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This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from Mark Lanegan, I Break Horses and Melenas, plus The The reissue a rare early cassette, and new UK shoegaze band bdrmm.

The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess has announced more interactive album listening parties, featuring New Order, Gene, Midlake, Metronomy, Hercules & Love Affair, and more.

Listen to new songs by RMR, Buddy/Kent Jamz, Xiu Xiu (Suicide cover), Travis Barker, The Aquabats, Caribou (Morgan Geist remix), a Oneohtrix Point Never mix, and more…

Record Store Day 2020 in April 18 and they’ve just announced the list of exclusive titles that will be available at independent records stores that day…

The The’s ”2018 Comeback Special” tour hit NYC on Sunday for their first of two shows…

Matt Johnson and the rest of The The tell us about touring again after 16 years and what they talk about on the bus. The North American leg of the “2018 Comeback Special” is underway.

We’re giving away tickets to a bunch of NYC shows, including Amen Dunes with U.S. Girls, Deafheaven, Sleep, Quicksand with Glassjaw, The The, Panorama, Full Moon Festival, The Decemberists, Drake with Migos, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and more.

Plus: Poptone, Oh Sees, Jon Hopkins, Hop Along (opening for The Decemberists), XPoNential Fest additions and more.

North American dates on the tour — The The’s first in 18 years — include NYC, L.A., Chicago, Boston, Detroit, San Francisco and Toronto.

The box set includes new single “We Can’t Stop What’s Coming” as well as performances, readings and interviews from Johnson’s ‘Radio Cineola’ webcasts. Live shows happen in 2018…