The first new releases of 2013 are slowly starting to trickle in, as they often do at the beginning of…
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.
More Recent Releases from DIY Artists Quixotism, Slow Buildings, Whaki, Har-di-Har, Romulus Rues
Wyatt Baer is the one-man bedroom producer and musician behind the ambient synth pop, drone, dance and R&B textures of…
‘It’s The End of the World’ Doomsday Apocalyptic 12/21/12 Playlist – REM, Radiohead, The Shins, AC/DC, The Strokes, The Hives
In a few hours, at the start of the winter solstice, some people on our troubled planet may be relieved…
Top 10 Songs for November 2012 – Dirty Projectors, Crystal Castles, Sufjan Stevens, Markarians, Guided By Voices, Califone
November, as most Novembers, was not as blockbuster for new releases that October and September turned out to be, but…
7 Overseas Bands You’ve Gotta Hear, Vol. II – The Amsterdams, Mouth of Ghosts, Uncanny Valley, Mojo Waves, Thieves
It’s been a while since the last installment of 7 Bands You’ve Gotta Hear, which yielded a significant amount of…
DIY Artist of the Week – Chicago Musician Matt Script
Originally from upstate New York, DIY musician Matt Script moved to Chicago a few years ago to further his career…
Popular IRC DIY Artist Thad Kopec Drops Masterful Debut Album, ‘Heart of Man’
Earlier this year, IRC featured the DIY recordings of Florida musician Thad Kopec in the DIY Artist of the Week…
DIY Albums, EPs and Singles from The Directionals, Daylight Fireworks, Remember Your Dead, Morning Harvey, Adam George
As a former member of rock bands This Robot Life and Color Deluxe, Milwaukee musician Mark Poe, decided to create…
Album of the Week: ‘Silver & Gold’ Box Set by Sufjan Stevens, Volumes 6-10 of ‘Songs For Christmas’
Sufjan Stevens, the prolific songwriter and musician behind amazing albums like Michigan, Illnoise, and The Age of Adz, is unlike…
Rolling Stones’ Ultimate Greatest Hits Release, the ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Film, Plus, a Stones’ eBook Contest
by Maxwell Silver Commonly referred to as ‘the world’s greatest rock and roll band,’ the members of The Rolling Stones,…
Best New Releases, Week of Nov. 13th – Crystal Castles, School of Seven Bells, The Weeknd w/Drake, Clinic, Social Studies
The end of 2012 is fast approaching and the ‘best of’ posts and playlists are already in the works. But…
Best New Music Releases, Week of Nov. 6th – Dirty Projectors, Califone, Joshua James, Barbarian, Melody’s Echo Chamber
Because Election Day collided with album release day (most albums in the U.S. are released on a Tuesday) this week,…