Today’s playlist of new songs include Here We Go Magic, Plus Minus, Ancient Crux, Of Montreal and It Hugs Back….
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 1990s’ MP3 from Upcoming Album ‘Kicks’
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David Berman Disbands Silver Jews; Speaks Horrors Of His MF SOB Father
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Vetiver Set to Release Fourth Album "Tight Knit" on SubPop
It’s that time again. A band I didn’t know about before, but should have known. Vetiver, the brainchild of San…
Animal Collective Releases Stunning New Video for "My Girls"
The wild popularity of Animal Collective’s newest release, Merriweather Post Pavilion, has fans and music critics already calling it one…
Philly’s East Hundred Releases Album ‘Passengers’
Philadelphia’s East Hundred formed in 2004 as a ‘basement recording project’, toured relentlessly, built a following and have just released…
Kanye West Skips Over Obama’s Historic Moment to Sympathize with Bush?
This is probably the only time you’ll read about Kanye West in this blog, but you gotta read this. Just…