Apple has announced 90-day free trials on its popular music editing program Logic Pro X. This is not fake news….
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.
The Facts About COVID-19 (‘CoronaVirus’) Straight Up
The Facts regarding the Coronavirus, COVID-19, are so essential right now we had to put out this post. There is…
Album Review: Robot Raven’s Rocking New Compilation Release
With years of musical experience, two veteran songwriters/musicians, John Rigg and Edmond Bruneau, aka Robot Raven, have just dropped a…
Singer/Songwriter Spotlight: Swedish Musician Jonas Carping
The debut album, All The Time In The World, by the Swedish musician Jonas Carping, garnered some critical acclaim a…
U.K.’s Black Midi Drop First Single Since ‘ded sheeran’
London indie band Black Midi has followed up a successful debut album, Schlagenheim, with the new rhythmic single, ‘Sweater.’ After…
R.I.P.: Andy Gill, Gang of Four Guitarist (1956-2020)
Britain’s late 70s provincial punk scenes were seldom places for the faint-hearted, but few were as starkly polarised as that…
Artist Spotlight: Tyrone Sanborn Webster
Austin based musician and songwriter Tyrone Sanborn Webster took some time over the past year from behind the drum kit…
Album Review: Norwood’s ‘Lizzy White Doesn’t Give a Fu*k’
The New York DIY band Norwood‘s new album, the exciting Lizzy White Doesn’t Give a Fu*k, parties hard with fast-moving,…
Leo Manzari’s New Clip Teases 2020 Album Release
After a series of singles throughout 2019 that gained more and more attention and love from bloggers, fans and playlisters,…
2019 Alternative Christmas Songs Playlist – Late Greats, Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog, Guster, The Hives
To the rescue: 2019’s Best Indie & Alt. Rock Xmas Songs playlist. By now, some of you might be trumped-out…
How-To Guide for Changing Cello Bow Hairs
Admit it or not, the bow is one of the most neglected accessories in the family of string instruments. We…
Band to Watch: Cedarsmoke
For a number of years we’ve been following the Brisbane ‘slacker-rock’ indie band, Cedarsmoke, thanks to the band’s ear-peeking, honest…