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This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Superchunk, King Hannah, Johnny Marr, Bambara, ADULT., and Holodrum.

Superchunk‘s new album ‘Wild Loneliness‘ is out February 25 and features appearances by Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake & Raymond McGinley, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack, Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell, and more

Superchunk‘s 12th album features appearances by Sharon Van Etten, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack, Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell, Owen Pallett, and more.

Dennis Callaci, of band Refrigerator and Shrimper Records, will release his third solo album, The Dead of the Day, on February 14...

William Tyler, who played in the mid-'90s lineup of Silver Jews, hosted a tribute to the late David Berman in Nashville over Thanksgiving weekend, and he'll be part of another one at Portland Bunk Bar on January 4, which would've been Berman's 53rd birthday...

Tonight's shows include Panda Bear, Thundercat, Joji, "Van Helentine's Day", the 20th annual Love Hangover duets show, Smerz, Kool & The Gang, Andy Shauf and more.

Wand, The Mermaid Parade, King Gizzard, Shopping/Priests, Magnetic Fields, Kool and the Gang, Eartheater, Jayhawks, Kurt Vile, are among Saturday's highlights

The schedule includes a Prefab Sprout tribute with Sondre Lerche, Jen Goma (A Sunny Day In Glasgow), Skylar Spence and more; a Small Faces tribute with Richie Birkenhead (Underdog/Into Another), Paul Bearer (Sheer Terror); Marty Wilson-Piper (ex-The Church) and more; plus others.

Jenny Toomey has a great indie rock CV -- she cofounded influential label Simple Machines Records (which led to writing a guide on how to do it yourself), and has played in such bands as Tsunami, Grenadine and Liquorice...

Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson is a genuine charmer. Headlining the final night of Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop at The Bell House, he did much of the set solo (and with a scraggly beard and a bushy head of hair, Jackson looked a lot like Angel from The Rockford Files) and held the crowd's attention the whole time, performing a mix of Belle & Sebastian songs (not necesarilly his own), songs from his new solo album (I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson, and covers (including a surprisingly great take on Elton John's "Rocket Man"). He's ...