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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.
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…
SXSW 2010 Bands to See, Vol. I: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Princeton, Real Estate, The Drums and Surfer Blood
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club It’s not a stretch that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would be high on the list of…
Best New Releases of the Week, Part Two: Broken Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Frightened Rabbits, Mighty Tiger, Thunder Power and More
Yesterday, we published part one of the Best New Releases of the Week; it was necessary to make two installments…
Best New Releases of the Week, Part One: The Morning Benders, Free Energy, Titus Andronicus, Josh Rouse, Ted Leo and More
The Morning Benders widely anticipated new album, Big Echo, officially drops today, March 9th. We have two terrific singles, the…
RIP: Artists Remember Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse (1962-2010)
The alternative rock world has lost another giant. Over the past couple of days the news of the death of…
Band of the Week: Dark Dark Dark Has New EP, Sophomore LP in Process and Three Upcoming SXSW Shows
Their music is carefully crafted and performed brilliantly; it is touching, cinematic and enchanting, not to mention wonderfully experimental. Dark…
Recent Releases That Almost Got Away: The Pass, Secret Cities, City Light, Scanners, Sambassadeur, David Vandervelde & More
Last month, Louisville, Kentucky’s electro pop quintet The Pass dropped their DIY debut EP, Colors. The four-piece outfit, with their…
Singer and Songwriter Spotlight Series Vol. V – Iceland’s Lay Low and California’s Noel Carlon
If you haven’t heard of Lay Low, it’s not because this talented artist’s moniker matches her status within the world…