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Indie Basement: Best Songs & Albums of February 2024

Featuring Beth Gibbons, Ducks Ltd, IDLES, J Mascis, Les Savy Fav, Four Tet, Mary Timony, Real Estate, and all the rest of February’s best stuff.

Our Favorite Songs of the Week (playlist)

Jessica Pratt, Vampire Weekend, IDLES, Warpaint, Slaughter Beach Dog, DIIV, METZ, Friko, Heems, Schoolboy Q, and more

Indie Basement (2/16): the week in classic indie, college rock, more

This week in Indie Basement: review of new album by IDLES, Grandaddy, Omni, Britpop vets Cast, El Perro Del Mar, and more

Britpop vets Cast announce new album 'Love is the Call,' share title track

Cast, the Britpop vets led by onetime La’s member John Power, will release their seventh album in early 2024.

Oasis commemorating massive 1996 Knebworth concerts with new documentary

At the height of their popularity, Oasis played two massive concerts at Knebworth House Park in August of 1996, performing to 280,000 fans across two nights. Those shows will be the subject of a new documentary…

The 20 Best Britpop Albums of 1995

1995 was the peak year for Britpop with the “Blur Vs Oasis” feud, and nearly every major player in the scene releasing an album. We ranked the 20 best.

Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters announce US tour, including 'Celebrate Brooklyn!' (dates & video)

While Led Zeppelin‘s appearances last year were limited to press conferences and late-night TV interviews, Robert Plant will be going on a tour this year with his new band, The Sensational Space Shifters…

Chapel Club played CMJ w/ Everything Everything & Blood Red Shoes (pics), playing SXSW 2011 (intial lineup)

After Chris left the BV Loft Party all the way back on Friday, October 22nd, he headed over to Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Blue Flowers-presented CMJ showcase for a lineup of mostly UK bands including Chapel Club, Everything Everything, and Blood Red Shoes (who toured North America with Sky Larkin in October)…

WAVVES played Bowery Ballroom sober, meltdown-free & in an arm cast (Woods, Real Estate & Popo played too) - pic

People are officially stagediving at the wavves show at bowery. Holy/shit. – david galea PREVIOUSLY: Wavves broke his wrist skateboarding, but is still scheduled to play Bowery, P4K Fest, a skate park benefit…