In 1981, The Kinks released a hit LP titled Give The People What They Want. One of the best ways…
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.
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. X: Jay Reatard, Clues, MGMT, Spoon, Headlights, Black Lips, Iron & Wine and More
This mix was originally posted in Oct 2009; a few months before Jay Reatard’s (above) passing (RIP) Kicking off volume…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. IX: Them Crooked Vultures, Mae Shi, M83, Magnetic Fields, The Kinks & More
This is an especially timely Halloween playlist in that it starts out with the freshly baked new web ‘hit’ song…
Today’s New Indie Releases: Orba Squara, The Swell Season, The Whigs, I Love You, Glass Ghost, Pugwash, Lullwater & More
There is no shortage of impressive new releases today, so we’re not going to do any lengthy review. Instead, we’ll…
Bridge School Benefit Concert Brings Out Wolfmother, Monsters of Folk, Fleet Foxes, No Doubt, Chris Martin and Others
This year’s 23rd annual The Bridge School Benefit concert fund-raiser held at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mt. View, California, definitely…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol VIII: Bat For Lashes, CANT, Crocodiles, Beirut, No Age, Sunset Rubdown, Fields & More
Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan Today we are publishing two 13 song Halloweenish indie rock playlists, leaving five more, four…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol. VII: Atlas Sound, CYHSY, Band of Horses, Au Revoir Simone, My Teenage Stride & More
It’s feeling more like Halloween everyday, and we’re more than half way through the Halloween playlist series. Here’s a new…
New Indie Releases from Roman Candle, Brimstone Howl, Brazos, Josh Rouse, Nirvana, Memory Tapes, Say Hi & More
The latest installment of the New Indie Releases playlist series presents a dozen hand-picked songs from a diverse selection of…
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….