Owen Ashworth, who makes music as Advance Base, has long been a standard-bearer for Christmas music in indie pop. He started writing the occasional Christmas-themed song with his former project ...

Washington Phillips has been a big influence on the way I make music since the beginning of Advance Base. His instrumental arrangements are so pretty, they just kill me. Phillips only recorded a ...

Advance Base, the new project of Owen Ashworth (formally of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone), are here and set to headline the Empty Bottle tonight. As BrooklynVegan pointed out in August, there are ...

It’s Boxing Day, and in accordance with the calendar, Sun June and Advance Base have released their new single “Christmas Is Over.” The Austin band and the Chicago-based indie veteran (whose 2024 ...

Lately when I go see my parents, I’ve started joking with my mom that the first thing she does is update me on all the devastating things that have happened to people she knows, knew, or thinks I ...

The most striking lyrics can be those that feel haunting as they capture specific, complicated emotions that can be otherwise difficult to put into words. Advance Base’s Owen Ashworth frequently ...

To say that Owen Ashworth’s latest album is a collection of moving vignettes would not surprise anyone familiar with his work. For over two decades, Ashworth has been telling stories that, no matter ...

Plus: The Ramova Loft hosts the Bridgeport Sessions dance night, and TV Buddha release an EP enriched by all their new collaborators. “I came to realize, while putting this record together, that I’m ...

Tucked in its quaint corner on the outskirts of East Campus, away from the hustle and bustle of academic life, Duke Coffeehouse (Chaus) remains a go-to spot for independent artists and art-lovers ...