Because you asked; here’s another summer megamix to keep you entertained during the long, hot days, and warm, balmy nights…
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.
Bands To Watch: Computer Magic, Stockholm, Gift Horse, The Powder Kegs, Hunter Valentine
The volumes of great music that artists and bands have been sending in over the past few months is impressive,…
Best New Releases: Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, The Love Language, School of the Seven Bells, Panda Bear, The Spires
The album recorded last year with Danger Mouse, David Lynch and Sparklehorse finally sees the light today, a full year…
Summer Indie Playlist, Vol. III: CEO, The Drums, Teen Daze, Beach House, Mew, Ariel Pink
It’s almost mid-summer. People everywhere are enjoying the sun and staying cool from the heat, taking part in summertime activities…
Artists of the Week: Virginia’s Dream Cop and Brooklyn’s Grandpa Was A Lion
We’ve been listening to a lot of great music that has come to us in dee mail lately, and discovering…
Best New Releases: Fol Chen, Au Revoir Simone, Crocodiles, Big Boi, The Stone Foxes, Jay Bennett, Thieves Like Us, Loom, Mystery Jets
Unlike most of the weeks of 2010 so far, this week’s new releases are not stacked with big-time, highly anticipated…
Feetz To Da Beatz, Vol. IV: Nenna Yvonne, Curry & Coco, Worship, Restless People, Auto Body, PUNCHES
The stream of new dance/electronica/trance tracks continues to flow through our email system unabated, and some of it is good…
Five Anticipated Summer Releases, Vol. III: Washed Out, Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse, Chief, Jaill, and Menomena
Many of you have already enjoyed our Anticipated Summer Releases Volume One with Japandroids, Arcade Fire, Panda Bear and others;…
The Drums Picked By Readers as “Break-Out Band” of 2010 (So Far), followed by Freelance Whales and 8 Others
The Drums have been picked by a huge margin by readers in the latest polling of the ‘break out artist…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. IX: The Depreciation Guild, Jeremy Messersmith, The Delta Mirror, Fol Chen, Double Dagger
Drowning in music. There are a few ways to imagine what that could mean, but in our case, it’s purely…
Best New Releases: Wolf Parade, Wavves, Map & Atlases, Electric Tickle Machine, Harvey Girls, Hey Marseilles, Cap N’Jazz
The best new album releases for the week of June 29th features Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86, Wavves, Maps & Atlases,…
Summer Indie Playlist, Vol. II: Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Oberhofer, Damien Jurado
A few weeks ago, to kick-off the Memorial Day holiday, we launched our first summer mixtape of 2010. Due to…