During the past few months, IRC has published dozens of posts that highlight promising DIY and small label indie bands…
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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…
Best Songs of March 2013 – Atoms For Peace, Shout Out Louds, Youth Lagoon, Bowie, The Strokes, Wavves, Little Green Cars
March was a fantastic month for new album releases, and for the singles from those albums, which makes this preview…
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…
Album Review: The Black Angels’ New LP ‘Indigo Meadow’
by J. Hubner As soon as those tribal drums start in, and that psycho-esque dissonance pipes up, you pretty much…
Artist of the Week – Austin’s Prolific Musician David Thomas Jones
Austin is a city over-flowing with talented musicians, which makes it difficult for accomplished artists to stand out. Nevertheless, local…
5 Bands That Rock, Vol. VI – Sunday Kids, Great Zeus’ Beard, Flower Punch, Discount Guns, Anchor Thieves
Recently we asked all of you via our Facebook page and our Twitter feed what genre of indie and alternative…
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…
Artist of the Week – New York City DIY Singer/Songwriter Nathan Xander
New York City DIY singer-songwriter Nathan Xander, who has opened for artists such as Delta Spirit, The Felice Brothers, Tuneyards,…
Album Review: The Strokes’ Fifth LP, ‘Comedown Machine’
Starting with their last album, Angles, before this week’s new release, Comedown Machine, The Strokes have been aiming for a…