Protomartyr

HBO's Animals featured cameos from Dinosaur Jr, Killer Mike, Kurt Vile, A$AP Rocky, Kim Gordon and more, so it should be no surprise that co-creator Phil Matarese is a huge music fan. Here's his Top 10 of 2020.

The indie-punk songwriter dug albums from Hot Mulligan, Laura Jane Grace, Polo G, Protomartyr, Phoebe Bridgers, The Lawrence Arms, and more this year.

Activity, the Brooklyn group featuring members of Grooms, Russian Baths and Field Mouse, released their excellent debut album back in March.

This week in the Indie Basement: the best records of 2020, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

The live album was recorded in 2014 when they opened for Parquet Courts at Brooklyn's Sugar Hill Supper Club. Only 750 copies pressed.

The Le Guess Who? "ON" streaming festival features original programming, video of past LGW? performances, film screenings and other video content curated by past performers like John Dwyer of the Oh Sees, SUUNS, and The Bug, new interviews and more. It's all free.

From weirdo country to neo post-punk, dance music, orch pop and more, here are Indie Basement's favorite albums of the weirdest year ever...so far.

The Fall's influence is as deep as its discography, but here's a 15 song primer to lead you into the group's wonderful and frightening world, with one song chosen by Fontaines DC, and quotes from Protomartyr, Shame, IDLES & more.

Our July playlist includes songs by Sufjan Stevens, Angel Olsen, Jason Molina, John K Samson, Matt Berninger, My Morning Jacket, Touche Amore, Crack Cloud, Fontaines DC, Napalm Death, Earl Sweatshirt, and more...

"When people ask me what I've 'accomplished' during lockdown I can only grunt 'gained more weight' between fistfuls of food." - Joe Casey. Protomartyr's new album, 'Ultimate Success Today,' is out now.