Feast your ears on this: one of the best singles’ playlist of new bands so far this year. Of course,…
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.
Album Review: Alex Calder’s ‘Time’ EP
by J. Hubner There’s a certain calm detachment that rules Alex Calder’s new EP, Time. It’s as if he woke…
Artist of the Week – New York City DIY Singer/Songwriter Nathan Xander
New York City DIY singer-songwriter Nathan Xander, who has opened for artists such as Delta Spirit, The Felice Brothers, Tuneyards,…
Album Review: The Strokes’ Fifth LP, ‘Comedown Machine’
Starting with their last album, Angles, before this week’s new release, Comedown Machine, The Strokes have been aiming for a…
5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. IV – White Like Fire, Aware Wolf, Peace Arrow, Raheem Cohen, and Spoons & Chopsticks
Anyone who has been following IRC for some time knows that we roll differently than most indie and alternative music…
Listen to ‘The Jimi Hendrix You Never Knew,’ An NPR World Cafe Two-Hour Special of Previously Unreleased Recordings
The world of alternative and indie rock would not be the same today if Jimi Hendrix had never been discovered…
Way Back Now: Suede’s First Album in Over A Decade, ‘Bloodsports’
by Ed Biggs Suede – Bloodsports Unlike many bands that seem to reunite cynically for the allure of the dollar,…
Best New Music Releases, Week of March 19th – Low, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Suede, Fol Chin, Boy + Kite
With the end of South By Southwest last weekend, the flow of new albums and EPs from well-known, popular and…
Album of the Week: The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s ‘Specter At The Feast’
by J. Hubner The track, “Fire Walker,” opens quietly. It’s like opening a long forgotten book and beginning what would…
SXSW 2013: Best Bands Spotify Playlists, 10 Free SXSW Samplers and Thousand Song SXSW Torrents
A couple of days ago, we featured our first SXSW 2013 Spotify playlist comprised of excellent songs from just some…
SXSW 2013 Playlist of Must-See Artists and Bands
Each year, the SXSW film and music festival in Austin, Texas hosts a blockbuster bonanza of music performances from roughly…
Best New Music Releases – Youth Lagoon, The Men, Cloud Cult, Javelin, Rhye, How to Destroy Angels, Chelsea Light Moving
This week’s batch of new releases from popular, obscure and signed indie and alternative rock, electro and folk bands offers…