This week in Indie Basement: the 30 best records of 2025 from January to June, with a focus on classic indie / alternative.

As part of a design contest for students who attend the local after-school music program School of Rock, nine-year-old Jeju ...

Featuring Pulp, Little Simz, U.S. Girls, The Mary Onettes, Sloan, OSEES, Hollie Cook, Four Tet, Heavenly and more of June's ...

Coming soon to vinyl, Supertramp’s ‘Crime of the Century’ and ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’ capture the rock band as they became ...

There are a handful of essential thrash albums that every metalhead should own on vinyl. Thrash's beginnings date back to the ...

Either way, these five records are solid from start to finish; they just deserved a cover that made a better first impression.5 classic records that deserved better album covers1. Led Zeppelin - ...

UCR attempts to guess which Black Sabbath songs Metallica, Guns N' Roses and other acts will cover at the band's July 2025 ...

Sabrina Carpenter might intend the cover of her new album to be cheeky — but even if she’s in on the joke, her youngest fans ...

Released by Pink Floyd on June 23, 1980, "Comfortably Numb" was the U.K.-platinum third single from The Wall, Roger Waters ' ...

W hen Sabrina Carpenter revealed the cover for her surprise album Man’s Best Friend, it sparked a whole debate that had the ...

In an interview with 'Rolling Stone,' Carly Simon defended Sabrina Carpenter against the backlash from critics of her 'Man's Best Friend' album cover. Simon also sparked debate over the cover of ...

David Browne Wed, June 18, 2025, 8:29 AM PDT 8 min read Simon in 1976, a year after she caused a stir with the cover of her album ‘Playing Possum’ - Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images ...