Vic Chesnutt: RIP (1964 – 2009) photo by Eric Lawson In an on-going playlist series featuring fantastic singer and songwriters,…
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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.
Singer/Songwriter Spotlight: French Teenage Indie Musician Louis Aguilar
Artwork for Old Man Poems by Agripine Louis Aguilar, a 19-year-old French musician who composes mellow, minimalistic folk songs, has…
Sigur Ros’ Vocalist and Guitarist Jonsi Birgisson Releases Advance Track from Upcoming Solo LP
We are excited to share with you a new track from Sigur Ros‘ vocalist Jónsi Birgisson‘s upcoming solo album, Go….
In Dee Mail Special Edition, Part III: Elephant Stone, Clock Hands Strangle, The Sun, Six Simple Songs, Aeroplane Pageant, Lemonwilde & More
In this third installment of the In Dee Mail Year End Special Edition series, you will hear music from an…
Bands That Rock! Vol. I: Argentina’s Lunaria and Portugal’s The Doups
Bands That Rock! is a new playlist mix series that we’re adding to IRC. The first band we want to…
Indie Cover Songs, VII: Nirvana, Green Day, Pavement, Radiohead, Atlas Sound, Gnarls Barkley, The Rest & More
Nirvana cover of Meat Puppets “Lake of Fire” from 1993 MTV Unplugged BroadcastWe love cover songs. The following playlist represents…
Alternative Christmas Songs, Vol. II: John Lennon, Ravonettes, Band of Horses, Flaming Lips, Blondie
The days are fast counting down to Christmas and Hanukkah is in full swing. Some of you are probably putting…
In Dee Mail Special Edition, Vol. II: Dylan in the Movies, The Fling, East Hundred, Maklak, Said The Whale & Nheap
Last week we kicked off In Dee Mail Special Edition with part one of the series. That playlist was quite…
Click Here for Updated Festival News, Coverage and Announcements
Somehow an old tag ‘2008 Music Festivals’ became a really popular post tag in IRC’s widget-generated tag cloud. Of course,…
More Alternative-Indie Rock XMas Songs: Julian Casablancas, Dandy Warhols, St. Etienne & Asobi Seksu
Adding to our extensive playlist mix collection of Christmas and holiday songs, we have a bunch of never-before-published (on this…
Band of the Week: The Genre-Bending Music of Hosta
There are still plenty of fantastic songs and albums from 2009 that we’re catching up to, and we suspect that…
Today’s Best New Releases: The French Semester, STS9, Avi Buffalo, Smashing Pumpkins, Midnight Masses and More
Los Angeles band The French Semester top today’s featured new releases. The band craft jangly and sunny tracks with an…