Listen to new songs by Local Natives/Sharon Van Etten, HEALTH/100 gecs, The Cribs, Sada Baby/Nicki Minaj, $NOT/Flo Milli, Aesop Rock, Hjelvik (ex-Kvelertak), and more...
This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Woods, The Charlatans' Tim Burgess, Badly Drawn Boy, Hefner's Darren Hayman, and Marker Starling (featuring members of High Llamas & Stereolab).
This week's Notable Releases include Bob Mould, Mercury Rev's guest-filled Bobbie Gentry tribute, Jessica Pratt, Cass McCombs, HEALTH, Panda Bear, and more...
Mercury Rev's re-imagining of Bobbie Gentry's 1968 concept album 'The Delta Sweete' also features Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Vashti Bunyan, Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), and more. Hear the song with Margo Price now...
Deerhoof land in NYC this week for 2 shows (BrooklynVegan Northside showcase included) before heading to Canada for Sled Island Fest which they helped curate. Meanwhile, we asked the band what they've been listening to, and guitarist John Dieterich made us this very interesting playlist. Check …
The album features Digable Planets' Ladybug Mecca, Stereolab's Lætitia Sadier, Questlove, Bilal, Raphael Saadiq, Marsha Ambrosius, and Cee-Lo Green, who's on new single ”Questions.”
Little Tornadoes, which includes Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier and Tortoise's John Herndon, describe their sound as "psychedelic country" but the album's single, "Chérie la Mouche," is tres French: swoony, swaggery and a little space age bachelor pad-y.
Deerhoof have just shared new single "Come Down Here and Say That" from their forthcoming, guest-filled album Mountain Moves which is out September 9 via Joyful Noise. The song, which has a funky, almost late-'70s feel to it, features onetime Stereolab singer/guitarist Laetitia Sadier…
Titled Blast Off Through the Wicker, Temple mixes krautrock, synthpop, Malian music, highlife, dub, and more into a warm, melodic, engaging record. It's all the more impressive when you learn he made the whole thing on a cassette four-track recorder.