Primal Scream

Longtime Primal Scream keyboardist Martin Duffy, who also played in Felt and briefly joined The Charlatans in the ’90s, has died. Tim Burgess, Liam Gallagher, and others have paid tribute…

Listen to new songs by Caitlin Rose/Courtney Marie Andrews, Primal Scream & Dexys, David Brewis (Field Music), Cheekface, Civic, Future Islands (”Last Christmas” cover), Lucius, Morbid Visionz, Bnny, and more…

Having originally published a best albums of the 1990s list in 2003, Pitchfork just put up a new version, and there are some changes…

This week in Indie Basement: ‘The John Hughes Mixtapes’ box, reviews of new records by Healing Potpourri (produced by High Llamas), Marci and Mick Trouble, plus a Saint Etienne-curated comp of early ’90s downtempo classics.

After two years off due to the pandemic Glastonbury will finally be back. Other performers include Charli XCX, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Phoebe Bridgers, Crowded House, Kacey Musgraves, Lord, Haim, more

Plus: The Wombats, Dark Thoughts, Coco, Mastodon / Opeth, Big Ears 2022, Monolord, Still Corners, Indigo De Souza, The ALlman Family Revival, and more tour and festival news.

The Orb, De La Soul, Billy Bragg, The Mountain Goats, Jenny Lewis, Steve Albini, Mark Stewart, Subatomic Sound System, Geoff Barrow, Ryley Walker have also paid tribute to the pioneering artist.

Primal Scream’s classic album ’Screamadelica’ turns 30 in September, and to celebrate, the band have a number of reissues on the way, including a box set of 12” singles, a double vinyl picture disc set, and album of demos.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Bobby Gillespie & Jehnny Beth, Snapped Ankles, Guided by Voices alter-egos Cub Scout Bowling Pins, The Go! Team, A Certain Ratio, and Tashaki Miyaki.

Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie’s ‘Tenement Kid,‘ and Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant’s ‘Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Punk Guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen‘ will be out via Third Man this fall.