The October Top 10 Songs playlists are in. We’ve crunched the numbers, and the No. 1 songs of the month…
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.
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…
Best New Music Releases, Week of Oct. 16th – Ben Gibbard, The Maldives, Jason Lytle, The Philistines, Little Comets, The Luyas
For the past six weeks or so, there have been many weekly Best New Music Releases playlists that made up…
Album of the Week: Ben Gibbard’s Debut Solo Album, ‘Former Lives’
Considering his prolific and respected work during the past decade, it’s kind of surprising that Ben Gibbard, frontman of bands…
Exclusive New Single from Golden Bloom’s Upcoming Album To Drop in January
IRC has an exclusive new single from New York indie artist and multi-instrumentalist, Golden Bloom. “Flying Mountain” is the first single…
Treasure Island Music Festival 2012 Celebrates Anniversary with Girl Talk, Toro Y Moi, Matthew Dear, Public Enemy, SBTRKT
Cloudy, rainy weather in the San Francisco Bay Area earlier last week cleared out just in time for the 5th…
More Best New Album Releases, Week of Oct. 9 – Black Marble, A.C. Newman, Turn Off Your Television, KidCity, Departures
It’s been a busy week for music on IRC. As a supplemental to this past week’s Best New Music Releases…