Always one of the more unique End of Year lists, The Quietus' Albums of 2021 include everything from The Weather Station and Little Simz to Divide and Dissolve, Scotch Reflex, The Bug, At the Gates and more.
Listen to new songs by Michael Chapman (ft. Bridget St. John), a collaboration between Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) & John Davis (Superdrag), Machinefabriek (ft. Marissa Nadler), Spielbergs, and more.
This week in the Basement: Kero Kero Bonito continue to get better, two very different groups from Glasgow (one featuring Franz Ferdinand's Paul Thompson); two very different artists from Melbourne, Australia (one punk, one quirky pop); and a reissue of The Soundtrack of Our Lives' breakthrough LP.
We already mentioned that Drive Like Jehu were playing and curating curating the second weekend of a two-weekend, Wales-set edition of All Tomorrow's Parties 2...
One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin' (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others...