Young Marble Giants

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 Indie Basement: reviews of new albums from The Intelligence's Lars Finberg and San Francisco's Cindy, plus reissues from Young Marble Giants, Jarvis Cocker, and more.

The reissue also comes with a DVD of their last-ever US show and you can watch "Final Day" from that.

While you wait for concerts to officially resume, we recommend these amazing '80s-era concert videos of the Talking Heads, The Fall, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more...

Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo's mix includes songs by Brian Eno & David Byrne, Can, Moondog, Linda Perhacs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Suicide, Caetano Veloso, and more

Today's picks for live videos to watch while you're home and every show is cancelled include The English Beat in 1980, Lunachicks in 1999, Sharon Van Etten in 2012, and more.

This week: reviews of new albums from Comet Gain, Elbow, Allah-Las, The Hecks and Lindstrøm, plus reissues from The Wedding Present, and a damn fine compilation from Tim Burgess (Charlatans) and Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne).

This week: Baxter Dury's B.E.D. project with Etienne De Crecy; Buzzcocks vinyl reissues; Ty Segall's covers album; Italian band Qlowski; Swiss Duo Klaus Johann Grobe go full disco; and Young Marble Giants singer Alison Statton reunites with her Weekend collaborator Spike for a new LP.

Young Marble Giants only made two 7"s and an album, 1980's Colossal Youth, but the minimalist post-punk trio's music has had a lasting impact...

Via Buzzfeed & Laughing Squid, comes this handwritten list Kurt Cobain made, as published in Journals in 2002. Read the whole thing typed, below...