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Best New Releases – Gauntlet Hair, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Trophy Fire, Forest Fire, Brown Shoe, Turf War

Posted on 10/22/201107/22/2021 by Max Hammer

Perhaps our favorite album of the week is the debut, self-titled release from Colorado duo, Gauntlet Hair. If you’re a fan of Animal Collective, then it’s likely you’ll dig the sounds of Gauntlet Hair, especially the lead tracks below, “Top Bunk” and “Keep Time.” Following right behind GH is the newest single, “Yellow Missing Signs,” from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin‘s new LP, Tape Club, as well as new material from radar band, The Trophy Wife.

(Note: We’d like to apologize for being so late with last week’s Best New Releases – we had a server outage and some family issues to iron out – but all’s good. Enjoy)

“Top Bunk” – Gauntlet Hair from Gauntlet Hair

Bonus Track: “Keep Time” – Gauntlet Hair from Gauntlet Hair

“Yellow Missing Signs” – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin from Tape Club

“Modern Hearts” – The Trophy Fire from Modern Hearts

This week’s Best New Releases features yet another eclectic mix of lesser-known, radar bands and artists, like Mommyheads, Brown Shoe, Richard Swift, and Forest Fire. There is a clear theme running through all of this month’s new releases so far – that is, a fairly large collection of terrific music from new-to-us bands and artists who have also made an impression on IRC listeners and visitors (also see Best New Releases for Oct. 11th and Oct. 4th).

“Mtns Are Mtns” – Forest Fire from Starting at the X

“Hello Friends” – Mommyheads from Delicate Friction

Double-shot: “Another Crowded House” – Mommyheads from Delicate Friction

“Colt Rider” – Brown Shoe from The Gift Horse

Double-shot: “Late Nights” – Brown Shoe from The Gift Horse

“Whitman” – Richard Swift from Walt Wolfman EP

The following mix features more singles from last week’s Best New Releases. In the interest of time, we’re going to just throw them up and let you guys decide which are your favorites. Again, sorry about being so late with the latest Best New Releases – a new BNR will be up in a couple of days. Enjoy.

“This Is The End” (Haste Edit) – Springtide from single release only

“Everbody Breaks” – Garrett Pierce from Everybody Breaks

“Brute Neighbors” – Moholy-Nagy from Like Mirage

“Thunder and Lightning” – Brown Bird from Salt to Salt

Double-shot: “Fingers to the Bone” – Brown Bird from Salt to Salt

“Cheers to the Years” – Turf War from Years of Living Dangerously

Double-shot: “Summertime Booze” – Turf War from Years of Living Dangerously

“Reaching Through To The Other Side” – My Brightest Diamond from All Things Will Unwind

“Sophistructure” – Rob Crow from He Thinks He’s People

“Love and Light” – Sandro Perri from Impossible Spaces

Alternative rockers The Supreme Dicks re-released a number of remastered albums this week, among them, The Unexamined Life and Breathing and Not Breathing. The following features two tracks from the former album, and one track from the latter. Admittedly, we haven’t included much about the band over the years, and it’s all the same reasons

“In a Sweet Song” – The Supreme Dicks from The Unexamined Life

“Jack-O-Lantern” (Pavement) – The Supreme Dicks from The Unexamined Life

“Jack Smith” – The Supreme Dicks from Breathing and Not Breathing (remastered 4-CD box set)

New Tracks Tuesday: The Breeders, Cut Copy, SSLYBY, Foals, Throw Me The Statue, SSLYBL and Airfare

Posted on 04/08/200812/18/2019 by Max Hammer

Each Tuesday, IRC features a half-dozen new indie tracks from alternative musicians and groups. This week’s featured tracks include songs from Australia’s indie electronic band Cut, Copy; Prague’s new indie buzz band Airfare; Seattle’s newest hot indie popsters Throw Me The Statue; Oxford, England’s electronic pop group Foals; Missouri’s oddly named Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Louisiana’s own The Breeders.

MP3: Throw Me The Statue – Lolita from Moonbeams

MP3: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Glue Girl from Perishing

MP3: Cut, Copy – Lights & Music from Ghost Colours

MP3: Airfare – Sorry Baby (radio edit) from Hotel Moscow

MP3: The Breeders – Bang On from Mountain Battles (stream album)

MP3: Foals – Balloons from Antidotes

If you like a musician or band, you can click on their name to get more information on purchasing their merchandise. IRC is committed to helping independent artists and groups get a fair shot at making a living in an increasingly difficult music industry.

Ra Ra Riot Rebounds From Tragedy To Wide Praise From Music Writers and Fans

Posted on 03/26/200812/18/2019 by Max Hammer

Syracuse, New York indie band Ra Ra Riot, have made impressive traction within the indie rock/pop world during the past year, thanks largely to a widely-acclaimed debut EP, ‘blogger buzz’ and opening for groups like the Editors, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and Bow Wow Wow.

Ra Ra Riot lives up to their name delivering unabashed chamber indie pop performed with exuberance, the fine-tuned mix of guitars and drums with violins and cellos and a frantic, but jubilant, stage performance.

In fact, the band caught the attention of many attendees, other musicians, bloggers and mainstream press at the 2008 South by Southwest Conference in Austin earlier this month.

And what is even more admirable is that Ra Ra Riot was able to continue on after the tragic loss of their drummer, John Pike last year. The band, family, friends and fans were devastated by the sudden loss of Pike. He passed away shortly before the group released their debut EP.

Pike apparently wandered off at a party following a show in Providence, RI, and did not return. Panicked and with no clue what happened to their friend and band mate, an extensive search was conducted, but it wasn’t until Pike’s body was found in Buzzard’s Bay in Cape Cod, Massachusetts that loved ones learned he had accidentally drowned.

Pike’s family and friends encouraged the remaining band members to continue on without Pike. And so they did, and with fervid conviction to carry on the music that Pike helped create. (Download and listen to Each Year, from the band’s debut EP).

In the past year, Ra Ra Riot has built a loyal, and growing, fan base, toured seemingly non-stop and have received more press coverage than many bands get in decades of playing together.

Last September (2007), after seeing Ra Ra Riot open for the Editors at San Francisco’s Fillmore, digging their sound very much, watching the reaction of the crowd (SF music fans are tough as nails) and talking to the band members, I knew we’d all hear more from Ra Ra Riot.

Following their Fillmore performance, I talked to band members Wesley Miles (vocals/keyboards) and Mathieu Santos (bassist) outside as they loaded their equipment into a trailer that was hooked up to a van parked in front of the door to the venue itself.

We chatted about their style of music and where the band was going next, what record they were working on and other details. But I sensed something was not right as we were talking, almost as if they were hiding something. It was only later, when I did some research about the band, did I learn of their dear friend’s passing.

In memory of John Pike, check out the John Ryan Pike Memorial Foundation website, sticksman.org. Other band members include Alexandra Lawn, Cameron Wisch, and Rebecca Zeller. Check out Ra Ra Riot’s official website and MySpace page.

Here’s a 30 minute session with Ra Ra Riot recorded in January 2008 on WOXY Radio (view set list).

The following are MP3s featured on the band’s website and were recorded during a DayTrotter Session at SxSW in Austin

MP3: Ra Ra Riot – St. Peter’s Day Festival
MP3: Ra Ra Riot – Suspended in Gaffa

3.12.08: SXSW Day Stage
3.12.08: Todd P Patio Party
3.13.08: The Onion & Canvas Media Party
3.14.08: Soundcheck Magazine Party
3.15.08: Diesel Party
3.15.08: Park The Van/Daytrotter Showcase

In case you missed the previous post, the popular NYC indie band Vampire Weekend, who are friends of Ra Ra Riot, put on a great show at the small San Francisco venue Rickshaw Stop on Easter Sunday.

Ra Ra Riot continues their tour from now through May 16 with The Cribs and staring next month, The Little Ones. See Ra Ra Riot’s full concert schedule.

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