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Indie Basement: 2023's Best Reissues and Box Sets

Featuring: The Replacements, New Order, Acetone, The Lemonheads, The Dream Syndicate, Fun Boy Three, Kirsty MacColl, and more.

Indie Basement (11/10): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Basement: Art Feynman (Luke Temple), Tyvek, New Order, Bas Jan, Kirsty MacColl, David Holmes, Daneshevskaya, and more.

From Billy Bragg to Billie Eilish: 22 great Johnny Marr collaborations that aren't The Smiths

One of the great team players of the last 40 years, Johnny Marr elevates any project he’s apart of, be it Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, Pet Shop Boys or The The.

Belle & Sebastian working on new LP (listen to Stuart's reference playlist)

Stuart’s reference playlist for Belle & Sebastian’s new album includes tracks by Steely Dan, Husker Du, Massive Attack, The Hollies, Haim, The Cure, No Doubt, The Knife, and more.

BBC playing censored "Fairytale of New York" this year; The Pogues approve

The BBC has announced that flagship radio station Radio 1 will not play the original version of The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” this holiday season, instead playing a censored version with alternate lyrics…

Tanya Donelly announces covers album w/ Parkington Sisters, shares Go-Go's cover

In addition to her weekly quarantine covers series, Tanya Donelly is now also releasing a covers album, featuring takes on Leonard Cohen, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pretenders, Wings, Split Enz, and more…

Shane MacGowan responds to calls to censor The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York"

”She is a woman of a certain generation at a certain time in history and she is down on her luck and desperate. Her dialogue is as accurate as I could make it but she is not intended to offend!” – Shane MacGowan.