There was a bit of a debate about how much to play up Radiohead‘s newspaper – The Universal Sigh –…
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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 S-25 Mix, New-To-Us: Dizzy Eyes, Everyone Everywhere, JEFF The Brotherhood, Chikita Violenta, River City Tanlines, Mean Jeans
The S-25 Mix is short for The Sunday 25 Songs Mix, where we put together a mix of 25 tracks…
Fresh Tracks from Thom Yorke + Burial + Four Tet, Fleet Foxes, Cults, Thurston Moore, Surfer Blood, A Lull, Wild Beasts, Man/Miracle
Our new tracks in-box has been filling up fast lately. In fact, it’s overflowing. So, here’s another big mix featuring…
Best New Releases – The Strokes, Boat, Belong, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Dangerous Ponies, Acid House Kings, Parenthetical Girls
This is definitely The Strokes’ week, and they deserve it. With the release of their first album in four years,…
500+ Free MP3s from SXSW 2011 Bands and Artists – Samplers from Record Labels, Spinner, NPR, Spin, SXSW and IRC
By all accounts, Austin‘s spectacular South By Southwest 2011, was a huge success. Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, SXSW is…
Best SXSW Band Showcases Mix, Vol. II – Kurt Vile, Bright Eyes, Fang Island, Jonquil, White Wires, Neon Trees, Family Of The Year
Saturday marks the last full day of the barrage of official and unofficial South By Southwest showcases. Yesterday, we presented…
Best SXSW Band Showcases Mix I – Okkervil River, Submarines, Beach Fossils, Generationals, The Dodos
Celebrating its 25th anniversary year, SXSW is an indie and alternative rock lover’s paradise, a non-stop marathon of venues and…
Best New Releases from The Dodos, Lovett, The Idle Hands, J. Mascis, Joy Formidable, Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts, Alex Turner
With the exception of The Dodo‘s awesome new album – No Color ($2.99 on Amazon for limited time with bonus…
Fresh Tracks from SXSW Bands To See: The Strokes, Yuck, Dodos, Generationals, Secret Cities, Strange Boys, Natural Child
Before we get going on today’s Fresh Tracks mix, we would like to give our condolences to the victims of…
Songs About Cars, Vol. I – Radiohead, Built to Spill, Beck, Iron & Wine, The Beatles, The Cure, The Replacements, CAKE
Last Sunday, at the end of the mix for “Red Songs” (songs with ‘red’ in the title), we asked for…
Best New Releases, Vol. II – Wolf People, Kurt Vile, Starf*cker, One in a Googolplex, Jamaica, Buffalo Tom, The Sound of Growing Up
Yesterday, we dropped the first volume of a two-part playlist mix highlighting our favorite new releases of the week. In…
Best New Releases, Part I – R.E.M., Beach Fossils, Dinosaur Bones, Alexi Murdoch, Parts & Labor, Wye Oak, The Megaphonic Thrift
Is R.E.M. an alternative rock band, or a mainstream rock band? The argument could be made either way, but R.E.M….