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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.
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…
One Man Band Series: Virginia Teen Julian Earle’s Lo-Fi Garage Rock Crackles on Debut EP, ‘Eat Me’
From the bedroom of his parents’ home in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, 16-year-old DIY guitar-slinger Julian Earle writes…
Album of the Week: Youth Lagoon’s ‘Wondrous Bughouse’
by J. Hubner Wondrous Bughouse is an album that from beginning to end fills you with joy. It comes over…
Singer/Songwriter Spotlight Series, Vol. VII – The Sweet Acoustic Sounds of Steve Marino, aka, Moor Hound
Growing up in the country’s playground town of Orlando, Florida, musician and singer/songwriter Steve Marino, now a resident of Bloomington,…
In Dee Mail Vol. XXIII – Soviet, Odd Hours, Krejad, The Goodbye Radio, Curious Quail, Vague-A-Bonde
For a few years now, the In Dee Mail series has been a popular on-going feature because it introduces music…