The Bamboozle Left Fesival kicks off today, April 5th in Irvine, California and extends through the end of Sunday, April…
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.
Steve Malkmus Manages To Be A Jick By His Own Definition
Former Pavement frontman and one of the original trailblazers that delivered ‘indie’ music to the masses during the 1990s, Stephen…
New Tracks Tuesday: Annuals, Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, Kevin Drew, Ladytron and Matmos
This week’s New Tracks Tuesday features The Annuals, Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, Kevin Drew of BSS, Matmos and Ladytron. The…
Ra Ra Riot Rebounds From Tragedy To Wide Praise From Music Writers and Fans
Syracuse, New York indie band Ra Ra Riot, have made impressive traction within the indie rock/pop world during the past…
A Note to IRC Subscribers and Visitors
Dear Subscribers and Visitors: You may notice that we are continuing to work on creating a faster, more appealing, more…
New Tracks Tuesday: Helio Sequence, Georgie James, Grand Archives, Bodies of Water, Panda Bear, Shearwater
This week marks the launch of New Tracks Tuesday. Each Tuesday, six new, totally legal and free MP3s will be…
Vampire Weekend Offer Peek at New Album at San Francisco Easter Sunday Show
It was another sold out, packed-to-capacity venue show at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco Easter Sunday as the sensation…
Beck, Wilco, BSS, Andrew Bird and Devendra Banhart Added to Outside Lands Lineup
(click image for official festival poster in PDF) Organizers of Outside Lands, San Francisco’s three-day music festival taking place in…
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz Admits Suicide Attempt, Joins Prevention Campaign
(photo by Chris Polk) The songwriter and bassist for the popular pop-punk indie group Fall Out Boy said that he…
Portishead’s New Video MP3 "Machine Gun" To Hype First Release in a Decade
Few bands in today’s highly competitive and saturated music market can remain popular without having new material for fans on…
Six-Pack MP3 Stack: New Songs from Band of Horses, Ruby Suns, Helio Sequence, Steve Malkmus
This week’s indie music playlist features recent releases from musicians and groups that are creating buzz among the music bloggers….
Best of South by Southwest – The Shins, The Dodos, The Mission District + Torrents and Zips of Free Music
The South by Southwest conference in Austin has come to a close, but for those folks who missed out, here’s…