The genre-shifting, 90’s Seattle rock-tinged third album by New York City duo The Soft Underground is a trip of swirling…
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U.K.’s Black Midi Drop First Single Since ‘ded sheeran’
London indie band Black Midi has followed up a successful debut album, Schlagenheim, with the new rhythmic single, ‘Sweater.’ After…
R.I.P.: Andy Gill, Gang of Four Guitarist (1956-2020)
Britain’s late 70s provincial punk scenes were seldom places for the faint-hearted, but few were as starkly polarised as that…
IRC’s Top Albums of 2019, Vol. IV: ‘American Pastures’ by Storie Grubb
For a number of years now, we have been following and featuring the music of Idaho solo musician Storie Grubb….
Artist Spotlight: Tyrone Sanborn Webster
Austin based musician and songwriter Tyrone Sanborn Webster took some time over the past year from behind the drum kit…
Song Share: ‘Here 2 U’ by Eric Maroni (Remixed by Curtchange)
Kicking off with a hollowed-out guitar strumming and gentle, heart-wrenching vocals and deep bass notes, Brazilian musician and singer and…
Best 2020 Indie Songs, Vol. II – CHICKN, Population U, The Benkens & More
The second fresh indie songs playlist of 2020 features bands from the U.S. south and the west, and from Brazil,…
Album Review: ‘Monochrome’ by WE Are Milk
Hailing from Los Angeles, and now based in Paris, the five-piece psych indie rock band We Are MILK‘s latest E.P.,…
Radar Love: Nashville’s Damned Rivers
Recently, the Nashville-based DIY band Damned Rivers released their 12-track Americana folk-rock debut album. The album, The Pugilist, is a…
Band To Watch: Norwegian Surf Punk Duo The Bundy Bunch
Featured for the first time here on IRC is the exciting DIY surf punk duo The Bundy Bunch from Kopervik,…
Album Review: Nicole Springer
Kansas singer/songwriter Nicole Springer‘s debut solo E.P., Willing, is chock-full of emotion and serves as a musical outlet for painful…
Band Alert: Belarus’ Strange Band Flame of Life
Based in the former Soviet satellite country of Belarus, the DIY band Flame of Life‘s new album, Red Sunset, features…