Everybody likes a good cover song. They are coming out all of the time, but only receive scattered coverage on…
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: Stars, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Club 8, Owen Pallett, Tender Trap, Chemical Brothers, Neighbors, Coliseum
Lots of folks were awaiting the official release of Stars‘ new LP, The Five Ghosts, over the past few weeks,…
Local Natives Voted ‘Break-Out’ Band of 2010 (So Far), followed by Surfer Blood, Sleigh Bells, Crystal Castles and Neon Indian
In a tally of 1,000 unique* votes from IRC readers and visitors, the California indie rock band Local Natives beat…
Best New Releases This Week: The Gaslight Anthem, We Are Scientists, Devo, Foals, Light Pollution, Whiplash, Venice is Sinking
Today a bunch of new releases officially drop The Gaslight Anthem, We Are Scientists, Devo (first album in two decades),…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, VIII: Vita Ruins, Lou Barlow, Communist Daughter, Cary Ann Hearst, Apollo Ghosts, Holy Ghost
The Vita Ruins, an indie band from Washington D.C, was founded by Tim Kratzer and Greg Balleza in 2005. The…
More Best New Releases of the Week: Tokyo Police Club, Delta Spirit, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, The Young Veins, Cold Cave, Wye Oak
Yesterday, we published a mega mix of singles from our favorites new releases, including fresh tracks from Teenage Fanclub, Here…
Best New Releases This Week: Teenage Fanclub, Here We Go Magic, Villagers, Suckers, Deer Tick, Nada Surf, Light Pollution, Ratatat
Music lovers have many choices this week as far as new releases go. It’s a quite compelling selection spanning the…
Sunday’s BFD Live 105 Fest with Spoon, Matt & Kim, Silversun Pickups, Sublime, Gaslight Anthem, Cage The Elephant, Golden Filter
Every year for the past couple of decades now, the San Francisco Bay Area rock radio station Live 105 puts…
What’s Hot Right Now, Vol. IV: Apparatjik, Arcade Fire, Ceo, The Drums, Sleigh Bells, Klaxons, Wild Nothing, Four Tet, Crystal Castles
By popular demand, here’s another mixtape of songs that are hot right now on the web, according to sites like…
One Man Bands: Jumpiter, Blake McKibben, Old Lights, Levek, and Galapaghost
Note: We’re back with another One Man Bands special. Today we have some amazing artists that we think you’ll like….
Best New Releases: The Drums, The Get Up Kids, Active Child, The Futureheads, The Melvins, Born Ruffians, Elk City, Big Tree
This week’s best new releases includes two new songs from the debut LP of the wildly popular band, The Drums….
Summer Indie Playlist, Vol. I – Local Natives, Arcade Fire, Free Energy, Opus Orange
While summer does not technically begin until mid-June, it has become something of an American tradition that Memorial Day weekend…