Because Election Day collided with album release day (most albums in the U.S. are released on a Tuesday) this week,…
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.
Team Genius Release New LP, ‘Songs of New York,’ After Dropping Three EPs in a Matter of Weeks
Brooklyn band Team Genius created a buzz last month when they released three EPs only weeks apart (available for streaming/downloading…
Panamanian-American DIY Rapper Nino Augustine Drops Video and Track for “Soul Kitchen”
New York DIY rapper Nino Augustine, a native of Panama, mixes hip-hop, Latin, rock and jazz on his new single,…
DIY Artist of the Week – Chad Murphy, aka Markakians
Some of the artists that we have been featuring in the Artist of the Week series during the past couple…
Top 10 Songs of October 2012 – Freelance Whales, Lord Huron, Ben Gibbard, Tame Impala, A.C. Newman, Matt & Kim
Yesterday, we posted the No. 1 Songs for each week of October, as well as the weekly Top 10 Songs…
Weekly No. 1 Songs for October 2012 – Paul Banks, Ben Gibbard, Lord Huron and The Mountain Goats
The October Top 10 Songs playlists are in. We’ve crunched the numbers, and the No. 1 songs of the month…
Visually-Impaired Folk Rockers Seek Cure for Eye Disease and the ‘First Deaf Rapper’ Overcomes Incredible Odds
Search For Sight is a Missouri classic folk rock band that was formed by Jeff Grady and Kelly Matthews who…
Top DIY Singles from Rare Monk, Suzerain, The Rosy Shades, Action Jets, Moths & Locusts, Silicon, Unknown Components
It never ceases to amaze us. That is, the number of DIY singles and albums that are dropped each month…
Band to Watch: Fayetteville, Arkansas Indie Pop Band The Airplanes
On Friday, Fayetteville, Arkansas indie pop band The Airplanes dropped their self-released, self-titled debut album from which we have two…
Album of the Week: Titus Andronicus’ ‘Local Business’
New Jersey punk rock quintet, Titus Andronicus, led by the energetic bluster of Patrick Stickles, dropped their third album, and…
More Best New Releases – Earlimart, Young Dreams, Shiny Toy Guns, Peace, Matmos, Blackbird Blackbird, The Lytics, Rosie Flores
We’re playing catch up with last week’s new releases. This, therefore, is effectively Vol. II of the Best New Music…
26th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert – Neil Young, Foster The People, The Flaming Lips, Jack White, Guns N Roses, Eddie Vedder
It’s a bit tricky, at first thought, to criticize a benefit concert for kids. But, actually, there are two completely…