This week marks the launch of New Tracks Tuesday. Each Tuesday, six new, totally legal and free MP3s will be…
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.
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…
Vampire Weekend’s Free 40 Minute Studio Session on KCRW
Even before their ‘big time’ appearance on Saturday Night Live earlier this month, Vampire Weekend was one of the biggest…
Lollapalooza’s 2008 Line-up Rumors, Fakes and Speculation
(Above: This is a fake that has been circulating the Internets for the past month; it is not the official…
Grand Ole Party Touring With Rogue Wave Throughout US in April
Riding on the sails of their ‘critically acclaimed’ debut album Humanimals, San Diego’s indie trio Grand Ole Party has announced…
Mark Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon’s New Album, Book and Tour
Pained and yet hauntingly beautiful, Mark Kozelek‘s music as a solo artist and with Red House Painters and Sun Kil…
2008 PLUG Awards Go To Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Iron & Wine and Justice
The above promo video for the 2008 Plug Awards held at Terminal 5 in New York City on Friday night…