This week in the Basement: Bodega's terrific debut LP, plus new music from Woolen Men, Australia's The Shifters, Sweden's Hater, Brooklyn's Champagne Superchillin', and more.
Ellis Jones, Trust Fund's sole full-time member and songwriting force, referred to his new album We have always lived in The Harolds as a "total bummer." While the group's first full-length US release (previous stateside release was a split with Joanna Gruesome), out now via It Takes Time Records, does have a melancholy tint to it, it's also a relatable, introspective piece of bedroom po
Punky indiepop band Joanna Gruesome released their second album, Peanut Butter, earlier this year. They're about to tour as well, but with one major lineup change: singer Alanna McArdle has decided to leave the band...
We recently mentioned that UK bands Joanna Gruesome and Trust Fund are releasing a split 12" that's due out September 22 via Happy Happy Birthday to Me in the US and via Reeks of Effort in the UK...
Joanna Gruesome are presumably working on their second album. While we wait for news on that, the scrappy Welsh popsters will have one side of a split 12" with another UK band, Trust Fund, that will be out September 22 via Happy Happy Birthday to Me...
Williamsburg Walks - Bedford Ave, June 6, 2009 (aloha orangeneko)"Famed for its concentration of heavily subsidized 20-something residents -- also nicknamed trust-funders or trustafarians -- Williamsburg is showing signs of trouble...