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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…
7 Overseas Bands You’ve Gotta Hear, Vol. III – The Naturals, Echoic, Lausch, AppleTree, Bearskin, Captain Dangerous and The Shy Lips
One thing is for sure about the regular readers and listeners of IRC: you want to hear more underground, DIY,…
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…
Artist of the Week: Joshua Hanson
The International Songwriting Competition, widely recognized as the world’s premier songwriting event, today announced its 2012 winners. ISC’s Grand Prize…
Artist of The Week – Language of Shapes
Tristram Burden is a South Korean artist and ex-pat from Kent, England, who travelled the world for a number of…
Top 2013 Record Store Day Releases, Vol. I – The White Stripes, The Black Keys, Best Coast, Phoenix, MGMT, Dan Deacon
Since its humble beginning in 2007, Record Store Day has grown into a huge international success for independent record stores…
Album Review: The Besnard Lakes’ LP ‘Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO’
by J. Hubner I’ve only recently began listening to The Besnard Lakes, and I can say without a doubt that…
Artist of the Week – The Away Days
In the past 18 months, the college-formed Istanbul indie dream rock band The Away Days have been on quite a…
5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. V – Copies, Plastic Animals, Carson, Monkeybird, Sictor Valdana and The Check This Outs
During the past few months, IRC has published dozens of posts that highlight promising DIY and small label indie bands…
2013 Coachella Music Festival Kicks Off Today; Coachella Playlist and Live YouTube Webcast from Indio
The 2013 music festival season gets under way in just a few hours with the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and…