Ghostface Killah and M.I.A. curating Sonos stations ++ Geoff Barrow & more
There are also new Sonos Radio HD show with Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia), and more.
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Indie Basement (3/5): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Arab Strap, Jane Weaver, Billy Nomates and Fake Fruit, plus Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, a new Telex best-of, and Flowered Up's baggy classic "Weekender" gets a vinyl repress.
Billy Nomates announces ‘Emergency Telephone’ EP, shares “Heels”
UK artist Billy Nomates, whose self-titled debut was one of our favorite albums of 2020, is already back with a new EP...
12 new TV shows from 2020 to binge-watch after ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
For every mega-hyped show like Netflix's excellent ‘The Queen‘s Gambit' there are many more that deserve your attention. Here are a dozen new series from this year worth binging...
13 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Dezzie/Headie One, Shenseea, YACHT, Sinkane, The Soul Santas (Beak>), Caroline Polachek, and more...
Quakers (Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, more) prep first LP in 8 years – stream a track
Featuring Katalyst and Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Quakers’ first album in 8 years includes appearances from Guilty Simpson, Sampa the Great, Jonwayne, Jeremiah Jae, Chester Watson, Boog Brown, Jeru the Damaja, and many more.
Geoff Barrow (Portishead)’s production supergroup Quakers drop 50-track beat tape on Stone…
Production collective Quakers -- Katalyst (Ashley Anderson), Fuzzface (Geoff Barrow of Portishead & Beak>), and 7-Stu-7 (Invada Studios engineer Stuart Matthews) -- are back after eight years with this 50-track, 50-minute beat tape...with more on the way soon.
Silver Apples’ Simeon Coxe, RIP
Electronic music pioneer and one half of the legendary psychedelic duo Silver Apples, Simeon Coxe has passed away at 82.
REM’s Mike Mills to Spotify CEO: “Go fuck yourself” ++ more artist reactions
Many artists have criticized Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for saying "you can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough."
read tributes to Ennio Morricone from Metallica, Massive Attack, Bon Iver, Goldfrapp, more
You can also read tributes to Morricone from Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Edgar Wright, Steven Van Zandt, Chance the Rapper, New Order, Duran Duran, Biz Markie, The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, Jean Michel Jarre, and more.