Black Rebel Motorcycle Club It’s not a stretch that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would be high on the list of…
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, 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…
Best New Releases of the Week, Part II: Twin Tigers, Man/Miracle, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Megaphonic Thrift & More
Straight out of the Athens, Georgia indie rock scene, Twin Tigers mix pop, rock and shoegaze overtones to create a…
Best New Releases of the Week, Part I: Rogue Wave, Portugal The Man, The Whigs, These New Purtians, Peasant, A Weather and More
There are so many great new releases this week, that we had to break them up into two installments (and…
Best Rarely Heard Songs of 2009, Vol. IV: Barzin, Laterns, Tropical Depression, and The Parlophonics
Barzin has been compared to such artists as Sparklehorse, Low, Red House Painters and Bill Callahan and his last effort,…
Feetz to Da Beatz, Vol. I – Bands That Get You Dancing: Body Language, Yes Giantess and Friends Electric
Feetz to Da Beatz is yet another new playlist mix series that offers our listeners a unique perspective on artists…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. I: Boy Eats Drum Machine, Phantogram, ArpLine, BlueBrain, Wakey! Wakey!
Every Tuesday, we publish the Best New Releases of the Week. However, there are always releases that we don’t have…