Recorded for Japan is a compilation album containing songs recorded between April and June 2011 to help raise funds and…
Best Indie Rock Songs, Bands, Albums
Fresh Tracks from Gauntlet Hair, Lightouts, Air Review, Neon Indian, Rubblebucket, Ganglians, Carousel, House of Wolves, TV Girl
As the new tunes keep rolling in, we’re doing our best to filter them and publish them to the site…
IRC Readers’ Favorite Soundtrack Songs – Band of Horses, Fanfarlo, The Shins, Switchfoot, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, Editors
A few weeks ago we asked the IRC community to name their favorite song from a movie soundtrack. There were…
Indie Artist Youth Lagoon Releases Album and Tour Details
Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he’s…
IRC Artist of the Week – Madison’s Wes Doyle, aka, Slow Loris
The memorable and catchy melodic hooks, lo-fi guitar licks, splendid song compositions, and dreamy, reverb-heavy vocals of Madison, Wisconsin musician…
Best New Releases (July 26th) – The Fair Ohs, The Features, Tidelands, Boy + Kite, Dex Romweber Duo, Pallers, Mr. Lewis and the Funeral Five, Little Horn
July has been an interesting month for new releases, with many impressive releases from indie and DIY artists and bands…
Fresh Tracks from Cymbals Eat Guitars, M83, VHS or Beta, Golden Bloom, The Stone Foxes, Chairlift, Loney Dear
By Maxwell Silver The Fresh Tracks mixtape series has really exploded since we fired up the first installment last year….
Dan Deacon Reissues; Appears Tonight at Comic-Con with Francis Ford Coppola for TWIXT
For the past year or so, Dan Deacon has been working closely with director Francis Ford Coppola on the score…
In Dee Mail, Vol. X – Night Manager, Ghastly City Sleep, The Vain, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, The Teenage Lesbians, Is Shepherd
As we continue to sift through hundreds of music submissions we receive in the mail – thus, the title, In…
Best Summer Songs, Vol. XI – Wavves, The Vaccines, Best Coast, Mazes, Triptides, Film School, The Kinks, Radiohead
(Originally posted in July 2011) It’s almost hard to believe that it is summer here in northern California and the…
Best New Releases – Washed Out, Zomby, The Joy Formidable, Eleanor Friedberger, Monarchs, Sons & Daughters, Street Eaters
You probably know if you saw last week’s Best New Releases, that, at least compared to other weeks this year,…
Fresh Tracks: Beirut’s ‘The Rip Tide’ Album is One of the Most Anticipated of the Summer – and For Good Reason
One could make a pretty good case for the fact that Beirut are one of the most talented and popular…