It doesn’t seem possible that 2015 is almost over, but the hard reality is that it’s on the outs. We still...
[zbplayer] No matter what anyone says, a catchy band name makes a difference in the type of attention a band attracts....
Throughout the year, we have been putting a lot of work into reviewing 2015 releases from DIY artists and bands across...
June has already passed; and so has Fourth of July. Now that summer is in full swing, it’s a good time...
[zbplayer] The Brooklyn DIY rock band, Lightouts, recently dropped a new set of singles, featuring the band’s new vocalist, Ron Ron...
Today drops the fifth installment of the wildly popular DIY series, Best New DIY Music of 2015. Obviously, many of our...
The spring of 2015 is certainly revealing a stream of exciting and promising new DIY artists and bands. Recent posts like...
Since their formation in 2012, the suave Nashville pop groove band with the cool name, Sol Cat, has built up a...
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.
Fairchild is our Artist of the Week
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.
It’s already the first week of April and the DIY releases are piling up. So far, we’ve released two installments of...