Sic Alps

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Osees and Guided by Voices, plus former Oh Sees member Brigid Dawson, and reissues from Gene and Heavenly.

Plus: Jason Isbell, Jherek Bischoff, Sarchasm, Corrupt Vision/Disparo! split, Hundreds of AU, David Nance, Sic Alps, Scott McCaughey, CHAI, a blink-182 tribute album, and more...

Listen to new songs by Marissa Nadler/John Cale, Weezer, Spiral Stairs, TEEN, Hand Habits, TR/ST, Wormwitch, Anxious, and more.

The video, from The Intelligence frontman's solo debut, was directed by Matt Ingebretson, who co-created and stars in Comedy Central's pitch-black capitalism satire, Corporate, and it stars Bridger Winegar (The Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson) and the two of them came up with the concept together.

Gonerfest bands past and present make up this week's edition of our SiriusXMU Blog Radio show.

Mike Donovan, late of Sic Alps, has a new band called Peacers. Not quite as covered in sludge as Sic Alps, it is nonetheless still in the Mike Donovan style of lysergic '60s pop...

Having broken up Sic Alps, Mike Donovan released his first solo album, Wot, which took his typical sludgy blues style and wiped a bit of the mud off it...

Sic Alps at Woodsist Fest 2011 (more by Natasha Ryan) San Francisco lo-fi mavens Sic Alps have broken up, Pitchfork reports, with singer Mike Donovan announcing the band's end on Friday (7/12) at the final gig of the band's European tour...

Tonight was characterized by a distinct lack of guitar music, and there's no better fuck-you to the six-stringer than a full set of duelling guitars...

DOWNLOAD: Sic Alps - Glyphs (MP3) Sic Alps' fourth album is a bit of a change for these sludge-loving San Franciscans. The first thing you hear isn't a squall of feedback but...