The Glasgow lo-fi garage/punk pop trio PAWS gun it on their latest single, “Miss American Bookworm,” blasting out from the starting gate…
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.
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…
Best New DIY Releases – Is Paris Burning, Heyrocco, Matt Churchill, The Hyper Actives, No TV Tonight!, Rounds
This past week’s top DIY album releases mix includes new singles, EPs and LPs from artists and bands from Kansas…
Artist of the Week: Early Alan Younger
Not long ago, a regular IRC listener tipped us off to the impressive recordings of Minneapolis experimental folk singer and…
5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. I – Hemmingbirds, Jumpiter, Cloud Lantern, The Jesus Rehab and Appalachians
Over the past few months, we have received, and reviewed, hundreds of submissions from mostly DIY artists and bands. In…
Best Songs of 2012, Vol. II – The Lumineers, Jack White, Beach House, Edward Sharpe, Japandroids, Here We Go Magic, Zulu Winter
Recently, Volume One of the Best Songs of 2012, was posted, highlighting the weekly No. 1 songs from January through…
Best New Releases, Week of Jan. 22nd – Ty Segall, Toro Y Moi, Joy Formidable, Nightlands, Growlers, Ra Ra Riot, FIDLAR, DRGN King
What a blockbuster week for new album drops, and the singles from those releases. In fact, this is the first…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed – The Hot Dark, Norwegian Arms, Brave Baby, John Haesemeyer and Eric Howl
Earlier this week, IRC ran the Best New Releases of the week, featuring singles from new albums by artists like…
Best New Releases, Week of Jan. 15th – Yo La Tengo, Virals, Free Energy, Christopher Owens, Pickwick & Sharon Van Etten
The number of new album releases is now starting to pick up. In fact, this week presents a healthy dose…
2013 DIY Releases – We’re Not Heroes, Service Animal, Dead Recipe, Ugly Thrash Demon, Neo Star Nova-Z, Luck & Senses
On Thursday, the first Best New Releases playlist post of 2013 was published, featuring tracks from Pere Ubu, The Wooden…