Michael Hampton

Ted Leo backed by members of Fugazi, Faith & Obits as The Foreign Correspondents on new 7" (listen)

Ted Leo, Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Michael Hampton (Faith, Fake Names) and Sohrab Habibion (Edsel, Obits) cover two songs by ’70s French-Canadian power-pop artist Michel Pagliaro…

Indie Basement (12/2): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in Indie Basement: The Auteurs, Metronomy, SAVAK, Ride’s Andy Bell, Langkamer, and more.

SAVAK prep remix LP ft Mogwai, Nate Kinsella, more (stream a track), touring

‘Error / Delight‘ also features remixes by Immersion (Colin Newman / Malka Spigel), Plus/Minus, Michael Hampton (Embrace), Eli Janney, and more.

Q&A w/ The Faith on upcoming live album from 1981 CBGB show with Bad Brains (stream a track)

Alec MacKaye, Michael Hampton, and Ivor Hanson talk sharing the stage with Bad Brains, CBGB memories, Kurt Cobain’s Faith fandom, and more…

DC post-hardcore vets Edsel unearth "lost" 2001 EP for Bandcamp Friday

DC band Edsel, who released records on Dischord, DeSoto, Jade Tree, Grass and others, broke up in 1997 but here’s a lost EP the band recorded in 2001…

watch the 'CREEM' Magazine documentary

‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’ features interviews with Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Joan Jett, Gene Simmons, Wayne Kramer, Michael Stipe, Thurston Moore, and more.

Bill's Indie Basement (4/10): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Basement: reviews of new releases from ADULT., Cindy Lee, SAVAK, Flat Worms, Once And Future Band, and more.

'Punk the Capital' documentary screening around the U.S. (NYC w/ Brian Baker and Michael Hampton Q&A)

Punk the Capital, the 2019 documentary about the early DC punk scene, will be screening around the U.S. this winter and spring, including a few dates with special Q&As…

next at Nitehawk Music Driven: new hardcore film/Q&A, Ryuichi Sakamoto doc

The hardcore doc is new film ‘Records Collecting Dust II’ and it includes a Q&A with members of Sheer Terror, Government Issue, and Embrace.