Grass Widow

Listen to new songs by Calvin Harris/The Weeknd, Jazmine Sullivan, Fleet Foxes' Skyler Skjelset, St. Vincent, Adia Victoria, Ty Dolla $ign/Nicki Minaj, Zero 7, and more...

Listen to new songs by Benny the Butcher, Unreal City, Katie Dey, Emmy the Great, Half Waif (Mirah cover), Liv.e, Teenage Halloween, Idle Hands, Jon Hassell, and more...

This week in the Basement: reviews of new records from Pozi, The Radio Dept, bdrmm, Peel Dream Magazine, Holy Wave, plus a couple cover records from Prince Fatty, and more.

Midnight Meditations is "designed to help listeners through long dark nights of the soul" and includes tracks from members of Total Control, Dick Diver, The Twerps, Scott & Charlene's Wedding, and more.

The Urinals didn't release many records but their influence extends well past their discography. Listen to covers by Yo La Tengo, The Minutemen, Ceremony, The Meatmen, No Age, Metz, Gun Club, Women, Grass Widow, and more.

This week in the Basement: Australia's Totally Mild, The Green Child (members of Total Control and Grass Widow), Unlikely Friends (BOAT + Math & Physics Club), and more.

The album features Mikey Young of Total Control, Raven Mahon on Grass Widow and more.

Grass Widow bassist Hannah Lew formed Cold Beat last year with Bianca Sparta (Erase Errata) on drums, and Kyle King on guitar. Despite a name that sounds like it should be a French minimal wave band from 1981, what Cold Beat have released so far is actually cheery indiepop, jangly and harmony-laden.…

As mentioned, San Francisco's The Mantles just released their new album, Long Enough to Leave, a lovely album loaded with '60s-inspired guitar pop...

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Eddy Current Suppression Ring @ Cake Shop, June 2010 (more by Diana Wong)

One of the biggest, most genuine music fans I know is Andy from Ludlow Street indie rock club Cake Shop...