It doesn’t seem possible that 2015 is almost over, but the hard reality is that it’s on the outs. We…
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Vendo is a writer, editor and musician originally from Italy and now living in California.
Radar Love – Houston’s Silver Blueberry Straddles The Line Between Punk and Post Punk
[zbplayer] No matter what anyone says, a catchy band name makes a difference in the type of attention a band…
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. VII – Bill and Murray, The Bread Brothers, Skyhound, Sports, Third Brother, Break The Bans, Aüva
Throughout the year, we have been putting a lot of work into reviewing 2015 releases from DIY artists and bands…
Best Indie Rock Songs of 2015, Vol. I – The Darkness, Daughn Gibson, Eternal Summers, Joanna Gruesome, SSLYBY, Girlpool
June has already passed; and so has Fourth of July. Now that summer is in full swing, it’s a good…
Dead Kennedy’s Singer Ron ‘Skip’ Greer Joins Brooklyn Indie Rock Band Lightouts
[zbplayer] The Brooklyn DIY rock band, Lightouts, recently dropped a new set of singles, featuring the band’s new vocalist, Ron…
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. V – Astronaut Project, The Stereophones, Mittenfields, Young Scum, Staffords, Sea Ghost
Today drops the fifth installment of the wildly popular DIY series, Best New DIY Music of 2015. Obviously, many of…
5 New DIY Debuts You’ve Gotta Hear – GRRL PAL, The Citie, Tigers In The Sky, Stereo Twins, Three Witches
The spring of 2015 is certainly revealing a stream of exciting and promising new DIY artists and bands. Recent posts…
Artist of the Week – Sol Cat
Since their formation in 2012, the suave Nashville pop groove band with the cool name, Sol Cat, has built up…
Bands That Rock! #IX – Birth of Joy, Transvaal Diamond Syndicate, A Victim of Society, Mary Goes Wild
If you love rock and roll, don’t worry: it’s not dead despite what the cynics may say. For those of you who have followed IRC for all these years, you know we love hard-hitting, riff-heavy, and head-banging rock.
Artist of the Week – Fairchild
Fairchild is our Artist of the Week
IRC’s Top Vinyls for Record Store Day 2015 – Metallica, The Kinks, Black Keys, REM, The White Stripes, Foo Fighters, Interpol, Bowie
The news this week that digital downloads surpassed CD sales last year for the first time ever serves as a reminder to all that digital is the way of the future. Yet, old skool, vinyl releases pose a challenge to digital. In fact, Nielsen SoundScan reported that more than 9.2 million vinyl albums were sold in 2014 (up 52% from 2013), the highest number since NSS started tracking music sales in 1991.
Best New DIY Music of 2015, Vol. III – Pet Politics, BCT, Lascaux, Babbling April, Forensics, VMPG, Fringes, Dan Zdilla, No Body
It’s already the first week of April and the DIY releases are piling up. So far, we’ve released two installments…