Woods

Kyle Forester, who has played in Woods, Crystal Stilts, The Ladybug Transistor and more, releases his second solo album, Hearts in Gardens, this week.

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

It was a chill, lovely day in the woods with the Woodsist family, including lots of collaborations, and tributes to David Berman and Jason Molina.

Woods, who backed Berman on the Purple Mountains album, played PM’s “All My Happiness is Gone” with Kyle Field on vocals, and Silver Jews’ “Random Rules” with Kevin Morby singing.

Modern Nature, the new group that includes Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting, Mazes) and Will Young (BEAK>, Moon Gangs) and Aaron Neveu (Woods), just released their excellent debut album, ’How to Live’.

This week: reviews of new albums by Tropical Fuck Storm, Modern Nature (mems Ultimate Painting, Beak>, Woods), and Ghost Funk Orchestra, plus Teardrop Explodes reissues.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Purple Mountains, Penelope Isles, New Order and Television Personalities, plus new L.A. band Lunch Lady (ex Abe Vigoda).

It’s been 10 years since David Berman took a match to Silver Jews. His first album since was worth the wait.

This week in the Basement: reviews of David Berman’s great new Purple Mountains single, albums from Honey Radar and Daisies, and Roman band WOW.

The indie/jam crossover is bigger than ever, and has now inspired a Washington Post article titled ”After a long, strange trip … all your indie faves are jam bands now.”