Spring is in full force, people are out and enjoying the warmer, longer days, making plans for the summer, soaking…
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.
New Music from One A.M., Golden Triangle, Air Conditioning School, The Lodger, David Vandervelde, Brad Senne
We have another batch of recent singles we dig from 2010 releases that we haven’t had the chance to share…
Best New Releases of the Week: Dead Weather, Holy Fu*k, Coco Rosie, Thee Oh Sees, Sage Francis, Japandroids, Sleigh Bells
This is yet another week of many great new indie rock releases from The Dead Weather, Delorean, Thee Oh Sees,…
Mother’s Day Mix – Mercury Rev, Dead Weather, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Voxtrot
We love our Moms. We love excuses for creating playlist mixes. We love sharing them with you. We love that…
Band to Watch: Chicago’s Glitter Bones
The Chicago based indie/gospel/glam duo known as Glitter Bones got our attention thanks to the I Guess I’m Floating blog….
Best New Releases of the Week, Part Two: Seabellies, The Tim and Sam Band, Inspired Flights,
Yesterday, we published the Best New Releases of the Week mix featuring fresh tracks from new releases by The New…
Best New Releases of the Week: Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers, Hold Steady, Josh Ritter, more
Album cover for Broken Social Scene’s new LP, Forgiveness Rock Record The always growing and morphing Broken Social Scene release…
Feetz to Da Beatz, Vol. III: Kids of 88, Sleigh Bells, BRAHMS, 65Days of Static
The first song in this dance/rock/electronica mix is the track from the awesome video above by the Kids of 88….
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, VII: Sam Billen, The Press, Markaras Pen, Boy Without God, Peasant, Chromatic Flights
With so much new music coming at us from all directions all the time, there are going to be those…
Best New Releases of the Week: Avi Buffalo, Alcoholic Faith Mission, Common Prayer, Ariel Pink, Kisses
This week’s Best New Releases includes new tracks from a bunch of artists and bands that we think more people…
IRC Band to Watch: New York’s The Rassle
Bringing back a sound: The Rassle. Photo by Jimmy Fontaine The Rassle is a recently-formed New York City rock/post-punk band…
New York Times Will Stream The National’s New Album Friday
The New York Times Magazine will stream The National‘s new album, High Violet, in it entirety, and exclusively on the…