For what we think is a web first, Okkervil River are not releasing their new album, I Am Very Far, …
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.
The Royal Wedding Songs Mix – The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Kinks, Iron and Wine, Wilco, Beatles, Bjork, Paul McCartney
In a world full of troubles, news and chatter about the Royal Wedding 2011 are useless to most people, but…
The Kinks’ Kronikles, Vol. I – Rock and Roll’s Most Famous Feuding Brothers, Ray and Dave, Hint At Possible Kinks’ Reunion
As wild and crazy Kinks‘ fans since childhood, the latest chatter out this past week regarding a possible Kinks’ reunion…
Best New Releases from The Head and The Heart, Tuneyards, I’m From Barcelona, High Llamas, Heavenly States, O’Death, Bombino
Unlike many week’s this year, this would have to be one of the most insignificant in comparison as far as…
Sunday 25 Mix – Best of Coachella: Bright Eyes, The Strokes, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Foals, The National, Lauren Hill
by Max Silver Indio, Calif. Filed: 4/16 8:00 p.m. Finally, the desert of southern California is twisting away from the…
Record Store Day Music Guide, Vol. III – The Kills, Radiohead, Panda Bear, Black Angles, Fleet Foxes, Daft Punk, Ryan Adams
Record Store Day is here, and we’re presenting this comprehensive guide with recommended limited edition vinyls, including singles, split singles,…
IRC’s Record Store Day Music Guide, Vol. II – Covers from LCD Soundsystem, Foo Fighters, Deerhoof, Decemberists, Fu*ked Up
If you haven’t already, you might want to check the first volume of IRC’s Record Store Day 2011 Music Guide,…
Best New Releases – Panda Bear, Foo Fighters, Crystal Stilts, Holy Ghost, Mazes, Beat Connection, Meat Puppets, Elbow
This week marks one of the most significant week’s for Best New Releases so far this year. In addition to…
Best New Releases – The Kills, Raveonettes, Cold Cave, Scattered Trees, Maritime, Code Pie, Amores Vigilantes, Cursed Arrows
While this time of year brings warmer temperatures and more hours of daylight, this week’s new releases are thematically more…
The S-25 Mix: Time Travel Playlist, Vol. I – Phoenix, The Clash, Radio Dept., Prince, Boat, Javelin, The Kinks, Shearwater, BSS
We have an obsession with creating playlist mixes that feature great songs about a specific subject, theme or other categorization….
Music Month in Review: March 2011 – The Dodos, Strokes, Radiohead, Beach Fossils, Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile, Beady Eye
The music month of March 2011 was dominated by the build-up, and release, of The Strokes‘ first album in four…
Best New Releases – Broken Bells, Generationals, Peter Bjorn & John, Mountain Goats, Obits, Funeral Party, AFM, Secret Cities
This week’s new releases is like a never-ending gravy train of terrific music from a spectacular line-up of artists. But…