Swedish garage rockers The Hives released their first album in nearly five years on Tuesday, and man, it was worth…
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 Releases, Week of May 29th – The Walkmen, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Sigur Ros, Regina Skeptor
Now that Memorial Day weekend has passed, it’s pretty much the beginning of summertime in the world of rock –…
DIY Artist of the Week: Ocala Musician Thad Kopec
Based in Ocala, Florida, IRC’s DIY Artist of the Week is musician, singer and songwriter Thad Kopec, who started writing…
Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. II – Exitmusic, Hallelujah The Hills, Witch, Shrouded Strangers, JBM
If you missed Vol. 1, best to start there, with new singles from Young Man, Joey Ramone (posthumously), The Danks,…
Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. I – Joey Ramone, Dope Body, Young Man, The Danks, Blue Foundation, Dreamers
Co-written by Maxwell ‘Silver’ Hammer The Memorial Day weekend traditionally symbolizes the kick-off of summer for tens of millions in…
Best New Releases, Week of May 8th – Here We Go Magic, P.S. I Love You, Virals, The Cribs, Heavy Cream, Royal Headaches
As we throttle towards summer, the pile-up of great summer tracks (to be included in the upcoming Summer Mixes series)…
Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. II – Reptar, Ane Brun & First Aid Kit, The Mowglis, Polica, Father John Misty, Patrick Watson
Earlier today, we published Vol. One of the Best New Releases for the week of May 1st, featuring great lead…
Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. I – Lower Dens, Ramona Falls, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sea of Bees, Spinto Band
This week’s batch of releases includes another fine collection of singles from new albums and EPs dropped within the past…
Top Ten Indie Songs Playlist, March, 2012 – The Shins, Andrew Bird, Poor Moon, La Sera, Tanlines, The Ting Tings, Tribes, Good Old War
One of the most popular pages on IRC is the Top 10 Songs page. Since we started the series in…
Recent Releases by DIY Bands Bearskin, Fire at Night, Vague Fears, Ryan Stephens, The Molters
The last couple of weeks of the year are traditionally very thin weeks for new album releases because most artists…
Record Store Day 2012, Vol. II – The Flaming Lips with Mastodon, No Bunny, Blitzen Trapper, Arctic Monkeys, Obits, Xiu Xiu
Yesterday, we published Volume 1 of IRC’s Record Store Day 2012 recap coverage, featuring digital versions of limited edition vinyls…
Record Store Day 2012 – Paint vs. Pixels: Record Store Windows and Mural Arts Remnants from the Analog Age
By Heather Snavely When you think of album promotion, there are two ends of the scale. At one end –…