This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new releases from Pynch, audiobooks, Cindy, Nicole Yun (Eternal Summers), John Vanderslice, The Hidden Cameras, and more
Our May 2019 playlist includes tracks by Sleater-Kinney, Jarvis Cocker, Vampire Weekend, Tyler the Creator, Holly Herndon, Flying Lotus ft. Solange, Big Thief, Rosalía, Hot Chip, and more.
This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Cate Le Bon and The Intelligence, plus new singles from Paris' Halo Maud, Manchester's Proto Idiot and Melbourne's Terry.
Former BrooklynVegan/Invisible Oranges editor and current BV contributor Fred Pessaro's favorites of 2018, from punk and metal to ambient, pop, jazz, hip hop, and beyond.
This week: Manchester/Factory Records vets A Certain Ratio return with their first single in 10 years; sparkling, crunchy power-pop from New Zealand's The Beths; more new music from Australian band Terry's forthcoming third album; and great new albums from Seattle bands The Purrs and Wimps.
This week: mutant punks The Intelligence, Melbourne, Australia's Terry, a new EP from Jorge Elbrecht (Violens, Lansing-Dreiden), Jane Church (ex-Spires), and Ben Stiller's high school post-punk band (not a joke).
"I'm always stupefied when year-end list time rolls around. Especially when I see folks post shit like their '100 favorite albums of the year.' That means a single person somehow consumed and critically thought of well over a hundred albums and some how figured out how to rank them. That would be like ranking all the meals for the year, sunrises, or bowel movements. Utter insanity." - Protomartyr's Joe Casey.
The Australian government is currently conducting a national survey to see whether its citizens think same sex couples should be allowed to get married. To drive the "Yes" message, Australian artists like Courtney Barnett, Twerps, Beaches, Hockey Dad, Terry and more are contributing to the mixtape.