Simian Mobile Disco

If you have fond memories of partying in the mid-'00s to the sounds of Hot Chip, Justice, Soulwax, CSS, Simian Mobile Disco and others, you might be interested in Lina Abascal's new book ’Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor’

Listen to new songs by Flock of Dimes, The Peacers, Simian Mobile Disco's Jas Shaw, Tim Hecker, Pupil Slicer, Assertion (William Goldsmith of Sunny Day Real Estate), Bronze Nazareth/Recognize Ali, and more.

Listen to new songs by Perfume Genius (Initial Talk remix), Four Tet, Petite Noir & Kingdom, Land of Talk, Hinds, Sweet Whirl, YELLE, The Soft Pink Truth, and more.

This week in the Indie Basement: Bill's favorite albums of 2018, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

UK music site The Quietus have published their Albums of the Year 2018 list and, as usual, it looks pretty different than most other sites' lists...

Our May 2018 playlist includes new tracks by Mitski, Ryley Walker, Beach House, Trevor Powers, Chromatics, Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine, serpentwithfeet, and more.

This week in the Indie Basement: Simian Mobile Disco's glorious ’Murmerations,’ cult dreampop artist Happy Rhodes, former Auteurs frontman Luke Haines, shoegazers Film School, pop ironists TV Girl, and Montreal synthpop band Paupière.

”Jas Shaw has recently been diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, a rare disease caused by abnormal deposition and accumulation of proteins in the tissues of the body...He is receiving treatment but unfortunately this means he is not able to tour, and we have reluctantly decided that SMD’s live performances will have to be put on hold for at least a few months.” - Simian Mobile Disco

Listen to first single "Caught in a Wave"

A guide to the many, many mostly musical happenings around NYC during this New Year's Eve weekend.