There are plenty of indie artists and bands that have released great music in 2009. Some of the best have…
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. II: Dead Weather, Flaming Lips, Sufjan Stevens, The Kinks, Radiohead, Cut Copy & More
The second installment (out of what will be 13 in all) of indie rock Halloween songs features 13 more tracks,…
Ears To The Music, Vol. V: New Songs from Local Natives, Daniel Johnston, Freelance Whales, Rubik, Annuals & More
Local Natives is a Los Angeles indie rock band that we first heard via the legendary British mag New Music…
In Dee Mail: One Man Band Series with Washed Out, Stuart Newman and Labrador Labratories
Largely due to the availability of affordable technology and the explosion of the Internet in recent years, independent musicians are…
Halloween Indie Rock Songs, Vol I: Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, The Black Keys, Wild Nothing, Beach House, Beck
Halloween time is upon us. The skeleton crew has been scouring their music collections and other resources to assemble the…
New Indie Releases From Vampire Weekend, No Age, Devendra Banhart, Neon Indian, Spiral Beach & More
As some of you probably know, Tuesdays are typically the big day of the week for new releases, and this…
New Music Videos from The Bright Light Social Hour, Pearl Jam, The Flaming Lips and IndieDoc Film ‘East of Sunset’
“Back and Forth” – The Bright Light Social Hour from s/t EP (2009) The first video presented in this special…
New Indie Songs from The Big Pink, Windmill, Volcano Choir, Julian Plenti, Joshua James, Sissy Wish, Owen & More
The latest batch of new songs from recent indie albums that you might enjoy, or have already been enjoying, includes…
Indie Cover Songs, Vol III: Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Radiohead, Asobi Seksu, Bat For Lashes & More
Who doesn’t love a great cover version of an awesome song by a band they like, of a band they…
New Indie Rock from The Cave Singers, The Duke Spirit, Starlight Mints, The Fiery Furnaces, Miike Snow & More!
So many great new songs; such little time. This playlist features some of the best 2009 songs from current, recent…
New Indie Songs from The Almighty Defenders, Thao, Times New Viking, Girls, Blitzen Trapper, Obits, Castanets & More
Today’s playlist of the best new indie rock includes a doubleshot from the super group The Almighty Defenders, consisting of…
Ears To The Music, Vol. IV – The Spinto Band, The Dodos, Public Radio, Elvis Perkins, A Sunny Day in Glasgow & More!
Kicking off this playlist of great new songs is one of the best under-rated indie bands of the past few…