Pernice Brothers

”I wanted to treat these songs with the same respect Barry did. I'm hoping my interpretations help them get inside people in a different way.” Chopped host Ted Allen wrote the album's liner notes.

This week: reviews of new records by Wire, Joe Pernice, and Damaged Bug, plus Kevin Hairs, and an Alzheimer's benefit featuring New Order, Anna Calvi and more.

While The Pernice Brothers have made many excellent lush, highly orchestrated albums over the years, you can tell that most of Joe Pernice's songs start with an acoustic guitar. He's got the kind of honeyed voice -- and literate songcraft -- that doesn't need much embellishing...

This week in the Indie Basement: Bill's favorite records of 2019, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

This week: reviews of new albums from Belle & Sebastian, Metronomy, Pernice Brothers and Gruff Rhys, plus crucial reissues from Stereolab and Super Furry Animals.

Pernice Brothers are on tour in October, too.

This week: reviews of new albums by Lower Dens, Madder Rose, and Adam Green, plus Richard Hawley's first five albums are being reissued on vinyl, and check out three songs from the new Pernice Brothers album.

The Pernice Brothers are gearing up to release their first album in nine years. It's titled ’Spread the Feeling’ and will be out later this year via Joe Pernice's Ashmont Records.

Joe Pernice, of Scud Mountain Boys, The Pernice Brothers and The New Mendicants, has another new project in the works. Roger Lion is a collaboration between Pernice and producer Josh Karp who goes by the moniker Budo and, among other things, worked on Macklemore's 2005 album, The Language of My World...

Joe Pernice spent most of the year with his old band Scud Mountain Boys who released their first new album since the '90s and toured for it as well...