Sean OHagan

This will be the first High Llamas album in eight years, and it features 2 songs co-written by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.

‘Sea of Mirrorsæ and ’Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show‘ are out in September and feature contributions from Cillian Murphy, Love’s Johnny Echols, The High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan, and more

Listen to new songs by Rina Sawayama, Son Little, John Moreland, Wilder Maker, On Man, and more.

Listen to new songs from Real Estate’s Martin Courtney, Boris, Healing Potpourri, Katie Alice Greer (ex-Priests), Gillian Carter, and more.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Deep Throat Choir, and reissues from The New Pornographers and The Long Blondes.

The synopsis calls it ”a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more.”

Listen to new songs by Normani/Cardi B, Kevin Abstract/$NOT/slowthai, Shenseea, Wiki, Sepultura, Girl K, Haim, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm, The Cribs (Comet Gain cover), John Vanderslice, and more…

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Lost Girls (Jenny Hval & Håvard Volden, TUNS (mbrs Sloan, more), Quilt’s Anna Fox Rochinski, former Microdisney frontman Cathal Coughlan, Real Estate ++ a Grauzone box set, and more.

Former Microdisney and Fatima Mansions frontman Cathal Coughlan will release ‘Solo Co-Aklan,’ his first album in 10 years, in March.

The “Wish You Were Gay” cover was produced by The High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan.