Our choice picks for new releases this week include a lot of bands that most people have probably never heard…
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 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…
Fresh Tracks Mix: Crystal Castles & Robert Smith, Radio Dept., Club 8, Smith Westerns, Twin Shadow, Woodsman
Crystal Castles, comprising of Ethan Kath and Alice Glass, have exploded in popularity on the indie scene and beyond. Their 2008 self-titled debut LP was voted one of the top 50 albums of the 2000’s by NME magazine.
Amy Heffernan’s “Being Awesome”
Raised in the Canadian Rockies region of Alberta, songwriter and musician Amy Heffernan never doubted that she was born to…
Best New Releases from Bear Hands, 1900s, Brian Eno, Ray Davies, Violens, Matt & Kim, Horse Feathers, The High Dials, Impossible Hair
Election Day in the U.S. coincides with the release of dozens and dozens of new albums, EPs and singles from…
Best New Releases: Avey Tare, Andrew Bird, Sun Airway, Small Black, Diamond Rings, Cashes River, Gospel Claws, Pepper Rabbit
Animal Collective member Avey Tare has released his new LP, Down There, today. The lead single, “Lucky 1″, sounds, surprisingly,…
Indie Rock Cover Songs, Vol. VIII: The Kills, The Harvey Girls, Telekinesis, Little Girls, The Morning Benders, Nada Surf
Cover songs are only worthwhile when they put a different spin on a great original song, and do so with…