This week in the basement: essential Cocteau Twins vinyl reissues; a psych rock supergroup featuring members of Black Angels & The Horrors; the California sunshine pop of The Orange Peels; a compilation of obscure '80s Philly ambient synth trio The Nightcrawlers; and LP#2 from baroque-krautrock trio Lake Ruth.
We already knew that The Monochrome Set would be performing at this year's NYC Popfest (May 30 - June 2) but now the rest of the line-up has been announced and it's pretty great with appearances from New Zealand Flying Nun legends The Bats, two bands who featured on NME's legendary C-86 cassette (Scotland's Close Lobsters and London's The Wolfhounds), and long-running California band The Orange Peels; plus newer bands like Wales' The School, UK group Flowers, Hobbes Fanclub and Tigercats, Sweden's Alpaca Sport and Azur Blue, Norway's Making Marks, and Spain's Zipper; and American groups Ringo Deathstarr, Math & Physics Club, Literature, Ski Lodge and more...