Lars Finberg
Protomartyr's Joe Casey talks year-end lists, and offers up one of his own
“I’m always stupefied when year-end list time rolls around. Especially when I see folks post shit like their ‘100 favorite albums of the year.’ That means a single person somehow consumed and critically thought of well over a hundred albums and some how figured out how to rank them. That would be like ranking all the meals for the year, sunrises, or bowel movements. Utter insanity.” – Protomartyr’s Joe Casey.
welcome to Bill's Indie Basement: the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week we’ve got a new singles compilation from the mighty The Fall, the solo debut from The Intelligence’s main brain Lars Finberg, synthy krautrock from Switzerland, a spooky new video from Grooms, and more.
Total Control on tour with Thee Oh Sees, playing two NYC shows this month
DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees – Carrion Crawler (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees – The Dream (MP3)
Some recent Total Control cover art
Australian synth-punks Total Control are currently on tour with Thee Oh Sees, where they’ll be in Texas for the Fun Fun Fun Fest this weekend, and then touring the rest of the country, with two stops in NYC: November 17 at 285 Kent and November 18 at Le Poisson Rouge…
Thee Oh Sees releasing 'Castlemania' (MP3), released a singles collection, add Lars Finberg to group, announced some dates
DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees – I Need Seed (MP3)
Thee Oh Sees on Bruise Cruise (more by Gabi Porter)
Along with word about their newest album, Castlemania (June 14, In the Red), Bay area rockers Thee Oh Sees dropped some recent news about the future of the band: an additional member, multi-instrumentalist/singer Lars Finberg of the Intelligence (who was playing with Wounded Lion at SXSW), will be making the group a five-piece in the near future…
