Since 2008 we’ve been curating alternative Christmas Songs playlists – because the old ones of grandparents and great grandparents just…
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.
Top 10 DIY Indie Rock Songs, November 2021
November was not just a great month for regular single releases and album drops from more ‘mainstream’ and well-known indie/alt/rock/pop…
WTF Happened to ‘Sassy Justice’?
Last year at about this time with all of us shuttered and nervous and hospitals overwhelmed and 2,000 Americans dying…
Best Music Video Submits, Vol. II – Blunt Bangs, Messimer, SeaDog, Pinegrove and The Joy Formidable
The latest edition of best indie rock music video submissions features new indie music videos from the new super-trio Blunt…
Flashback Tracks: 10 Years Ago This Month – Phantogram, Surfer Blood, Woodsman, Deer Tick, Bear Lake & More
NOTE: This post was first published on Oct 10, 2011; updated some links Oct. 2021 One of our favorite songs…
Artist Spotlight: Emanuel Tägil
One of the many compelling new DIY artists we’ve heard in recent years is the experimental singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emanuel…
The soul-crushing machinery of the music industry
By Thor Benson White Chocolate & the Cigarettes, featuring drummer Chase Spross and guitarist/vocalist Michael Whitby, is essentially a band…
Album of the Week: The Black Keys’ ‘Delta Kream’
They started out indie and ended up famous, but the duo from Ohio have never forgotten their roots. Proof in…
Black Keys Share New Single from Upcoming Covers Album, ‘Delta Kream’
Indie/alt-rock band The Black Keys has dropped a new single from the duo’s upcoming new covers album, Delta Kream, set…
Best 2020 Indie Music Videos, Vol. IV
It’s down to the wire – the best 2020 indie music videos playlist series is wrapping up. The response was…
Artist Spotlight – Toronto Musician Carl Lorusso Jr.
Some years ago, we were turned on to the music of the Toronto-based acoustic singer/songer Carl Lorusso Jr. The team…
Best 2020 Indie Songs – Local Natives, Ross Lucas, Puffi, Blanketman, COYH, Toledo
Due to a number of reasons brought on by the virus, family health issues, our Top 10 Songs playlist series…