Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of May 2023
Featuring Blur, Sparks, bar italia, Mandy Indiana, Alison Goldfrapp, Girl Ray, King Hannah, Pip Blom, MEMORIALS, Sweeping Promises, Cut Worms, and more of May's best stuff, plus a 55-song playlist
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Blur brought out Phil Daniels for “Parklife,” played more rarities @ 2nd warm-up show (setlist, video)
Blur are currently playing a few intimate warm-up shows for their upcoming UK/EU tour, and Sunday's show featured ”Sunday Sunday” and a few more songs they hadn't played in many years...
Our favorite songs of the week (playlist)
This week's playlist includes new music by Blur, Róisín Murphy, Genesis Owusu, Girl Ray, Julie Byrne, Bad Bunny, Morgan Wade, Lord Huron, Kaytraminé (ft. Freddie Gibbs), Mandy Indiana, and more.
Watch Blur debut new songs at their first proper show in 8 years (setlist, video)
Their set include two songs off their upcoming ninth album, the first-ever play of Modern Life is Rubbish's "Villa Rosie," and lots of hits.
Blur announce first album in eight years, share new single “The Narcissist”
‘The Ballad of Darren‘ is Blur's ninth album and will be out July 21.
Record Store Day announces 2023 exclusive titles (full list)
Record Store Day 2023 is April 23 and this year's exclusive titles include Jonathan Richman, Pearl Jam, Bjork, Blur, David Byrne, Ol Dirty Bastard, The Sisters Of Mercy, Prefab Sprout, Ramones, Todd Rundgren, Sparks, Rza, Joe Strummer, Wilco, and more
Graham Coxon & Rose Elinor Dougall discuss the inspirations behind The WAEVE’s debut LP
The WAEVE‘s self-titled debut is out now and Graham and Rose's influences for it include Talk Talk, Fairport Convention, Broadcast, Gong, Young Marble Giants and more.
Indie Basement (1/20): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by John Cale, Guided by Voices, Ladytron, The Murder Capital, Blur drummer David Rowntree, The Bad Ends (ft R.E.M.'s Bill Berry), The C.I.A. (Denée & Ty Segall), and more.
Primavera Sound Porto 2023 lineup (Kendrick Lamar, Blur, Rosalía, Pet Shop Boys, more)
Plus Halsey, Baby Keem, Bad Religion, Darkside, Bleachers, The Mars Volta, My Morning Jacket, Drain Gang, and many more.
Gorillaz share “Skinny Ape,” announce AR events in NYC and London
“Get ready for the biggest Times Square takeover since that other gorilla smashed the place up,“ say Gorillaz, who are presenting “Skinny Ape“ AR events in Times Square and Piccadilly Circus.