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‘Almost Nothing is Nearly Enough‘ includes six songs remixed from last year’s ‘All Things Being Equal‘ and adds two tracks that were previously only available in Japan.

Dean & Britta also sing on Sonic Boom’s new holiday single “I Wish It Was Like Christmas Every Day (A Little Bit Deeper).”

Andy Bell’s debut solo album, The View from Halfway Down, is out this Friday. From Bowie to Spacemen 3, he talks us through the influences on the LP.

The ”Protection by Audio” shop features autographed gear, hand-drawn one-offs, and ”pieces of musical history” from members of IDLES, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, QOTSA, Spoon, Black Angels, Spacemen 3, Oh Sees, APTBS, Xiu Xiu, METZ, Melvins, and more.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sonic Boom, Modern Nature and LA Priest, plus a vinyl reissue of Britpop band Longpigs’ debut album.

Playing off his new JARV IS… single “House Music All Night Long,” Jarvis Cocker has DJ’d from his home the past two Saturdays via his Instagram account, which he’s calling “Domestic Disco.” 

Sonic Boom, aka ex Spacemen 3 co-founder Pete Kember, will release new album All Things Being Equal, on June 5 via Carpark. While he’s made many records over the last 30 years since he and Jason Pierce split up…

This week in Indie Basement: C90 takes C86 into a new decade, a collaboration between The Auteurs’ Luke Haines & R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, and Peter Strickland’s delightfully weird film In Fabric.

This week’s episode features music from Aphex Twin, Kevin Morby, Camp Cope, Fugazi, Craig Finn, Spiritualized and more.

“Obsession” melds No Joy’s ethereal harmonies with Sonic Boom’s trancelike style. Their collaborative EP is out March 30.