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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 of the Week: Annuals, Velvet Davenport w/Ariel Pink & Gary War, Tarlton, Henry Funeral Shoe, Seabear and More
In 2006, Raleigh, NC band Annuals turned quite a few heads with their debut album, Be He Me. Their expansive,…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. II: Screaming Females, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Fictionist, Fresh and Onlys, Adam Green, Roadside Graves
With the never-ending flow of new music coming from all directions, there are always going to be artists and bands,…
What’s Hot Right Now, Vol. I: Ariel Pink, The Black Keys, Delorean, MGMT, Caribou, She & Him, The National, Jonsi & More
This week’s buzz about new songs from current and upcoming releases features Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, The Black Keys, Delorean,…
Bands That Rock! Vol. III – Australia’s Violent Soho and Brooklyn’s Awesome Colors
Since we started the playlist mix series Bands That Rock! at the beginning of 2010, it has been fairly popular….
Best New Releases of the Week: Woodhands, Thunderhawk, Quadron, Yukon Blonde, Love is All, Bettie Servert and More
Woodhands’ new album, Remosecapade, drops today.This week’s Best New Releases features new music from bands you may already like, others…
Day Four at SXSW: Alex Chilton Tribute, Broken Bells, Ben Gibbard, Matt Pond PA, Titus Andronicus ,Small Black, No Age
Evan Dando of Lemonheads: one of many musicians to pay tribute to Alex Chilton @SXSW The final, full day of…
Day Three at SXSW: Neon Indian, Memory Tapes, Fool’s Gold, We Are Scientists, Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The bands, the people we met, the venues, the days have a way of mixing and blurring together after four…
Day Two at SXSW: Shearwater, The Low Anthem, The Middle East, Peter Wolf Crier, Rogue Wave, Beach Fossils, Delta Spirit
Rogue Wave played to an oversized crowd at Emo’s Thursday night @SXSW Day Two of SXSW in Austin was jam…
Day One of SXSW Wraps Up With Big Success, St. Patrick’s Day Madness, and Plenty of Great Music
The sun came out just in time for the first day of South By Southwest in Austin, and the big…
Day One of SXSW: The Morning Benders, Free Energy, Freelance Whales, Neon Indian, Frightened Rabbit, Broken Bells
Today, Wednesday, March 17, is the date that Austin’s South by Southwest transitions from a focus on film to highlighting…
Best New Releases of the Week: Drive By Truckers, Standard Fare, Casper Bangs, The Rest, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and More
With South by Southwest the major deal this week for most music freaks, it is fitting, and not surprising, that…