This second installment of the Best New DIY of 2015 features a wide diversity of unsigned artists and bands with…
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.
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. I – Steels, Her Magic Wand, Columbia, Helen Mystic, Kat & The Canaries, Valley Shine
The first batch of new DIY releases for 2015 is here, and there are some terrific singles from noteworthy new…
Artist of the Week – Avindale
Avindale is an exciting El Paso indie rock band whose sound can be best described as a mix of powerful…
Top DIY Rock Songs & Albums of 2014, Vol. III – North By North, Wrong Body, FEiN, Rhino House Band, Hemmit, Sam Burchfield
As with every year in the past, there were thousands of amazing, must-hear and under-the-radar indie music releases in 2014….
New Year’s Playlist 2015 – The Walkmen, Tom Waits, Beach House, The Kinks, John Lennon, Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie
A good rock mix featuring standout songs with a ‘new year’ theme is more than fitting as the world says…
Artist of the Week – Glasgow, Scotland’s Paul McLinden
From an attic in rainy Glasgow, Scotland, DIY composer/musician Paul McLinden crafts wonderfully rich and diverse musical masterpieces as evidenced…
Largest Indie Christmas Songs Collection in the World
Since 2007, IRC has put together the largest collection of the indie rock Christmas songs on the web, featuring popular,…
Artist of the Week – Jet Black Sunrise
Jet Black Sunrise is a Boston-based indie band with a knack for crafting dreamy modern pop compositions that pay proper…
Flashback Tracks Mix – Kill City Cartel, Guardian Alien, Battles, Dan Friel, Grinderman, Jon Lindsay, Versus, The Budos Band
Flashback Tracks is a playlist series aimed at featuring playlist mixes of standout, genre-bending singles from both DIY and signed…
In Dee Mail, Vol. XXV – Gems, Mighty Fox, Canopy Climbers, Ekos, The Etiquette, The Gifted Children, Cousin Dud
This latest installment of IRC’s longest running indie rock music series, In Dee Mail, marks the 25th volume, and includes…
50 Great Indie Rock Halloween Songs – Radiohead, Pavement, Beck, Cults, The Kills, The Black Keys
Happy Halloscream Over the years, IRC has put together over 20 different indie rock Halloween songs playlists, featuring hundreds of…
DIY Band to Watch – Evaline
Evaline – UK and California With six members from California to the U.K.), indie rock band Evaline released their debut…