the bad ends

New SXSW additions also include Militarie Gun, Protomartyr, Isabella Lovestory, Joshua Hedley, Emily Nenni, Miss Grit, Eichlers, Model/Actriz, Frankie Rose, Blacklist, and more.

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by John Cale, Guided by Voices, Ladytron, The Murder Capital, Blur drummer David Rowntree, The Bad Ends (ft R.E.M.’s Bill Berry), The C.I.A. (Denée & Ty Segall), and more.

Fifty things to look forward to this year, including Everything But the Girl, Protomartyr, Róisín Murphy, Yo La Tengo, Drop Nineteens, Orbital, Mozart Estate, Robert Forster, Sparks, US Girls, and more.

Here are 100 albums we can’t wait to hear in 2023, including Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Caroline Polachek, M83, Ride, Slowdive, ANOHNI, Wednesday, Youth Lagoon, blink-182, awakebutstillinbed, Danny Brown, Death Grips, and more…

Listen to Quavo’s new tribute to Takeoff and new songs by Black Belt Eagle Scout, Oddisee, Bob Weir/Tyler Childers, Grumpster, Obituary, The Bad Ends, Hammock, Liela Moss, and more…

The Bad Ends, the Athens, GA band that’s led by Five Eight’s Mike Mantione and features drummer Bill Berry in his first group since REM, will release their debut album, ‘The Power and the Glory,‘ on January 20.

The Bad Ends, the Athens, GA group led by former Five-Eight frontman Mike Mantione and featuring Bill Berry on drums (his first band since leaving R.E.M.), release their debut album in January.

Led by former Five Eight frontman Mike Manitone, The Bad Ends is Bill Berry’s first band in 20 years. Their debut album is out in January.