Radiohead fans worldwide have something to celebrate this week following the release of the debut album from Thom Yorke‘s new…
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 of the Week: My Bloody Valentine’s First Album in Over 20 Years Is An Immediate Classic
For a band that only released two albums, Ireland’s My Bloody Valentine made a huge impact on alternative and indie…
Singer-Songwriter Spotlight Series, Vol. VI: Washington Musician Blake Cowan, aka, Wickerbird
After returning to Mt. Rainier, Washington from New York City, where he earned a biology degree at Columbia University, dream-folk…
5 DIY Bands To Watch, Vol. II – Umbrella Cult, Roadkill Ghost Choir, No Shoes, Hints, The Hoot Hoots
Based on a number of recent, popular DIY posts, it’s clear that many people who dig indie and alternative music…
Best New Music Releases, Week of Feb. 19th – Nick Cave, Atlas Genius, Beach Fossils, Iceage, Apparat
The breadth of new 2013 music releases – albums, EPs and singles – that have been coming out in recent…
Band Alert: San Diego Experimental Electro Psych-Pop Band The Glass Canoe
San Diego experimental psychedelic pop band, The Glass Canoe, released their widely praised album, Through Lianas, earlier this month, featuring…
2013 DIY Releases – The Stone Foxes, Wild Wants, Brave Baby, Giuseppe Andrews
The Best New Releases post from this week featured lead tracks from highly anticipated 2013 albums by Foals, The Little…
Best New Releases, Week of Feb. 12th – Foals, The Little Ones, Veronica Falls, March Divide, Millionyoung, Pissed Jeans
There has already been dozens of great 2013 new albums released over the past six weeks, that you can read…
Band of the Week – Scotland’s PAWS
The Glasgow lo-fi garage/punk pop trio PAWS gun it on their latest single, “Miss American Bookworm,” blasting out from the starting gate…
New DIY Releases from The Ivory Elephant, The Diigz, Weepikes, Youngblood, Electric Kazoo, Animal Games, Fonda
There’s been a flood of new DIY singles and albums gushing in during recent weeks, including quite a few that…
No. 1 Songs for January 2013 – Pere Ubu, The Capsules, Gliss and Lost Animal
Hopes that 2013 will be a great year for independent and alternative rock music, with a wide variety of amazing…
Best New Releases, Week of Feb. 5th – Frightened Rabbit, Eels, Jim James, Guards, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
For indie music lovers, it’s a big, big week for top new releases from a variety of popular artists and…