Drab Majesty

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Stars, Liam Gallagher, Just Mustard, Dehd and PDX supergroup Slang (Janet Weiss, more), plus a remix EP from The KVB and more.

Listen to new songs by Cave In, Sampa The Great/Denzel Curry, Quelle Chris, GWAR, Kelly Lee Owens, Weird Nightmare/Bully, Shearwater, Mogwai, Faye Webster, Anika, Desire, Hether Fortune, and more...

Levitation fest happens Halloween Weekend in Downtown Austin and the 2021 lineup also includes Tinariwen, Chicano Batman, Red Fang, Nothing, Ty Segall's Fuzz, Black Midi, Connan Mockasin, Andy Shauf, Kikagaku Moyo, Yves Tumor, Shannon & The Clams, Shabazz Palaces, and more.

The CA festival was originally scheduled for 2020, then rescheduled to 2022 with much of the same lineup, including Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The Church, The English Beat, and more

Originally set for 2020, the L.A. fest with an '80s alternative / goth vibe will now happen in 2022 with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Damned, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, PiL, Cold Cave, Black Marble and more also playing.

Xiu Xiu's albums of duets is out now, and they've shared a new video for the song with Sharon Van Etten, directed by the band's Angela Seo.

Chelsea Wolfe, Alice Bag, Haley Fohr, Owen Pallet, Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, and more also feature on ’OH NO,’ Xiu Xiu’s twelfth album.

Psycho Vegas plans to return to Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for its 2021 edition in August, while Maryland Deathfest has yet to make a definite call about whether the festival will happen next year.

Patriarchy's remix album also features Front Line Assembly, Drab Majesty, Geneva Jacuzzi, and more.

”The tweet was myopic, unsympathetic, steeped in cultural prejudice, and it represented myself as both a racist and a bigot,” Andrew Clinco, aka Drab Majesty, writes.