Youth

“One of the very best and most influential guitarists ever” – Youth wrote of his Killing Joke bandmate who died on Sunday

This week in Indie Basement: Wilco’s Cate Le Bon-produced Cousin, plus Blonde Redhead, Don Letts, Melenas, Seablite, and Modern Nature, and more.

In celebration of their show at London’s Royal Albert Hall this weekend, post-punk legends Killing Joke have shared a new single…

Former guitarist for The Fall (and former wife of the late Mark E Smith) Brix Smith will release her first-ever solo album in March

“The album distills my years of musical, political, and artistic life with these genre-breaking songs,” says Birch. “It’s a personal diary using sounds and lyrics, full of fun, rage, and storytelling.”

Hollie Cook has announced her fourth album, ‘Happy Hour,‘ which will be out June 24 via Merge

“‘Lord Of Chaos’ is about complex systems failure, when technology overloads and A.I. misreads the enemies’ intentions,“ says frontman Jaz Coleman.

Documentary ‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche‘ is showing on December 9 as part of the BrooklynVegan-presented “Music Driven” series; the film will be out in February on streaming and VOD.

It’s Gina Birch‘s first solo release and it’s out now on Third Man.

‘Next is Now,‘ her first-ever full-length album, was produced by Killing Joke’s Youth and will be out in August. “Saturday Afternoon“ features reggae legend Dennis Bovell.