Here are some new DIY singles we think folks will enjoy as much as we have here in the cafe…
Best Indie Rock Songs, Bands, Albums
Artist of the Week – The Hot Dark
The Hot Dark is a collaborative post new wave jazz rock dance sextet (there’s a mouthful) from northern California whose…
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…
Best DIY Music of 2015, Vol. IV – The Wild Young Hearts, Starar, Ness, Ordinary Van, The Mondanes, Aether Street, Maven
One of the great things about music nowadays is the access to all kinds of artists and bands, from all…
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.
Led Zeppelin Tribute Album Celebrates 40th Anniversary of ‘Physical Graffiti’
In celebration of Led Zeppelin‘s 40th anniversary since the drop of their ground-breaking album, Physical Graffiti, England’s MOJO Magazine curated…
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…
Artist of the Week – Pseudonym
San Francisco musician Paul Desjarlais, aka, Pseudonym, sort of lives in an imaginary world, and has done so for at…
Best New Album Releases, March 2015 – Purity Ring, Lady Lamb, Moon Duo, of Montreal, Fences, Gateway Drugs, Tigercats
March releases from popular, signed, and on-the-radar artists and bands have been combed through carefully to present only the best….