Seems like a lot of people are still interested in collecting great songs from 2008. Therefore, here’s a quick playlist…
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.
Andrew Bird Raises The Sword with Noble Beasts
Andrew Bird has done it again. Bird’s 2007 album Armchair Apocrypha was widely hailed as one of the best albums…
Better Late Than Never: Cut Off Your Hand’s 08 Release You and I
Alright, so I always hated the name of this band. That said, Cut Off Your Hands makes some great music…
Bands to Watch in 2009: Blind Man’s Colour
Blind Man’s Colour, a duo of college students from St. Petersburg, Florida is officially on the indie radar for 2009…
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…
Tupac Alluded to Obama’s Inaugural As ‘Heaven Sent’
On this special day, it seems fitting to pay tribute to a man who raised awareness of the modern-day injustices…
Odawas Release Track From Upcoming Junior LP
After the release of their 2007 second full-length album Raven and the White Night on Jagjaguwar Records, Bloomington, Indiana indie…
The Decemberists Offer Free Song Download From Forth Coming Album
Colin Meloy and The Decemberists, satisfying a craving of fans for some sounds from the upcoming release of their new…
Best ‘Ad Songs’ of 2008: The Kinks ‘Everybody’s A Star’
Everyone has their picks for the best songs of 2008, even if the songs were not released in 2008. For…