The Monochrome Set

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from late reggae legend U-Roy, Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, A Place to Bury Strangers, and more.

From The Cure, R.E.M. and The Smiths, to Broken Social Scene, Pavement, Portishead and more, here are 20 songs by bands where the singers keep their mouths shut.

Meanwhile, The Monochrome Set's spring tour has been rescheduled for later this year.

The Monochrome Set's two classic 1980 albums, Love Zombies and Strange Boutique, are getting official 40th anniversary vinyl represses on April 3.

Listen to new songs by Rico Nasty, The Comet Is Coming, Stormzy, Spoon, Foals, Charli XCX/Yaeji/Clairo, Sporting Life/MIKE/Wiki, Nile, Korn, and more.

Witty, erudite UK post-punk greats The Monochrome Set, who celebrated their 40th anniversary last year, are on their first North American tour in some time and were just in the NYC area for shows at Jersey City's White Eagle Hall (3/2) and Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom on Monday (3/4)...

Plus: Jonathan Wilson, The Monochrome Set, Damo Suzuki, and more tour-related news.

Witty, erudite UK post-punk vets The Monochrome Set, who this year released both a new album, ’Maisieworld,’ and box set of their classic recordings, will be touring North America in March 2019...

This week: former Pipette Gwenno announces her new album which is sung entirely in Cornish, plus The Monochrome Set, a reissue of a lost-'80s treasure from Solid Space, Australian group EXEK, and more.

The Monochrome Set are back with a new album, Spaces Everywhere, which will be out March 13 via Tapete Records. Longtime members Bid, Lester Square and Andy Warren, with newish drummer Steve Brummel, made the album which is the third album the band have made since reforming in 2011...