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Indie Basement (9/11): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more
This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from Doves and The Flaming Lips, plus The Style Council, Naked Roommate (ex The World) and more.
Paul Weller's The Style Council ready new 'Long Hot Summers' retrospective
The Style Council, Paul Weller’s ’80s post-Jam, jazzy R&B duo with Mick Talbot, are getting a band new career-spanning retrospective, ‘Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council,’which will be out October 30…
LA punks Bad Cop/Bad Cop give track-by-track breakdown of powerful new LP 'The Ride'
The LA punk band’s third album just may be their best yet, and it’s streaming in full one day early. They spoke to us about how it was influenced by Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, bell hooks, ICE, and more…
amazing live videos of The Kinks, Slint, Hop Along & more to watch while every show is cancelled
Today’s picks for live videos to watch while you’re home and every show is cancelled include The Kinks in 1973, The Jam in 1980, Weezer in 1996, and more.
Paul Weller preps new album 'On Sunset' (listen to "Earth Beat")
Paul’s new album features his old Style Council partner Mick Talbot and more.
unseen late '70s concert photos of Bowie, Lou Reed, The Jam, Queen & more showing at Brooklyn's Pioneer Works
The photos also make up a new book titled ‘Golden Years.’
La Sera and Springtime Carnivore ready collaborative punk covers LP (listen), touring together
Their covers album puts a folky, moody spin on classics by The Replacements, Buzzcocks, Bad Brains, The Stooges and more. Springtime Carnivore also has her own album on the way.
Rolling Stone lists the 40 greatest punk albums of all time
Last month, Rolling Stone ranked the 40 best emo albums of all time, and today they’re back with the 40 best punk albums of all time. Now, this is the same magazine that told you John Cougar Mellencamp, Sting and Jackson Browne all had some of the 100 best albums of the 1980s and Black Flag and Minor Threat did not, so it’d be understandable if you don’t care what they think the best punk albums of all time are, but this list is actually rock solid…
an interview w/ Interpol's Daniel Kessler (on the new LP, Arctic Monkeys, songwriting, social media, The Jam, more)
Interpol, NYC, June 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)
Next month will see the release of El Pintor, the fifth full-length from Interpol…
ALSO: new Soundgarden & Bad Brains songs; MIA art book; Diplo's new zine; Phil Collins erotic fan fiction; Apple maps & more
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We already posted lots of posts today. Here’s some more, and some reminders too…
With the opening of the Barclays Center (follow @BrooklynVegan on Twitter for some scenes from the chaos), both New York and Time Out ponder the changing landscape of Brooklyn in this week’s issues…