The Drums have been picked by a huge margin by readers in the latest polling of the ‘break out artist…
Best Indie Rock Songs, Bands, Albums
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. IX: The Depreciation Guild, Jeremy Messersmith, The Delta Mirror, Fol Chen, Double Dagger
Drowning in music. There are a few ways to imagine what that could mean, but in our case, it’s purely…
Best New Releases: Wolf Parade, Wavves, Map & Atlases, Electric Tickle Machine, Harvey Girls, Hey Marseilles, Cap N’Jazz
The best new album releases for the week of June 29th features Wolf Parade‘s Expo 86, Wavves, Maps & Atlases,…
Summer Indie Playlist, Vol. II: Spoon, LCD Soundsystem, Oberhofer, Damien Jurado
A few weeks ago, to kick-off the Memorial Day holiday, we launched our first summer mixtape of 2010. Due to…
Great Indie Cover Songs Uncovered: Radiohead, The Morning Benders, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Ruby Isle, Deer Tick, Jens Lekman
Everybody likes a good cover song. They are coming out all of the time, but only receive scattered coverage on…
Best New Releases: Stars, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Club 8, Owen Pallett, Tender Trap, Chemical Brothers, Neighbors, Coliseum
Lots of folks were awaiting the official release of Stars‘ new LP, The Five Ghosts, over the past few weeks,…
Random Order Playlist – A Classic Education, Short Circuit, Metal on Metal, Mommyheads, Dark Dark Dark, Vinegar Socks
Because there is so much music coming at us from every direction every day, we need to diligently filter the…
Local Natives Voted ‘Break-Out’ Band of 2010 (So Far), followed by Surfer Blood, Sleigh Bells, Crystal Castles and Neon Indian
In a tally of 1,000 unique* votes from IRC readers and visitors, the California indie rock band Local Natives beat…
Best New Releases This Week: The Gaslight Anthem, We Are Scientists, Devo, Foals, Light Pollution, Whiplash, Venice is Sinking
Today a bunch of new releases officially drop The Gaslight Anthem, We Are Scientists, Devo (first album in two decades),…
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, VIII: Vita Ruins, Lou Barlow, Communist Daughter, Cary Ann Hearst, Apollo Ghosts, Holy Ghost
The Vita Ruins, an indie band from Washington D.C, was founded by Tim Kratzer and Greg Balleza in 2005. The…
More Best New Releases of the Week: Tokyo Police Club, Delta Spirit, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, The Young Veins, Cold Cave, Wye Oak
Yesterday, we published a mega mix of singles from our favorites new releases, including fresh tracks from Teenage Fanclub, Here…
Best New Releases This Week: Teenage Fanclub, Here We Go Magic, Villagers, Suckers, Deer Tick, Nada Surf, Light Pollution, Ratatat
Music lovers have many choices this week as far as new releases go. It’s a quite compelling selection spanning the…