One of the great things about music nowadays is the access to all kinds of artists and bands, from all…
Year: 2015
Bands That Rock! #IX – Birth of Joy, Transvaal Diamond Syndicate, A Victim of Society, Mary Goes Wild
If you love rock and roll, don’t worry: it’s not dead despite what the cynics may say. For those of you who have followed IRC for all these years, you know we love hard-hitting, riff-heavy, and head-banging rock.
Artist of the Week – Fairchild
Fairchild is our Artist of the Week
IRC’s Top Vinyls for Record Store Day 2015 – Metallica, The Kinks, Black Keys, REM, The White Stripes, Foo Fighters, Interpol, Bowie
The news this week that digital downloads surpassed CD sales last year for the first time ever serves as a reminder to all that digital is the way of the future. Yet, old skool, vinyl releases pose a challenge to digital. In fact, Nielsen SoundScan reported that more than 9.2 million vinyl albums were sold in 2014 (up 52% from 2013), the highest number since NSS started tracking music sales in 1991.
Led Zeppelin Tribute Album Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Physical Graffiti’
In celebration of Led Zeppelin‘s 40th anniversary since the drop of their ground-breaking album, Physical Graffiti, England’s MOJO Magazine curated…
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. III – Pet Politics, BCT, Lascaux, Babbling April, Forensics, VMPG, Fringes, Dan Zdilla, No Body
It’s already the first week of April and the DIY releases are piling up. So far, we’ve released two installments…
Artist of the Week – Pseudonym
[zbplayer] San Francisco musician Paul Desjarlais, aka, Pseudonym, sort of lives in an imaginary world, and has done so for…
Best New Album Releases, March 2015 – Purity Ring, Lady Lamb, Moon Duo, of Montreal, Fences, Gateway Drugs, Tigercats
March releases from popular, signed, and on-the-radar artists and bands have been combed through carefully to present only the best….
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. II – Empire Machines, Silas Fermoy, Voir Voir, ONFIILM, Modern Chair, Them Bruins
This second installment of the Best New DIY of 2015 features a wide diversity of unsigned artists and bands with…
Artist of the Week – Grawlix
Over the years, we are always impressed with DIY one-man bands who are able to craft, record and mix amazing…
Best New Album Releases, February 2015, Vol. 2 – Carl Barat & The Jackals, Jose Gonzalez, Emile Haynie, The Amazing, Keith Mead
The last two weeks of February album drops features former Libertines’ frontman, Carl Barat, and his band, The Jackals, and…
Top DIY Songs & Albums of 2014, Vol. V – Jack and The Ripper, Mechanical Joints, Monuments, Time Spills, Desert Killers
Based on the traffic, Likes, and Tweets of the previous installments of Top DIY Songs & Albums of 2014, you…