As we continue to sift through hundreds of music submissions we receive in the mail – thus, the title, In…
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 Summer Songs, Vol. XI – Wavves, The Vaccines, Best Coast, Mazes, Triptides, Film School, The Kinks, Radiohead
(Originally posted in July 2011) It’s almost hard to believe that it is summer here in northern California and the…
Best New Releases – Washed Out, Zomby, The Joy Formidable, Eleanor Friedberger, Monarchs, Sons & Daughters, Street Eaters
You probably know if you saw last week’s Best New Releases, that, at least compared to other weeks this year,…
Fresh Tracks: Beirut’s ‘The Rip Tide’ Album is One of the Most Anticipated of the Summer – and For Good Reason
One could make a pretty good case for the fact that Beirut are one of the most talented and popular…
S-25 Mix: Fresh Tracks from The Fair Ohs, Wooden Shjips, Mumford & Sons, Pepper Rabbit, Youth Lagoon, Jim Ward, Nurses
You probably know by now that we do things kind of different here. For example, we rarely ever post just…
Artist of the Week – Youth Lagoon: Boise Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter and Vocalist Trevor Powers Signs to Fat Possum
“July” is a fresh track from Youth Lagoon, the Boise-based bedroom pop/one man band project of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and vocalist…
Best New Releases – Brian Eno, Memory Tapes, Kaiser Chiefs, Big Spider’s Back, Digitalism, Arc in Round, Circuit Des Yeux
Slim pickings is about the best way to describe this week of new releases. In fact, this is one of…
Indie Fourth of July Songs Vol. II – Polock, Wavves, Iron & Wine, Air France, Roman Candle, Akron/Family, The Strokes, The Catholic Comb
Yesterday, we published Volume One of 50 Fourth of July Songs, a playlist compilation, that features a wide range of…
Songs for Fourth of July Mixtape, Vol. I – The Stills, Pavement, The Shins, Elliott Smith, Tragically Hip, Animal Collective, Ray Charles
For most Americans, Fourth of July is an important day – it’s the American holiday, and many people look to…
Best New Releases – Tribute to Buddy Holly, Black Whales, Beirut, Handsome Furs, Pillars & Tongues, The Night Beats, Quiet Lights
Our favorite release of the week is not a new album from an artist or band, but instead a tribute…
Songs for Summer 2011, Vol. I – Blackbird Blackbird, Brian Wilson, AM Syndicate, Apples in Stereo, Kinks, Beach Fossils
Summer hit parts of the country from the west to the east early this year. In fact, we are reminded…
Best New Releases, Part Two: Butcher The Bar, Centro-Matic, Bobby, Wonderful, Rubblebucket, Grown-Ups, Diva, Priory, Grieves
Because there are so many noteworthy releases out this week, we divided up what would otherwise be one long post…