Kevin Shields

This week in the Basement: reviews of new records by The Bats, Molchat Doma, Chilly Gonzales (ft. Feist & Jarvis Cocker), Tricky, Bent, Le Volume Courbe, and more.

Le Volume Courbe, aka Charlotte Marionneau, will release new EP ‘Fourteen Years‘ this Friday.

Inspired by the release of Hum's first album in 22 years, we put together a list of 28 essential songs that occupy the middle ground between shoegaze and heavier music - a sound which has existed for decades but is now more prominent than ever.

Dinosaur Jr's Camp Fuzz, the ”all-inclusive adventure that features master classes, Q&A sessions, performances, arts and crafts, and more,” has been underway all this week at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. So far it's included performances by Dinosaur Jr, solo sets f…

Dinosaur Jr's Camp Fuzz in Upstate NY also features performances by the band, solo performances by J and Lou, appearances by Fred Armisen and Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, and more...

Record Store day is April 13 and our picks of the exclusive titles include records by The Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Courtney Barnett, Julien Baker, Frank Black, The Dream Syndicate, the ’Lost In Translation’ soundtrack and more.

Converge bassist Nate Newton shared a huge, eclectic, genre-spanning list of his favorite albums of 2018, with punk, metal, hip-hop, and indie rock picks including War on Women, Daughters, Mazzy Star, Mitski, St. Vincent, Tomb Mold, Hot Snakes, Judas Priest, Cardi B, Deafheaven, Voivod, High On Fire…

J Mascis' heavy psych band Heavy Blanket opened the show.

”I remember one of the first times I met Kevin Shields, he said 'I like that song 'Daydream,' [and I said] 'yeah I wonder why because I ripped it off of you.'”

Record Store Day is April 21 and they've just announced the full list of exclusive, limited edition titles that will be available, including records by Arcade Fire, The National, Quicksand, Fleetwood Mac, Kevin Shields/Brian Eno, and more.