If you haven’t heard of the young and brilliant singer and songwriter Will Stratton, here’s your chance. Stratton’s 2007 debut…
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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.
Today’s Best Indie Rock Releases: Zack Martin, Anders Ponders, Tommy T, Pants Yell and Bears In Heaven
The soundtrack to the film The Way We Get By , airing nationally on PBS this week, was composed and…
The Interestingly Eccentric Brooklyn One Man Band Brad Oberhofer
Continuing on with IRC’s post-CMJ coverage, it is puzzling as much as it is refreshing that musician Brad Oberhofer isn’t…
New Videos from Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, No Age, Beck and The Record Club and The Valentines
“Ready, Able” – Grizzly Bear from Veckatimest (2009) Kicking off this latest installment of Indie Rock Videos is the just…
Indie Cover Songs, Vol. V: The Fall, Ruby Weapon, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, Dr. Dog & Band of Horses
This cover song mix kicks off with a cover of the klassic Kinks’ song, “Victoria” by the amazing UK post…
Ears To The Music, Vol. IX – Mountain Goats, Chll Pll, Shaky Hands, Mission of Burma, Land of Talk, The Very Most & More
The following playlist mix features a number of songs from recent releases that are music to our ears. There is…
Today’s Best Indie Releases: Julian Casablancas, Yeasayer, The Swimmers and the Nocturnal States Compilation
Today marked the official CD release of The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas‘ debut solo album, Phrazes For The Young. So far,…
Ears To The Music, Vol. VIII – Monogold, Old Canes, Slideshow Freak, Japanese Motors, Langhorne Slim and Laura Veirs
The delicious pop harmonies and choruses of Brooklyn’s DIY outfit Monogold are hard to ignore. The band’s sophomore release, We…
Band of The Week: Long Beach Folk Pop Band Avi Buffalo
Eighteen-year-old Long Beach, Calif., guitarist and singer/songwriter Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, and his band, Avi Buffalo, have created quite a buzz within…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, XIII: The Finale: Radiohead, Animal Collective, SeaWolf, Sonic Youth, Evangelicals & More
This is the finale for the Halloween Indie Rock Songs playlist mix series (back to regular programming on Monday with…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. XII: Bat for Lashes, Tom Waits, Wolf Parade, Maps & Atlases, Elf Power and R. Adams
Ghoul evening ghost, goblins and vampires: here is the second to last mix of indie rock songs with a Halloween…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol XI: Claude VonStroke, Flaming Lips, Mr. Gnome, Steve Malkmus, Crocodiles & More
Starting off this latest mix of Halloweenish indie songs is one of the most popular songs on Pitchfork right now,…