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LA punks Bad Cop/Bad Cop give track-by-track breakdown of powerful new LP 'The Ride'
The LA punk band’s third album just may be their best yet, and it’s streaming in full one day early. They spoke to us about how it was influenced by Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, bell hooks, ICE, and more…
here's Joey Cape's (Lagwagon) self-isolation playlist
”This list is the first 20 of my Spotify ‘faves’ playlist. I love all of these songs. I pass time adding to the list and fine-tuning the sequence,” Joey says.
5 amazing live videos to watch while you're home and every show is cancelled
Basically no shows are happening due to the coronavirus outbreak, so we’ve been sharing some of our favorite live videos instead. Today’s picks include Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Nine Inch Nails, and more…
Bill's Indie Basement (8/30): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
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.
Robyn Hitchcock & XTC's Andy Partridge finally releasing long-in-the-works EP
”Andy and I are the same age and suffer from the same record collection, especially the B’s: Barrett, Beatles, Beefheart,” says Robyn. ”He’s a Scorpio and I’m Pisces, so we’re the same astrological team as Richard Burton and Liz Taylor, except neither of us is Welsh, sadly.”
Black Mirror goes choose-your-own-adventure with new interactive movie 'Bandersnatch'
’Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ puts the viewer in control of the protagonist’s fate, and you get to choose everything from what breakfast cereal he eats and what music he listens to, to more serious (and often disturbing) choices.
Bill's Indie Basement (3/9): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: Portland’s Lithics, Cleaners from Venus frontman Martin Newell, UK duo Virginia Wing, Parisian band En Attendant Ana, and more.
new XTC doc 'This is Pop' airing now on Showtime; Colin Moulding & Terry Chambers release new EP
The new documentary features interviews with chief songwriters Partridge and Colin Moulding, as well as guitarist Dave Gregory, drummer Terry Chambers, plus producer John Leckie and fans Stewart Copeland (The Police), Clem Burke (Blondie), John Grant, Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap, The Simpsons), Miles Kane (Last Shadow Puppets), and more.
Pitchfork list their 200 best songs of the 1970s
Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they’ve returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn’t make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith…
Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Andy Partridge & more wrote songs for The Monkees' first album in 20 years, 'Good Times'
The Monkees, with original members Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith (RIP Davy Jones), will release their first album in 20 years this y…
