Hans Williams is a twenty-year-old songwriter from Vermont who is an artist to watch thanks to a number of heartfelt…
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.
Kurt Vile drops pensive new video for ‘Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)’
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – Indie rock artist Kurt Vile has been teasing his upcoming new album – (watch my moves) –…
Belle & Sebastian drop single and video to raise funds for Red Cross Ukrainian relief
Scottish indie band Belle & Sebastian have shared new audio and video for the single “If They’re Shooting At You” …
Arcade Fire drops new single, ‘The Lightning I, II,’ ahead of new album
Indie rock trailblazers Arcade Fire have dropped their first new track in five years, “The Lightning I,II,” from the upcoming…
Beach House tops Billboard charts with ‘Once Twice Melody’
Baltimore dream pop duo Beach House’s new album, Once Twice Melody , continues to chart, a week after scoring their…
Top 10 Songs Playlist, December 2021
A blockbuster year for album releases, 2021 is quickly coming to a close as we head in to 2022 –…
IRC’s 2022 New Years Indie Songs Playlist
It’s that time again – the countdown of the year 2021 to the year 2022. Below is a playlist of…
WTF!? Santa!?@($&#!! (Another Alternative Christmas Songs Playlist)
Since 2008 we’ve been curating alternative Christmas Songs playlists – because the old ones of grandparents and great grandparents just…
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…