Etienne De Crecy

This week in the Indie Basement: Bill's favorite albums of 2018, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

Listen to new songs by Grandaddy, Dipset, Black Thought, Tomb Mold, Perfume Genius, Mark Lanegan & Nicole Atkins covering Guns N' Roses, Cults, Slowthai, and more.

Our October 2018 playlist includes new tracks by Robyn, Miya Folick, Sharon Van Etten, Phosphorescent, Deerhunter, Steve Gunn, Jessica Pratt, Ty Segall, Esperanza Spalding, Beach House, Jamila Woods, Anderson .Paak, Thom Yorke, and more.

This week: Baxter Dury's B.E.D. project with Etienne De Crecy; Buzzcocks vinyl reissues; Ty Segall's covers album; Italian band Qlowski; Swiss Duo Klaus Johann Grobe go full disco; and Young Marble Giants singer Alison Statton reunites with her Weekend collaborator Spike for a new LP.

Our September 2018 playlist includes new tracks by Brockhampton, Yves Tumor, Low, Julia Holter, Robyn, Noname, Joey Purp, Lana Del Rey, Cat Power, Yaeji, Little Simz, IDLES, Adrianne Lenker, Sandro Perri, and more.

This week: The Goon Sax's terrific new 'We're Not Talking'; Baxter Dury teams with Etienne de Crécy for a new LP; plus Lake Ruth, French psych band Bootchy Temple, and two new 1968 compilations curated by Saint Etienne.

A review of Etienne de Crécy's 1996 Super Discount EP spawned the term "French Touch" which would soon be applied to Daft Punk, Air, Cassius and other electronic acts of the late '90s...

Glassjaw at Knitting Factory, 2010 (more by Nicky Sneakers) LODRO @ Knitting Factory in May (more by Amanda Hatfield) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows...

Bertrand Burgalat @ Pop Montreal 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) When we first posted that French artist Bertrand Burgalat would be coming to NYC for the CMJ Festival we didn't know much, but we now have specifics...

After teasing folks with a few names here and there -- like Run DMC most recently -- Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (Nov 2 - 4) has revealed it's full line-up, including Public Image Ltd, De La Soul, Superchunk, Santigold, Refused, X peforming Los Angeles, and lots, lots more...