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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.
In Dee Mail: Montreal’s Bad Flirt’s ‘Virgin Talk’ is Among Top Canadian Albums of 2009
Montreal’s Bad Flirt play high-energy pop rock that some critics have said put them on track to challenge Metric’s reign…
Australia’s Alternative Rockers Children Collide Nearing End of First U.S. Tour
Australian rock band Children Collide. (photo from LifeLounge) Every once and a while a band blasts out of Australia and…
Band to Watch: Charlotte, NC’s Indie Garage Rockers Coma League
Coma League is a Charlotte indie band consisting of singer and guitarist Ben Gelnett and drummer Kevin Markie. The duo…
Monday Music Mix: 2009 Indie Songs from Passion Pit, The Ravonettes, Fanfarlo, A Lull and More
The popular indie band Passion Pit. One of the most popular new indie albums out right now is Passion Pit’s…
In Dee Mail: Ireland’s Herm Releases Quirky, Dark Album ‘Monsters’
Herm might not be the best moniker for a relatively unknown but talented musician, but the one man band comprised…
Names in Songs Mix: AmAnSet, Wool Strings, Rainbow Arabia, M83, Ben Folds, Throw Me A Statue, The Acorn
“Annie & Marie” – American Analog Set from Know By Heart (2001) Free Zip of Demos from AAS “Kim &…
In Dee Mail: France’s Garage Rock Band Kid Bombardos Are A Band to Watch
Three young French brothers and a friend took their love of rock music and an ode to their boxing champion…
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…