Celebrating its 25th anniversary year, SXSW is an indie and alternative rock lover’s paradise, a non-stop marathon of venues and…
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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.
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….
In Dee Mail, Vol. IX – Secret Knives, Lisa Savidge, Charlie Khan, Indie Folker, Michael Silversmith, Jangula
Over the years, IRC’s In Dee Mail series has become one of the most popular regular playlist series with readers…
The Sunday 25 Mix, Vol. VII – ‘Red’ Songs from The Dodos, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Gabriel, Nick Cave, Neko Case, The White Stripes
A few months ago we launched a new weekly playlist series called The Sunday 25 Mix, aka, S-25. The idea…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XVI – Black Whales, Sidi Toure, Wildlife, Sore Eros, Brass Bed, Math and Physics, and more
By Maxwell Silver Brooklyn Street Team Even though 2010 is over, it’s not long gone. So, we can’t see anything…
Best New Releases from Beady Eye, That Ghost, Papercuts, Davila 666, DeVotchKa, Lykke Li, Raised By Tigers, Middle Brother
This week’s Best New Releases is interesting in that there is no release from an A-list ‘indie’ artist, if you…
5 Bands to Watch in 2011, Vol. II – Alcoholic Faith Mission, The Luyas, Elsinore, California Wives, Dada Trash Collage
Last week, we published our first installment of Bands to Watch in 2011. Instead of including one really long listing,…
Best New Releases from Scattered Trees, Edwyn Collins, Datarock, Puro Instinct, Phineas & Lonely Leaves, Cave Singers
It wasn’t hard to pick the lead single for this week’s Best New Releases feature. It is a great track,…