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First City Festival Photos – Beck, Phantogram, The National, Cults, Geographer, Lo-Fang, and More

Posted on 09/01/201404/18/2018 by flytrap

Photos by Leopold Ruiz The weekend before Labor Day, the second annual First City Festival took place at the Monterey…

Second Annual First City Festival Kicks Off This Weekend in Monterey Featuring Stellar Line-Up

Posted on 08/22/201412/26/2016 by Max Hammer

This weekend the second annual First City Festival in Monterey will kick off at the Monterey Fairgrounds, the location of…

Artist To Watch – Chicago Musician Jeremy Marsan

Posted on 08/05/201412/18/2019 by Max Hammer

Marsan is a solo project of 21-year-old Chicago musician, Jeremy Marsan, who is currently in the band Acker, and was…

Bands You’ve Gotta Hear – Ivy Dye

Posted on 08/02/201411/20/2018 by Max Hammer

Ivy Dye Drop Their Second EP Ivy Dye is a Chicago band formed in 2011 by Chris Adams, the head…

In Dee Mail, Vol. XXIV – Scarlet Youth, Brokeback, Santah, Widowspeak, Stellar Young, Gibson, Recorder, Javier Dunn

Posted on 06/13/201407/22/2021 by Max Hammer

For those who have followed IRC for years (and thank you for that), you may be familiar with a profile…

Best New Indie Songs & Albums, April 2014, Vol. II – The Afghan Whigs, Woods, Cloud Cult Plague Vendor, Eels, Modern Rivals

Posted on 06/08/201412/18/2019 by Max Hammer

A few days ago, we posted the best singles from the top new albums released in the first part of…

Best New Indie Songs 2014, Vol. I – Cloud Nothings, Small Black, Band of Skulls, Sweet Apple, De Lux

Posted on 05/27/201412/18/2019 by Max Hammer

April was a good month for music lovers, and record collectors. That also made it an incredibly laborious task to…

7 Overseas Bands You’ve Gotta Hear, Vol. VI – Gonçalo, Fake Vulgarys, Brockley Forest, Cat Dog Snake, Welcome The Wildfire

Posted on 05/14/201407/22/2021 by flytrap

As a member of the alternative Portugese band Long Way To Alaska, Alvarez decided last year he wanted to record a solo album and adopted the moniker, Gonçalo. He sent us two gorgeous singles that were so compelling that we sought out more of his music.