band

)You said, “My idea when we started this band was that we were going to peak around 2012.” Did you really believe that Ebbot Lundberg: Yes, I always did…

Bill's Week in Austin (Day 3 - Wounded Lion, John Grant, PS I Love You, TSOOL, WhoMadeWho, Wye Oak, Versus & more)

Wounded Lion @ Shangri La After Wednedsay and Thursday… I spent most of Friday afternoon — the hottest day of the fest, well into the ’80s –at Sailor Jerry-sponsored East Side dive Shangri La where Chicago label Trouble in Mind was throwing a party in the back yard…