With a name like Surf City, it’s only natural for one to assume that the band’s songs will be upbeat…
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 Sunday-25 Mix, Vol. II: Oberhofer, Belle & Sebastian, The Beatles, Dexy Midnight Runners, Yeasayer, New Order, Aerosmith
25 songs from Oberhofer, Belle & Sebastian, The Beatles, Dexy Midnight Runners, Yeasayer, New Order, Aerosmith, The Cure, and more.
Best New Releases – Bikini, Cut Copy, Eux Autres, Girls, The Soft Moon, Orange Juice, Home Video, Music Sampler
We’re not clear on why anyone (unless your Kayne) would want to drop a new album two days before Thanksgiving;…
The Sunday 25 Mix, Vol. I – Wiretree, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Wilco, David Bowie, The Kinks, Neutral Milk Hotel, Brian Eno, Talking Heads
The Sunday-25 Mix series gives us a chance to appreciate the great music that influences today’s indie musicians. Sundays are…
Feetz To Da Beatz, Vol. V – Dance, House, Electronic & Remix Tracks from Rifo, Tokyo Police Club, Foals, Delphic, Delorean, Tanlines
Feetz to Da Beatz is back with ten dance, house, electronica and remix tracks. First up: Italian producer and polymath…
Best New Releases from Jonquil, Girl Talk, Crushed Stars, Fredrik, Le Switch, Kisses, Mariage Blanc, Radical Face, Home Video
Our choice picks for new releases this week include a lot of bands that most people have probably never heard…
The Beatles Resolve Dispute with Apple, Inc.; Entire Digital Music Catalog Now Available on iTunes
After a 32-year legal dispute between The Beatles‘ Apple Records and the computer giant, Apple Inc., the two sides have…
In Dee Mail, Vol. VII: Setting Sun, Vicinal, Mothlight, TV Girl, Cygnets
The quantity and quality of music piling up in the IRC mailbox in recent months is simply mind-boggling. For those…
Artist of the Week: San Francisco’s One-Man Band, Nicholas Ng, aka, Fiveng
The brilliant bliss pop compositions by San Francisco one-man band, Fiveng, are immediately infectious, especially for fans of Animal Collective…
Best New Releases: Weekend, The Radio Dept., The Concretes, Botany, Nightlands, Valleys, Neitzer Ebb, Gary Wilson, Violens
This week’s Best New Releases is an eclectic mix of new albums and EPs from a wide variety of artists…
In Dee Mail 2010, Vol. VI – Whisperlights, Snuffaluffagus, Wonderflu, Kate Martin, Photosonic Orchestra, Light For Fire, DZ
Over the next several weeks, and probably into 2011, there will be an uptick in the number of In Dee…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XIII: Ghosty, Josiah Wolf, Jim Bryson & Weakerthans, Suns, Perfume Genius, Blonde Summer
We’ve been running a playlist mix series all year that many of our regular readers are probably familiar with by…