This is one of the best weeks for new album releases in a while – the list of bands with…
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.
Chill Summer Songs Mix – Belle and Sebastian, We Are Trees, Built to Spill, Matt Pond PA, Kings of Convenience, Slowdive, Houses
As summer begins to melt away like a brilliant setting sun, the weather will soon turn more brisk, the leaves…
Fresh Tracks – Wilco, Megafaun, Chris Letcher, Hospitality, Wavves & Best Coast, Princeton, Royksopp, Warm Ghosts, Nurses
This week’s Fresh Tracks features some sah-weet new advanced singles from upcoming albums due out this month, plus the freshest…
Best New Releases – Peter Wolf Crier, Gold Beach, The Golden Seals, HTRK, The Ladybirds, Pregnant, Wiretree, Steven Hephter
It’s a rather thin week for new releases, most likely because it’s too late for summer releases, and too early…
Labor Day 2011 Summer Mix – Turf War, Male Bonding, Crystal Antlers, Pavement, Husker Du, Modest Mouse, Travis, Wild Nothing
For many people, Labor Day weekend is the symbolic end of the summer, even though summer doesn’t officially end until…
Summer Songs Mixtape – Barcelona, Flaming Lips, Jimi Hendrix, Joan Jett, White Wires, The Pass, Art Brut, Film School, The Church
It’s still kind of hard to believe that summer will turn to autumn in the next few weeks. For many…
Best New Releases – Ganglians, Active Child, CSS, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Little Gold, Zee Avi, Stephin Merritt, Sun Araw
Isn’t it just crazy how fast one week blends into another, and then another, and before you know it, another…
Looking Back: Outside Lands, Day 2 & 3 – Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, OK Go, Beirut, Muse, The Vaccines
Now that we’ve have had more than a week to reflect on it, San Francisco‘s very own Outside Lands Festival…
Best New Releases – Fool’s Gold, Cut Off Your Hands, Botany, Her Space Holiday, Gold Leaves, Mister Heavenly, Jim Jones Revue
As summer begins to wind down to a close (already?!), the number of new releases each week starts to increase…
San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival, Day One – The Shins, Phish, MGMT, Foster The People, Toro Y Moi, Best Coast & More
Thick, gray fog enveloped everything for miles around, and steady winds together made it feel like it was in the…
San Francisco Bay Area Music Festivals, Vol. One – Outside Lands Kicks Off Today with The Shins, MGMT, CYHSY, Phish, Best Coast
Starting today, music lovers in the San Francisco Bay Area have three major music festivals to look forward to in…
Best New Releases from The Horrors, Pepper Rabbit, Scattered Trees, Teen Daze, Falling Andes, Prophets & Kings, Kites with Lights
The second week of August is a fairly thin one for the weekly Best New Releases when compared to previous…