Much of the nation, most especially the mid-west and the south, have been trapped under a dome of extreme heat…
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 – Moonface, Love of Everything, Archers of Loaf, Beirut, Arcade Fire, The Ettes, Fruit Bats, Diva, Buffalo Killers
Firstly, we’d like to apologize for being late with this week’s Best New Releases – work and family issues took…
All Shook Down Festival and Upcoming Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Festivals
by Sterling Forest Over the past few years, the Bay Area of San Francisco has been treated to a sleuth…
Fresh Tracks from Gauntlet Hair, Lightouts, Air Review, Neon Indian, Rubblebucket, Ganglians, Carousel, House of Wolves, TV Girl
As the new tunes keep rolling in, we’re doing our best to filter them and publish them to the site…
IRC Readers’ Favorite Soundtrack Songs – Band of Horses, Fanfarlo, The Shins, Switchfoot, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, Editors
A few weeks ago we asked the IRC community to name their favorite song from a movie soundtrack. There were…
IRC Artist of the Week – Madison’s Wes Doyle, aka, Slow Loris
The memorable and catchy melodic hooks, lo-fi guitar licks, splendid song compositions, and dreamy, reverb-heavy vocals of Madison, Wisconsin musician…
Best New Releases (July 26th) – The Fair Ohs, The Features, Tidelands, Boy + Kite, Dex Romweber Duo, Pallers, Mr. Lewis and the Funeral Five, Little Horn
July has been an interesting month for new releases, with many impressive releases from indie and DIY artists and bands…
Fresh Tracks from Cymbals Eat Guitars, M83, VHS or Beta, Golden Bloom, The Stone Foxes, Chairlift, Loney Dear
By Maxwell Silver The Fresh Tracks mixtape series has really exploded since we fired up the first installment last year….
In Dee Mail, Vol. X – Night Manager, Ghastly City Sleep, The Vain, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, The Teenage Lesbians, Is Shepherd
As we continue to sift through hundreds of music submissions we receive in the mail – thus, the title, In…
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…