Metz

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Porridge Radio, Weird Nightmare (METZ's Alex Edkins), Cola (ex-Ought) and Poster Paints (Frightened Rabbit), plus a lost Clash/Ranking Roger collab

Texas noise rock festival No Coast runs October 27 - 30 in Denton, TX

Including Spiritualized, Wet Leg, Fontaines DC, Hot Chip, Elizabeth Fraser, Sondre Lerche, The Aluminum Group, Martin Courtney (Real Estate) and more of April's best music.

The Austin festival (fka Austin Terror) is just over a week away from holding its first edition, and they've issued a new update including news about The Locust following the death of drummer Gabe Serbian, along with even more info.

Listen to new songs by Cave In, Sampa The Great/Denzel Curry, Quelle Chris, GWAR, Kelly Lee Owens, Weird Nightmare/Bully, Shearwater, Mogwai, Faye Webster, Anika, Desire, Hether Fortune, and more...

Listen to new songs by Superorganism (ft. Stephen Malkmus), A-Trak, Braxe & Falcon (ft. Panda Bear), METZ offshoot Weird Nightmare, Street Sects, They Hate Change, Pachyman, Horsegirl (Au Pairs cover), Try the Pie, and more...

“Hooks and melody have always been a big part of my writing, but they really became the main focus this time,“ says Alex. The Weird Nightmare album is out in May via Sub Pop.

Ho99o9, Grouper, Massacre, Cities Aviv, King Woman, Armand Hammer’s billy woods, HTRK, Full of Hell, and others have also been added to the Austin festival‘s 2022 edition.

Listen to new songs from Liam Gallagher & Dave Grohl, Kavinsky, METZ, Kae Tempest, Kreator, Conway the Machine, Nicki Minaj & Lil Baby, RZA, King Von, $NOT & A$AP Rocky, YG (ft. J Cole & Moneybagg Yo), and more...

This week's playlist includes new music by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Swami John Reis, The Linda Lindas, Erin Rae ft. Kevin Morby, Caroline Spence ft. Matt Berninger, Kamasi Washington, and more