Three young French brothers and a friend took their love of rock music and an ode to their boxing champion…
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.
New Indie Rock Songs from Foreign Born’s Upcoming Sophomore LP ‘Person To Person’
LA indie rock band Foreign Born will release their sophomore album Person To Person next week on the Secretly Canadian…
New Indie Rock Release: The Legends’ ‘Over And Over’
Last month IRC featured the Swedish indie label Labrador Records and one of the bands in the playlist mix was…
In Dee Mail: Greek Singer in Nashville Turns Down Record Deal To Offer His Music For Free
Niko is not your stereotypical Nashville recording artist. He’s from Greece, doesn’t really play country music and he recently rejected…
More Indie Rock Songs of 2009: Burning Hearts, Tortured Soul, The Voyces and Bricolage
The piles of CDs on my desk are taking on an ominous nature. How I am going to get through…
Sunday Funnies: Road Crew Comic
Road Crew Comic is a weekday web cartoon about the guys behind the scenes of a touring rock band. It…
Iron and Wine’s ‘Around The Well’ Is A Must-Have for Sam Beam Followers
Although Iron and Wine‘s extraordinary new double CD release, Around The Well, is not technically new – it’s comprised of…
New Indie Songs from Birds of Avalon, ArtOfficial, Matthew Barber and More
North Carolina indie band Birds of Avalon (photo by Justin Lyons) After taking a few days to go through a…
In Dee Mail: Canada’s The Rest Release Spectacular New Album ‘Everyone All At Once’
One of Canada’s secrets is out: The Rest. The band’s new album, Everyone All At Once, features some of the…
Bands to Watch: Cleveland Alternative Rocker This Is A Shakedown! Has Got It Down
One reason Cleveland Rocks is because of the alternative rock band This Is A Shakedown! Clearly the band is one…
World Ocean Day Mix: The Black Keys, The Format, Dennis Wilson, Sonic Youth, Vampire Hands, Sun Kil Moon, Love and Rockets
Orcas are just one of many threatened species in the world’s oceans (photo: NWF.org) Dedicated to Al Gore The planet…
In Dee Mail: New Songs from Weapons, Kniife Prrty, Shine Hines and The Trance and The 66
Weapons is one of Iceland’s most popular new indie rock bands Just in time for summer, the music submissions continue…