The Three O'Clock

Philly's 2nd Grade are students of classic power pop and make their own excellent version of it on their terrific second album...

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new records by Baxter Dury, Sorry and The Stroppies, plus a "lost" album from cult heroes Game Theory.

This week in the Basement: reviews of new albums by Caribou, Real Estate, The Orielles, Juniore, Cold Beat and Pictish Trail, plus a look at one of the more obscures album in the discography of David Roback (Mazzy Star, Opal, Rain Parade).

...and Weezer's Africa-shaped picture disc for their ”Africa” cover.

Listen to new songs by Cloud Nothings, Girlpool, The Bangles covering The Three O'Clock, Yoko Ono covering John Lennon, SASAMI, Deer Tick, The Free Nationals/Daniel Caesar/Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more.

Record Store Day Black Friday happens at independent record stores on November 23 and exclusive titles include records by Talking Heads, Type O-Negative, Devo, The Stooges, The Germs, The Zombies, Sheryl Crow, Manchester Orchestra, Matthew Sweet and more.

For me, the most suprising name on this year's Coachella line-up was The Three O'Clock. With farfisa-fueled songs like "With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend" and "Spun Gold," they were perhaps the quintessential band from LA's early-'80s "paisley underground" scene that included The Bangles, Rain Parade and The Dream Syndicate...

and Andrew Sacher Ex Cops DJing at Other Music, RSD 2012 (more) We're about a week out from Record Store Day 2013. When it began in 2008, RSD was a celebration of brick-and-mortar stores in the face of digital downloads, offering up exclusive releases to get people out to stores...

We mentioned that Blur and The Stone Roses are reuniting for Coachella 2013, and as usual there some other interesting reunions at the festival too...