The latest installment of the New Indie Releases playlist series presents a dozen hand-picked songs from a diverse selection 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.
Indie Cover Songs, Vol. IV: Beck and the Record Club, The Very Best, Alberta Cross, Spinto Band, Spoon, The Kooks & More
Indie rock pioneer Beck and his Record Club is now well into their recordings of cover songs honoring the great…
Bands to Watch: Double-Shots on the Rocks from Scotland Yard Gospel Choir and Fool’s Gold
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir is not a gospel choir at all, but a rock band; and they’re not even…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol VI: Akron/Family, Clues, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, The Black Lips & More
Counting down the list of 13 playlists – each featuring 13 Halloween-ish songs – this latest installment includes Akron/Family, Clues,…
New Indie Releases This Week: Altas Sound, Spring Tigers, Sufjan Stevens, Port O’Brien, Neon Indian and More
Bradford Cox, of Deerhunter fame, has a new album, Logos, out today under his musical project and moniker Atlas Sound….
In The Reels: ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ and Karen O and The Kids Soundtrack
The long-awaited major movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak‘s timeless classic Where The Wild Things Are premiered in theaters nationwide this…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. V: Bright Eyes, Mojave 3, Wilco, MLWTTK, Nick Cave, Hexes and Ohs and More
Even though the beloved Bright Eyes may be a thing of the past, Conor Oberst continues to broaden his horizons…
Treasure Island Music Festival This Weekend: Flaming Lips, MGMT, Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear and More!
The last touch ups to the stages for this weekend’s Treasure Island Music Festival are being made as thousands of…
Ears To The Music, Vol. VII – Built To Spill, Modest Mouse, Pearl Jam, Clues, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Paramore & More
Indie rock legends Built to Spill are back in a big way with their new LP, There Is No Enemy,…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. IV: Evangelicals, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Beck, Islands, Ramones, REM, Animal Collective, Misfits
Well, we’re still recovering from a huge storm that belted the Santa Cruz mountains and dumped over eight inches of…
Ears To The Music, VI: The Dead Weather, Nirvana, Hopewell, Langhorne Slim, Bamboo Shoots, Fol Chen & More
The Dead Weather is a new alternative rock super group with a killer line-up: Jack White ( The White Stripes…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. III: Deastro, Pavement, Band of Horses, Tegan & Sara, Fratellis, Nirvana & More
Oakland’s electro-pop prodigy Deastro How’s your Halloween playlist coming along? Well, here are 13 more Halloweenish songs for you to…