Jason Drake, better known as Cassettes Won’t Listen, is not a stranger to cease and desist orders. In 2008, Drake…
Category: 2010 Rock Songs
Music Month in Review: March 2011 – The Dodos, Strokes, Radiohead, Beach Fossils, Fleet Foxes, Kurt Vile, Beady Eye
The music month of March 2011 was dominated by the build-up, and release, of The Strokes‘ first album in four…
Great New Songs from The Freelance Whales, Motorifik, The Postelles, Oh No Oh My, Unsolved Mysteries, Yuck, La Sera
After a triumphant 2010, that included the release of their acclaimed debut LP, Weathervanes, Queen‘s popular indie band, The Freelance…
San Francisco Wraps Up Major Free Festival in Golden Gate Park; The Flaming Lips and The Drums Play Sold Out Gigs
It was a big weekend for music in the San Francisco Bay Area over the past three days. The Not Strictly Bluegrass Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary, featuring over one hundred artists on six stages in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park. The festival is completely free, paid for – with sponsorship – by billionaire Warren Hellman as a gift to the city and people of San Francisco.
Indie Spotlight: Air Waves, Dazzle Ships, Dana Falconberry, The Strange Boys and Dinosaur Bones
Now back from Musicfest NW, it’s time to catch up on some bands that we’ve been wanting to tell you…
Portland’s MusicfestNW 2010 Opens with Panda Bear, The Thermals, Ra Ra Riot, A.A. Bondy; Some 200 Artists and Bands in Five Days
Thursday night was the big kick-off for the 10th annual Musicfest NW festival in Portland, Oregon. Indie bands and artists…
Best New Releases from Jukebox The Ghost, Interpol, The Thermals, Electric Sunset, Unicycle Loves You, The Acorn, Winter Gloves
Ah, yes, another Best New Releases of the week post as we chug on towards the autumn; yet another summer…
Best New Releases from Film School, Brothers Young, The Clientele, TV Buddhas, Dominant Legs, Sonny & The Sunsets
Wow, it’s the end of August, already. That’s straight up crazy. Do any of you feel like you lost a…
2010 Songs You Might Not Have Heard: Clubfeet, Dark Mean, Jason Boesel, Old Lights, BLK JKS and More
This is a new playlist that offers the non-restrictive type of playlist mix in which all of the songs have…
2010 Indie Summer Mix Vol. VII: Navajo Bixby, The Drums, Ariel Pink, Islands, She & Him, Beck, Julian Casablancas, Best Coast
We’ve arrived at the second to last mega-MP3 summer songs playlist/mixtape for 2010 as summer slips away, the days get…
2010 Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XI: The Polyamorous Affair, Vehicle Blues, Living Days, Wartime Blues, Woven Bones, Jaill
With the new music coming in from all directions non-stop all year long, we miss great new releases when they…
What’s Hot Right Now, Vol. VI: Chromeo, Royksopp, Arcade Fire, The Vaselines, No Age, Panda Bear, Small Black
The What’s Hot Right Now mixtape series has been a huge hit with IRC’s regular readers and visitors from around…