From the Basement is more than a collection of videos and songs. It is a deeply personal experience leaving the listener with the feeling of having been treated to a private show from Radiohead, White Stripes, Eels, Beck, Sonic Youth and more

Artists including Graham Coxon, Franz Ferdinand, The Stooges, Sonic Youth and Tom Waits are offering rare or unreleased material as part of this year's Record Store Day.

PJ Harvey and multi-instrumental John Parish are following up 1996's collaborative Dance Hall At Louse Point with A Woman A Man Walked By. The 10-song collection, out at the end of the month, was produced by Harvey, Parish, and Flood. It features Harvey as lyricist/vocalist and Parish on guitars and backing vocals, etc. A Woman's windswept opene...

-- These are tough times for record companies, but Matador at least has a smart approach to the art of the sell: giving away tons of free stuff to actual paying customers! You won't be able to hold a physical copy of Sonic Youth's The Eternal in your hands until June 9, but as early as March 24, you'll be able to order the album through Matador'...

This is your chance to hear The Eternal's black metal-influenced lyrics and heavy ass weirdo hooks, albeit in supremely truncated form. At first the teaser's a frustrating listen: Each time something lands and sounds promising, it's onto the next snippet. After a while, if you accept it as the patchwork collage it is and dig your feet in some, i...