Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 2020
This week in the Indie Basement: the best records of 2020, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.
The Beths
PEARS’ Jarret Nathan discusses his 10 favorite albums of 2020
Jarrett's list includes The Beths, Ratboys, Soul Glo, Gladie, Bartees Strange, and more...
Carpark release 21st anniversary covers comp ft. Cloud Nothings, Sad13, The Beths, Dan Dea…
It features Sad13 covering Cloud Nothings (and Cloud Nothings covering Speedy Ortiz in return), Emily Reo and Dent May both doing Beach House covers, Dan Deacon and Astronauts, Etc both doing Ed Schrader's Music Beat covers...
Halloween livestreams – a guide to the spooky virtual concerts you can watch this weekend
Teenage Halloween, GWAR, Code Orange, Mr. Bungle, The Fest, The Distillers, Puscifer, Nothing/Full of Hell, Rolling Loud, The Wonder Years (as blink-182), The Skatalites, World/Inferno, Rocky Horror, Grateful Dead, and much more...
concerts are almost back to normal — in New Zealand
“There’s a new appreciation, a sense of gratitude,” sasy Liz Stokes, leader of NZ's The Beths, who just wrapped up a tour of their country. “We know how lucky we are to go out, hang out with friends, and watch live music."
This Week’s Livestreams (Elton John, GWAR, Mr. Bungle, Grateful Dead, Phish, more)
Plus Jason Isbell, Bright Eyes, Kathleen Hanna, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Puscifer, The Lemonheads, H.E.R., Bartees Strange, Japanese Breakfast, Phoebe Bridgers, Nothing, Teenage Halloween, and more livestreams you can watch this week since there are no live concerts to attend.
The Bats talk new LP, longevity & more in BV Q&A (watch the “Gone to the Ground” video)
New Zealand's The Bats, who's kept the same four-member lineup for nearly 40 years, release their 10th album in November via Flying Nun.
Q&A w/ Motion City Soundtrack on “lost” Mark Hoppus-produced song, social justice, COVID, …
Justin Courtney Pierre discusses being a band during a time of political unrest and during a pandemic, as well as the recently unearthed ”lost” Motion City Soundtrack song, the late Adam Schlesinger, and more...
84 songs we like from July 2020
Our July playlist includes songs by Sufjan Stevens, Angel Olsen, Jason Molina, John K Samson, Matt Berninger, My Morning Jacket, Touche Amore, Crack Cloud, Fontaines DC, Napalm Death, Earl Sweatshirt, and more...
Today’s livestreams (Porno for Pyros reunion, Paul McCartney, LCD Soundsystem, more)
plus Alabama Shakes, Run the Jewels, Cypress Hill, Brockhampton, Cloud Nothings, Code Orange, The Lawrence Arms, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.