Tens of thousands of music lovers will converge on the gigantic meadows of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend…
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 New Releases: Elsinore, The Budos Band, Lost in the Trees, Burnt Ones, Kathryn Calder, Landing on the Moon, Women
With all of the buzz surrounding last week’s release of Arcade Fire‘s their third album, The Suburbs, it has a…
In Dee Mail, Vol. IV: Opus Orange, The Migrant, Joe Gil, Peephole, Ideals, Luge, Sonen, Millstead, Cuckoo Chaos
The music submissions to Indie Rock Cafe from artists and bands around the world are piling up at a rate…
Summer 2010 Mixtape, Vol. V: Wavves, Band of Skulls, The Cars, Cold War Kids, Roxy Music, Glasvegas, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse
The summer mixtapes have received over 100,000 visits since the first 2010 mixtape was published on Memorial Day weekend. The…
Solo Debuts from Band Members of Radiohead, New Pornographers, Pinback, Them Crooked Vultures, Eels, Travis, Cat Power
It might just be that we are more aware of it than previous summers, but it seems like there are…
Best New Releases: Arcade Fire, Wavves, Candy Claws, Air Conditioning School, Mt. Saint Helens Vietnam Band, Versus, Autolux
For a limited time, you can download the 16-track Suburbs from Amazon for only $3.99 For a lot of indie…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. X: Sun Kil Moon, Dom, Lanterns, Pearly Gates Music, The Burning Hotels, Apollo Ghosts
San Francisco musician, singer, and songwriter Mark Kozelek released a new album with his band, Sun Kil Moon, last week…
Best New Releases: Best Coast, Menomena, Jaill, Bombay Bicycle Club, Social Studies, Miniature Tigers, The Golden Dogs, The Knocks
Clearly one of the most popular indie bands of the past six months, LA’s surf pop band Best Coast drop…
Downbeat Electronica and Remixes of Au Revoir Simone, Pallers, Social Studies, Aeons, Higher Than Five, Zoot Woman
We’d like to know what you think of the songs and artists in this mixtape so we can make future…
FYF 2010 Line-up Includes Panda Bear, Ariel Pink, Wavves, Titus Andronicus, Best Coast, Ted Leo, Washed Out, Abe Vigado
The Fu*k Yeah Fest for 2010 just announced one of the most amazing line-ups we’ve seen for any fest yet…
What’s Hot Right Now, Vol. V: Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Panda Bear, The Walkmen, Interpol, El Guincho, Best Coast
It’s been a couple of weeks since we did a What’s Hot Right Now playlist mix. Even though we post…
Best New Releases: Japandroids, Panda Bear, The Books, Lower Dens, K-X-P, Woods, Secret Cities, plus Vinyl Drops
This week’s new releases include new singles from Japandroids and Panda Bear, plus new LPs from Secret Cities, K-X-P, The Books,…