The Specials

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Greentea Peng, Crowded House and International Teachers of Pop, plus Gang of Four tribute ‘The Problem of Leisure‘ and reissues from The Specials and Pernice Brothers.

We Are The Union's new album is Reade Wolcott's coming out story as a trans woman, and it's also a musical reinvention that mixes the band's ska roots with a strong influence from the current indie/DIY scene. We had an in-depth chat with Reade about the album, the current ska sce…

The narrative that ska comes and goes in ways in damaging to the genre, and not even all that accurate. Marc Wasserman's new oral history 'Ska Boom!' looks at the American ska scene of the 1980s, and the bands that bridged the gap between 2 Tone and the third wave...

The 9-hour, 181-song playlist includes songs from all across ska's long, rich history -- from its origins in Jamaica to some of today's best DIY ska bands -- and it also includes ska-adjacent songs by The Beatles, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Pixies, and more...

1995 was the peak year for Britpop with the "Blur Vs Oasis" feud, and nearly every major player in the scene releasing an album. We ranked the 20 best.

The video was directed by Pakistani cinematographer Yasir Khan, who uses footage of everyday Pakistani life to help further the song's message of racial equality and unity.

Ska supergroup The Inevitables (members of Less Than Jake, Westbound Train, Big D and the Kids Table, and more) have a new dub album on the way, and here's the first single featuring The Specials' Lynval Golding...

Indie Basement looks back at 2020's best reissues, box sets and compilations in the world of classic indie, college rock and more.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums from The Cribs, Kelley Stoltz, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Bent, Badge Époque Ensemble, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas ++ reissues from The Specials and Grandaddy.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new records by The Bats, Molchat Doma, Chilly Gonzales (ft. Feist & Jarvis Cocker), Tricky, Bent, Le Volume Courbe, and more.