Los Angeles folk pop band Family of the Year appeared on our radar in December, thanks to a friend who…
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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.
IRC Month in Review: January 2010 – In Dee Mail, One Man Bands, Band of the Week, New Releases and More
This year we’re starting a new end-of-the-month feature that will summarize all of the posts, playlist mixes, special features and…
Best New Releases This Week: Beach House, The Magnetic Fields, No Through Road, Woodpigeon, Retribution Gospel Choir, & More
All the hype over Beach House‘s new album, Teen Dream, out today via Sub Pop Records, is more than well…
Best Rarely Heard Songs of 2009, Vol. II – Ex Norwegian, We All Have Hooks for Hands, Pistol for Ringo and Fredrik
The idea for this playlist is simple – a collection of great songs from 2009 that most people probably haven’t…
In Dee Mail Special Edition Vol. VII – Essex Chanel, Scares The Daylights and The Binary Marketing Show
It is still early in the new year, new decade, and so much fantastic music from 2009 that has spilled…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2009, Vol. II – The Big Pink, The Thermals, Dan Auerbach, Telekinesis, Faunts & More
Earlier this week, we published the first installment of what were ours, and by measurement, your, favorite 2009 songs. The…
Best New Releases This Week: Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Eels, Feral Children, Editors, Big Star, Dinowalrus & Len Price 3
Every Tuesday, IRC posts what we think are the best new releases of the week. We shift through, and filter…
One Man Bands – LA’s Fox Fagan and Detroit’s JellyEyes
Los Angeles indie alt rock artist Fox Fagan, a native of Australia, catches many people’s attention with his upbeat pop…
In Dee Mail Special Edition, Vol. VI – Sore Eros, The Melloncollies, Himalaya and Matias Aguayo
For those of you not familiar with this series, IRC regularly profiles the best and most talented new and relatively…
RIP: Garage/Punk Rocker Jay Reatard Found Dead at Age 29 in His Memphis Home
Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr., aka Jay Reatard (1980 – 2010) photo from Matador Records Update: 1/14/10 3:20 pm: Pitchfork is…
Best New Indie Releases 2010: Vampire Weekend, Dreamboat Money, Final Fantasy, Technoir MA & More
It’s not all about Vampire Weekend, but as far as new releases this week, it largely is all about Vampire…
In Dee Mail Special Edition, Vol. V: Army of Me, Threes and Nines, Trees and Trashcans and Lefse Records’ Artists
“I never intended for anyone to hear this music”, says Army Of Me singer/songwriter Vince Scheuerman. But we are sure…