Mikey Young

Total Control's Mikey Young reissuing 'You Feelin' Me?' tape on vinyl/CD (stream a track)

The instrumental album original came out in 2017 on cassette only — it’ll get a vinyl and CD release via John Dwyer’s Castle Face label in August.

Bill's Indie Basement (1/18): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: Steve Gunn’s great new LP, plus two Australian bands that feature members of Twerps, plus Flat Worms and a new wide-ranging Manchester compilation.

Bill's Indie Basement (11/9): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week: cult group Part Time, superior French garage rock from Cathedrale, Allah-Las guitarist Pedrum Siadatian goes solo; plus Montreal mutant punks Priors, Winter & Triptides and a killer comp of vintage German post-punk.

Guy Blackman (Chapter Music) releases solo compilation 'Here Pieces' (listen)

Guy runs Australian label Chapter Music and makes music himself. If you dig literate, shy, sensitive, sometimes wobbly indiepop like The Pastels, The Cannanes, Beat Happening and other groups who might be labeled “twee,” Guy fits into that universe.

SAVAK announce new LP 'Beg Your Pardon' (listen to "Dead Dick")

Brooklyn’s SAVAK release their third album on November 9.

Clearance releasing 'At Your Leisure' on Topshelf (stream it)

The album was recorded by Dave Vettraino (Melkbelly, NE-HI), and mastered by Total Control’s Mikey Young, and it’s one part Pavement, one part jangly ’60s Brit-psych.

Bill's Indie Basement (6/8): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Basement: Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, shouty UK punk from Dog Chocolate and Slumb Party, aggressively loud Australian band Deaf Wish, and a very smooth cocktail of Brazilian soft-rock disco.

Bill's Indie Basement (1/12): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

This week in the Basement: Australia’s Totally Mild, The Green Child (members of Total Control and Grass Widow), Unlikely Friends (BOAT + Math & Physics Club), and more.

Mikey Young (Total Control, ECSR) releasing solo synth record, shares "Socks"

Mikey Young has been a creative force in a lot of Melbourne bands — Total Control, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ooga Boogas among them — but he’s never put out a solo record. He’s about to, though…

Total Control's Mikey Young unearths Australia's '60s/'70s soft rock underbelly on 'Follow the Sun' comp (streams)

“I don’t idealize these as the ‘good times.’ Those kind of bubbles also create closed minds and shitty attitudes, but some great music is made when it’s restricted to its own small universe.” – Mikey Young.
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