Britta Phillips

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Django Django, Virginia Wing, Heligoland, Rat Columns, Mush, plus Cheval Sombre, Lost Horizons, So Badly, and more.

Listen to new holiday songs from Daveed Diggs, Big K.R.I.T., HAIM, Black Midi, Chassol, Sound of Ceres, STRFKR, Pup & Charly Bliss, Anti-Flag, Little Boots, and more.

Dean & Britta also sing on Sonic Boom's new holiday single “I Wish It Was Like Christmas Every Day (A Little Bit Deeper).”

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sonic Boom, Modern Nature and LA Priest, plus a vinyl reissue of Britpop band Longpigs' debut album.

This new single also marks the first time Dean Wareham has worked with Kramer since Galaxie 500.

It's off the veteran alt-rock band's first album in 22 years.

Milwaukee alternative rockers were initially around for two albums and an EP in the early/mid 1990s, and after breaking up frontman Richard Jankovich went on to form Burnside Project and do remixes under the name Pocket. Now they're back with their first album in 22 years, and it features Mighty Mighty Bosstones' Dicky Barrett and Luna's Britta Phillips...

It's December -- are you ready for holiday music?

Apart from the Brooklyn show, dates are all West Coast.

This year's lineup includes Kids in the Hall, tributes to 'King of the Hill,' Fred Williard, Talking Heads movie 'True Stories,' tons of live podcasts and much more.