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

Our November playlist includes tracks from FKA twigs, Frank Ocean, The Rentals, Bombay Bicycle Club, Roisin Murphy, Baxter Dury, Mura Masa, Colin Self, Have a Nice Life, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Destroyer, Vince Staples, Princess Nokia, Kvelertak, and more

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Rocketship and Capitol, plus reissues from Everything But the Girl and Moloko.

The two NYC "chickfactor 25" shows feature Kicking Giant, Joe Pernice, The Pacific Ocean, Bridget St. John, and more.

The 2014 edition of NYC Popfest happened last weekend with five shows across four days and over 30 bands from around the world. I made it to every show except the Saturday (5/31) afternoon show at Spike Hill and saw a lot of great stuff...

Day 3 of NYC Popfest (Saturday 5/31) has something for just about everyone -- including those with not a lot of extra money -- with a free day show at Spike Hill and an evening show a couple blocks away at Cameo...

"thank you @thepainsofbeing for a wonderful night of tunes and for covering my favorite Katy Perry song" - Sad Girls Guide

"The @thepainsofbeing show was awesome till they covered katy perry...

NYC Popfest returns for its eighth year from May 29 - June 1 across venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The line-up was just announced and, as usual, it's a mix of new and classic bands...