Indie Basement (9/25): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Róisín Murphy, A Certain Ratio, Wax Chattels, Hen Ogledd (Richard Dawson), Profligate, and Mint Field.
Gabe Gurnsey
A Certain Ratio announce first album in 12 years, share “Always in Love”
'ACR Loco' features appearances from Denise Johnson (Happy Mondays, Primal Scream), Gabe Gurnsey (Factory Floor), Mike Joyce (The Smiths), and more.
19 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs from Redd Kross, Ezra Furman, Automatic, Squid, Fever Ray, Nervus, Sinead O Brien, Nightfell, The Menzingers, A$AP Ferg, and more.
A Certain Ratio prep retrospective box set, cover Talking Heads’ “Houses In Motion”
Talking Heads cover ”Houses in Motion” was originally conceived as a 1980 collaboration with Grace Jones. ’ACR:BOX’ is out May 3 via Mute.
tours announced: Car Seat Headrest, AlunaGeorge, Flasher, Fucked Up, GWAR, more
Plus: The Bronx/The Explosion, Fishbone/Living Colour, Gabe Gurnsey (of Factory Floor), GWAR, Cruel Hand/Take Offense, Empress Of, Daniel Romano, Beach Bunny/Field Medic, and more tour news.
Gabe Gurnsey (Factory Floor) channels Michael Jackson on “Harder Rhythm” (listen)
”When writing Harder Rhythm I was drawing from the two very connected basic primal instincts of sexual attraction and our instilled affinity with rhythm,” says Gabe of the song that was also influenced by a ’Thriller’ track. His solo debut is out in August.
Factory Floor’s Gabe Gurnsey preps solo LP, opening for Nine Inch Nails
"The album is very escapist in one sense even though I don’t want to escape from Factory Floor but what I do on my own has to be separate and it has to explore new avenues," says Gabe of his solo debut.
Nine Inch Nails share “God Break Down The Door”
Nine Inch Nails recently revealed that they'd be completing the trilogy that began with 2016's Not The Actual Events and 2017's Add Violence with Bad Witch on June 22. Now, the first taste of the new record is here...