We’re a bit late with the past week’s best new releases, but of course, it has to kick-off with Shabazz…
Category: 2013 Best New Releases
Best New Music Releases, Week of May 21st – Daft Punk, The National, Dirty Beaches, Man or Astro-Man, Attic Lights
This week, the long-awaited – eight years as a matter of fact – new album, Random Access Memories, from the…
Best DIY & Indie Debuts of 2013, Vol. I – Great White Buffalo, Tournament of Hearts, Make Haste, Constant Supply, Will & the Indians
There have been many albums released in the past few months that we either did not have time to get…
Almost Missed: San Francisco’s Cool Ghouls’ Debut Album
On April 23rd, the San Francisco band Cool Ghouls released their self-titled debut album, featuring stand-out tracks like “Ballin,” and…
Best New Music Releases, Week of May 14th – Vampire Weekend, Wild Nothing, Small Black, Pure X, Classixx
We surveyed IRC readers asking what’s their favorite album of the week, and not surprisingly, the vast majority picked Vampire…
Sonny & The Sunsets Change Course Again on New LP; Release New Tracks and Tour Dates
We’ve been fans of the San Francisco band Sonny & The Sunsets since hearing their splendid single, “Too Young To…
Best New Music Releases, Week of May 7th – AM & Shawn Lee, She & Him, Deerhunter, Mikal Cronin, Savages, Fitz and The Tantrums
As summer approaches, the number of new releases from a variety of well-known, and some lesser-known, bands and artists, will…
Best New Music Releases, Week of April 30th – Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Guided By Voices, Akron/Family, Daughter, Wolf People
Leading of this week’s new releases are two blockbuster albums from veterans of rock and roll, two bands that no…
Best New Music Releases, Week of April 2nd – Generationals, The Black Angels, Mudhoney, Hookworms, Cold War Kids
This past week’s batch of the best new albums, and the lead singles from those albums, added more great music…
Charles Bradley Leads Funk/Soul Revival; Drops Sophomore Album
Funk, soul and R&B, especially in the traditional, more organic blends, are important musical genres in the history of modern…
Best New Music Releases, Week of March 26 – Wavves, Depeche Mode, Wire, Lapland, Little Green Cars, Tartufi, Twinstar
Feast your ears on this: one of the best singles’ playlist of new bands so far this year. Of course,…
Album Review: Alex Calder’s ‘Time’ EP
by J. Hubner There’s a certain calm detachment that rules Alex Calder’s new EP, Time. It’s as if he woke…