Bill’s Indie Basement (4/5): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week: review of LPs by The Drums, Priests, Lawrence Arabia, Patio, Shana Cleveland (La Luz), Rose Elinor Dougall, and more.
Liam Finn
Jeff Tweedy played ‘Kimmel'; NYC shows on BV presale (password here)
Tickets to Jeff Tweedy's two NYC shows go on BrooklynVegan presale today. Password here...
12 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Laura Gibson, Disclosure, Wild Nothing, Neil & Liam Finn, The Skuffle Players, Super Unison, Soccer Mommy, Helena Deland, and more.
Neil & Liam Finn prep collab LP (watch new video ft. Mac DeMarco, Weyes Blood, more)
The "Back to Life" video also features Connan Mockasin, Kirin J. Callinan and more.
Ohana Festival 2017 Saturday pics & video (Fiona Apple, Eddie Vedder, more)
Watch Eddie Vedder join Glen Hansard on "Falling Slowly," and Fiona Apple join Eddie and Glen to cover "Rockin' in the Free World" on Saturday at Dana Point, CA's Ohana Festival.
watch Kirin J Callinan’s absurd ‘Off the Record’ mockumentary (w/ Mac DeMarco, Mark Ronson…
In a style fans of VH1's Behind the Music will recognize, Kirin reflects on the song and its total lack of chart success, with on-camera anecdotes from Mark Ronson, Mac DeMarco, Sebastien Tellier, Jack Black, members of The Go-Betweens, Weyes Blood, Liam Finn and others.
Who got naked for Connan Mockasin at Baby’s All Right’s 1st birthday party?
Williamsburg venue Baby's All Right continued their one year birthday celebrations last night with a packed night of shows starting with a triple Mexican Summer-signed bill (part of a two-day celebration for the label that started Wednesday at Glasslands) that began with sets (whose new album T…
Warpaint guest on new SBTRKT song w/ A$AP Ferg (listen); Liam Finn opening for them on tou…
Warpaint at Prospect Park in June (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Earlier this week SBTRKT dropped the Raury collaboration "Higher" from his new album Wonder Where We Land (due 9/23 via Young Turks), and now he's put out "Voices In My Head," which features rapper A$AP Ferg and indi…
Earlier this week SBTRKT dropped the Raury collaboration "Higher" from his new album Wonder Where We Land (due 9/23 via Young Turks), and now he's put out "Voices In My Head," which features rapper A$AP Ferg and indi…
Arthur Russell tribute LP details revealed (ft. Hot Chip, Robyn, Blood Orange, Sufjan Stev…
More details have finally been announced for the Arthur Russell tribute album thatt he Red Hot organization is putting out. The album's being released on YepRoc on October 21, and is now titled Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (it was initially announced that it'd be called This Is How…
watch Liam Finn play on a Brooklyn Rooftop ++ July tour
Liam Finn released his new album, The Nihilist, earlier this month. Around the time he was playing Union Pool shows, Liam and his band played album ripper "Burn Up the Road" on a Brooklyn rooftop and video of that performance makes its premiere in this post...