When indie folk and folk rock gained popularity more than a decade ago, bands like Band of Horses, The Avett…
Author: Max Hammer
Discovering and sharing the best DIY/alt/indie/underground music you've never heard. I've been writing about music and other topics since the mid-1990s. We are also music industry professionals - PR; promotion; management; branding; etc.
Fresh Indie Rock Tracks, December 2016, Vol. II – The Sleeping Tongues, Rio Wiley, The Grenaways, Satellite Citi, Telamor, Jay Elle
Well, another year is winding down. Here is the second installment of Fresh Tracks for this month – featuring indie…
Best New DIY & Indie Rock Music of 2016, Vol. III – Maps of Suburbia, Cheops’ Cave, Empire of Gold, The Modern Savage, La Historia
This is the third installment of Best New Indie and DIY Rock music of 2016, with installment IV already in…
Revered Irish Singer/Songwriter Ultan Conlon Drops New Album, ‘Songs Of Love So Cruel’
Galway singer/songwriter Ultan Conlon arrived in America earlier this summer from his native Ireland to share a collection of new…
Video Premiere: Empire of Gold’s Raw and Artsy ‘Intoxicated’
San Diego underground grunge rock musician and one-man band, Michael J. Dole, who released his blistering Nirvana-influenced debut album, Crass,…
Digging The Archives, 2009 – Durham’s Bombadil and Chicago’s Shadows On A River
Digging The Archives – Sounds of [YEAR] is a new series in which we’ll dig back into our published and…
Fresh Tracks Mix – Mock Sun, Red Kitchen, Beach Gossip, Navigation Day, Night Talks
The latest edition of Fresh Tracks features lo-fi psych pop from Pennsylvania to pop rock from Seattle; alt. rock in…
In Dee Mail, Vol. XXVII – Lilly Wolf, Victors, Michael Kroll, Rusty Shipp, Telamor, The Disappearing Act, Hannah Kirby
With a sound that will appeal to fans of CHVRCHES and Grimes, the Brooklyn electro duo Lilly Wolf creates darkwave…
Songwriting Competition Winner Katie Stump’s New Video and SXSW Showcase
Singer/songwriter Katie Stump has dropped her new video, Minnesota, the second video from her critically acclaimed EP, Feels Like Home….
In Dee Mail, Vol. XXVI – Jack Kotz, Small Culture, Benji Lewis, Tomlin Hill, The Polaris, Area of Refuge, Code Pie, Amateur Eyes
As 2016 marches on, we’re just now dropping the first 2016 installment of In Dee Mail, featuring an incredibly diverse…
New Video from Man Made Time; Pierce Turner’s Album Release Benefit for Historic Chelsea Landmark
Emotive, dreamy electro pop is just part of the mystique of the track, “Sail Away,” the lead single from the…
Blizzard of 2016 Playlist – Matt Pond PA, Arcade Fire, Bill Ricchini, Fleet Foxes, Atlas Sound, Joy Division, Black Lips
At this hour, a major blizzard of historic proportions pummels the northeastern United States with heavy snow and high winds….