The past week’s best new releases include singles and albums from Shearwater, Oy Vey, Unicycle Loves You, Band of Skulls,…
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, Vol. II – Capybara, Lightouts, Dirty Ghosts, Elliott Brood, The Valer Tyrails, Silverhawk, Plimsouls, Wire
On Friday, we posted the first part of a two-part installment highlighting this past week’s Best New Releases. The first…
Best New Releases – Week of Feb. 7th: Dr. Dog, of Montreal, The Duke Spirit, Ben Kweller, Sharon Van Etten, The Twilight Sad
With February already in full swing, the 2012 music release calendar is really starting to shape up thanks to a…
Best New Releases, Jan. 2012 – Cloud Nothings, Porcelain Raft, The Big Pink, First Aid Kit, Nada Surf
There have been so many notable new releases that dropped in the past week that music lovers have plenty of…
Way Back Now: Cardinal’s First Album in 18 Years Since Legendary Debut; Plus, First GBV Classic Lineup Album in 16 Years
The international musical duo Cardinal caught our attention the first time we heard a couple of their orchestra pop and…
Best New Releases, Week of Jan. 17 – Guided By Voices, Howlers, Paul Brill, Frankie Rose, Old Monk, Buried Beds, Ani DiFranco
Now that we’re coming up on the end of the first month of 2012, the number of new releases from…
Best Songs of 2011, Vol. VI – The Vaccines, Black Lips, Vetiver, Bon Iver, Beirut, Blackbird Blackbird, The Postelles, Jeff The Brotherhood
Even though 2011 is officially history, we still have plenty of ‘best of 2011’ music posts in the works to…
Happy New Year 2012 Playlist Mix – The Walkmen, Camera Obscura, Scattered Trees, The Hush Now, FM Belfast, The Dodos
For many people, 2012 arrives with much uncertainty. But one thing we can pretty much always look forward to is…
Best Songs of 2011, Vol. IV – The Kills, The Raveonettes, Panda Bear, Times New Viking, Scattered Trees, I’m From Barcelona
If you have been following the Best Songs of 2011 series, you know that we are in the midst…
Best New Releases – Jonsi, Josh Ritter, Telekinesis, Kurt Von Stetten, The Lower 48, The 65’s, Dolfish, The Coast of Nebraska
It’s hard to believe that 2011 is almost over. It seemed like not really that long ago that we were…
Best New Releases – David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, The Smashing Pumpkins, Gorillaz, My Empire of Sound, Sans Serif
We initially thought that last week’s Best New Releases was thin on new albums. But now we’re going to have…
Best New Releases – Sunbears, Sea Lions, The Antlers, Giant Sand, Magazine, Orange Juice, Calexico, Trentemoller, Marvelous Darlings
Not surprisingly, it is a thin week for new releases. Many record companies hold off on releasing albums during the…