Wow, we made it to volume No. 15 in the Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008. No matter what, it’ll…
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.
Best of Alternative and Indie Rock Christmas Songs – Sufjan Stevens, Low, Bright Eyes, Jimmy Eat World
People have commented and asked why we are not running a series of playlists of alternative and indie rock Christmas…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol XIV
One of our favorite indie duos that we don’t write enough about is San Francisco’s Mates of State. The husband…
New Indie Releases, December 2008
The new releases stack is growing out of control so if you wanna help, we’re all ears. Seriously. Some of…
IRC Artist of the Month: Headlights
When we first heard the opening tracks to Champaign, Illinois indie pop band Headlights, we thought, ‘wow, this is great…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol XIII
Yesterday we double posted some of the ‘best indie songs’ of 2008 that came from the first installment of this…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol. XII
Toronto’s indie rockers Tokyo Police Club have hacked their way into the indie rock arena with stylistic chord chunks that…
Under Appreciated Debut Indie Albums, Vol. I
One of the great things about collecting lots of indie music over the years is that you can create all…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol. XI
illustration by Sam Harang As you read this post, IRC is putting together a playlist of some of the greatest…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol. X
There are so many great songs that we keep discovering from 2008 that we could do this almost continuously until…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2008, Vol. IX
Some people have asked if this series of best songs is also a representation of the best indie albums as…
Guitar Hero: South Korean Teen Guitarist is One of YouTube ‘s Biggest Hits
It’s a risky assumption to some degree, but chances are most of you have seen or heard of one of…