Winter is a drag for most people – less daylight, cold, snow, ice, rain, sleet, higher electric and gas bills,…
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.
Best Coast in Landslide Vote Is Latest ‘Best Break-Through Band’ in Poll 5; Runner-Ups Twin Shadow, Horse Feathers, Cloud Nothings
In the fifth and final poll for the Best Breakthrough Band of 2010, readers overwhelming selected Los Angeles lo-fi surf…
Fresh Tracks from Bright Eyes, Swim Party, Cloud Nothings, Duchess Leo, The Brute Chorus, Emanuel & The Fear, Daft Punk
Some of you may have noticed the lack of Best New Releases posts in December. That was directly the result…
The S-25 Songs Mix, Vol. VI – The Decemberists, Josh Rouse, Sigur Ros, The Shins, Cream, Man Man, The Walkmen, The Violent Femmes
It’s 2011, and there’s so much happening. Not only are we working on our year end lists for the best…
The S-25 Mix, Vol. V: Beach House, David Bowie & Queen, The Faces, AC DC, Modest Mouse, REO Speedwagon, Morrissey
Well, the holiday is over, and people will soon be getting back to their usual schedules. As you may know,…
Top 30 Alternative Indie Rock Christmas Songs – The White Stripes, Julian Casablancas, The Killers, The National, Bright Eyes & Many Others
We are still adding to the largest collection of the alternative and indie rock Christmas songs on the web since…
New Indie Rock Christmas Songs 2010 – Sufjan Stevens & The National, The Killers, Wavves & Best Coast, Bewitched Hands, Deer Tick
Play all of the mp3s embedded in this page by clicking the play button below – sick playlist of indie…
In Dee Mail 2010 Vol VIII – Push Pals, Mutineers, Southern Shores, The Raw Men Empire, Nathan Oliver
Back in 2008, when we first began to officially provide artists and bands a formal way to submit their music…
The Sunday 25 Mix, Vol. IV: The Strokes, U2, The Rolling Stones, Beirut, Mott The Hoople, The Shins, Adam Ant, Pink Floyd, Pixies
Yup, it’s Sunday, and that means it’s time to kick back, and read a magazine or book, surf the web,…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XIV: Sunset, Cloudland Canyon, Brothers Young, Woven Bones, Lost in the Trees
It’s a nearly impossible task: to sort, listen to (rinse. repeat), pass or fail tracks, write up reviews, and publish…
Fresh Tracks Mix, Vol. IV – Atlas Sound, The Decemberists, Versant, Pujol, Make Out, Sonny Smith, Eulogies, Psychic Powers, Jumpel
Wading through hundreds of new songs sent in over the past couple of weeks can be daunting, especially when it…
The Sunday 25 Mix, Vol. III: The Tallest Man on Earth, Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, Caribou, Peter Gabriel, Elvis, Bright Eyes
During the past two years, The Tallest Man on Earth has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe with Bon Iver and John Vanderslice, and recently as a headline artist to sold out shows on two continents, yet another indication of Matsson’s fairly rapid ascent to fame.