Norman Blake

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This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Munya, Norway's I Was a King, and Xeno & Oaklander, plus Gary Numan's ’I Assassin’ is reissued on vinyl, Scottish post-punk outfit Vital Idles, and Sudakistan cover The Stooges in Spanish.

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Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift have a new 7" single due out this fall titled "Love is a Drag" which they recorded with Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake in Kitchener, Ontario...

Scottish musician Bill Wells has played in a number of groups over the years, most notably his own improvisational jazz combo, the Bill Wells Octet, and The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland...

You may remember that Half Japanese's Jad Fair made four collaborative albums as part of his Artist in Residence series for Joyful Noise. The album he made with Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake, titled Yes, will be out May 12...

Joe Pernice and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake both call Toronto home these days and, what with their similar musical styles, have joined forces under the name The New Mendicants...

Yo La Tengo with Norman Blake (photo by Liz Clayton, via)We opened night eight with "Ohm" (recorded by John McEntire on YLT's forthcoming Fade record)...

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DOWNLOAD: Tift Merritt & Norman Blake - Thirteen (Big Star) (MP3)



Tift Merritt's is now on tour with Stephen Kellogg, and though tickets are unfotunately sold-out for their show at City Winery (May 6th), she has added another NYC show and this time it's FREE...

"Big Star's third album, , has long been revered by artists and critics as one of the most influential albums ever produced. Written and recorded when the legendary 70s band was primarily a studio project consisting of Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, the third album was never been performe…