Every so often, while sifting through hundreds – thousands since 2008 – of artist and band music submissions, we come…
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.
Best New Music Releases, Week of Aug. 28th – Wild Nothing, Poor Moon, Matthew Dear, Dan Deacon, Bilinda Butchers, Divine Fits
As summer fades, the number of new album releases steadily increases. Last week was one of the best weeks of…
Concert Photos: Twin Shadow’s ‘Confess’ Tour Stops at San Francisco’s American Music Hall For Double Bill
Continuing on his latest North American tour, the Brooklyn musician, George Lewis Jr., better known as the synth-pop artist Twin…
Best New Music Releases, Week of August 14th – Black Pistol Fire, Wild Cub, Dead Can Dance, MNDR, Height with Friends
Last week was one of the thinnest weeks for new releases of the summer. Yet again, there have been many…
Outside Lands Festival 2012 Playlist – Neil Young, Jack White, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, The Foo Fighters, Beck, Justice, Sigur Ros
Kicking off its fifth year, the Outside Lands Festival 2012 takes place this weekend in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park….
Best New Music Releases, Week of August 7th – Redd Kross, The Orwells, Niki and the Dove, Bear Mountain, Erik Blood, Ape School
Top releases of the week on our list include the newest from Redd Kross, the debut from Niki and the…
Best New Music Releases, Week of July 31st – Blonde Summer, Buttonhead, Junk Culture, Wildlife Control, Allen Stone
July roared in with explosions of colors and a less impressive batch of new album releases, and almost as quickly,…
Best New Music Releases, Week of July 24 – Fang Island, Passion Pit, Gaslight Anthem, Purity Ring, Young Moon, Grassfight
IRC Band to Watch, Rhode Island trio, Fang Island, who are also veterans of the Top Ten Songs (being updated…
Best New Releases, Week of July 17, Vol. II – Conveyor, Cosmo Jarvis, Matisyahu, The History of Panic, Icky Blossoms, John Maus
This is volume two of the lead singles from this past week’s Best New Music Releases. The first volume of…
Best New Music Releases – Jeff The Brotherhood, Shout Outs4, The Very Best, Frank Ocean, The Drowning Men, Mum, The Blank Tapes
The Album of the Week goes to Jeff The Brotherhood‘s Hypnotic Nights, the band’s seventh studio album. This is the…
Best New Music Releases, Week of July 10th – Dirty Projectors, Twin Shadow, Mission of Burma, Videoing, Deleted Scenes
After a thin week for new albums during the July 4th holiday, things got back to normal last week with…
7 Bands You Gotta Hear, Vol. II – Mothlight, Tiger Waves, Cherokee Red, Esther, Calling Morocco, The Casuals, The Dark Lights
Last year, we launched a new playlist series titled 7 Bands You Gotta Hear, Vol. I, which was particularly popular….