Best New Releases, Week of May 15th – Beach House, Best Coast, Duquette Johnston & The Rebel Kings, Apollo Ghosts, Parlovr (2)
5/20/12 •
The biggest release this week for indie music lovers probably comes down to a battle between Beach House and Best Coast – both of which are male-female duos, and have thematically similar band names. However, their sound and style are totally different. On their new single, “Myth,” Baltimore daydream pop masters Beach House deliver more [...]
Best New Releases, Week of May 8th – Here We Go Magic, P.S. I Love You, Virals, The Cribs, Heavy Cream, Royal Headaches (1)
5/12/12 •
As we throttle towards summer, the pile-up of great summer tracks (to be included in the upcoming Summer Mixes series) expands ever more. Add to that new singles from Here We Go Magic and P.S. I Love You especially. We already posted a review of P.S. I Love You as the Album of the Week [...]
Album of the Week: P.S. I Love You’s ‘Death Dreams’ Puts The Duo in the Midst of the 2012 Rock Revival (1)
5/10/12 •
With the release of their sophomore album, Death Dreams, the rock duo PS I Love You, have delivered fans more of what they loved with the bands dazzling debut, Meet Me At The Muster Station – a gutsy musical homage to their hometown of Kingston, Ontario – an album that received high praise from critics [...]
Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. II – Reptar, Ane Brun & First Aid Kit, The Mowglis, Polica, Father John Misty, Patrick Watson (9)
5/07/12 •
Earlier today, we published Vol. One of the Best New Releases for the week of May 1st, featuring great lead singles from new albums by Lower Dens, Ramona Falls, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spinto Band, Sea of Bees and others. That said, let’s jump right into Vol. II. Reptar is an Athens, Georgia indie rock quartet [...]
Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. I – Lower Dens, Ramona Falls, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Sea of Bees, Spinto Band (4)
5/06/12 •
This week’s batch of releases includes another fine collection of singles from new albums and EPs dropped within the past week by Lower Dens, Ramona Falls, Sea of Bees, The Spinto Band, and DIY artists like Issac Indiana, Nights & Weekends. Some of the notable singles in this playlist post are not really readily available [...]
Top Ten Playlists for March, 2012 – The Shins, Andrew Bird, Poor Moon, La Sera, Tanlines, The Ting Tings, Tribes, Good Old War (1)
5/01/12 •
One of the most popular pages on IRC is the Top 10 Songs page. Since we started the series in 2010, there has been nearly four million views of the page, thousands and thousands of free and legal MP3s, and arguably dozens upon dozens of some of the best Top 10 indie and alternative rock [...]
Best New Releases, Week of April 24th – Jack White, Raveonettes, Ty Segall & White Fence, Diamond Rugs, Suckers (0)
4/29/12 •
The long anticipated debut solo album, Blunderbuss, from iconic rocker and semi-celebrity Jack White, officially dropped this week to a huge amount of buzz and publicity. While the advanced reviews have been largely positive, it is only in the past few days that most fans have been able to get their hands on the official [...]
Record Store Day 2012, Vol. II – The Flaming Lips with Mastodon, No Bunny, Blitzen Trapper, Arctic Monkeys, Obits, Xiu Xiu (1)
4/25/12 •
Yesterday, we published Volume 1 of IRC’s Record Store Day 2012 recap coverage, featuring digital versions of limited edition vinyls from The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips with Bon Iver, Wilco, Beach House, J. Mascis with Built to Spill’s Brett Nelson, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, and Real Estate. Just as with Vol. 1 – which [...]
Record Store Day 2012, Vol. 1 – The White Stripes, Bon Iver w/The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Dinosaur Jr., Beach House, Dirty Projectors (2)
4/23/12 •
Lines grew outside independent record stores all across the U.S. and the world this past weekend as vinyl enthusiasts and music lovers waited, sometimes for hours, to purchase limited edition vinyl records on the 5th anniversary of Record Store Day. Since its beginning in 2008, the annual Record Store Day event has become bigger, and [...]
Record Store Day 2012 – Paint vs. Pixels: Record Store Windows and Mural Arts Remnants from the Analog Age (0)
4/21/12 •
By Heather Snavely When you think of album promotion, there are two ends of the scale. At one end – where most bands live – is a van driving from club to club and merchandise ready to sell at the end of each show. At the other end is the iTunes marketplace takeover where the [...]
Best New Releases for Week of April 17th – Maps & Atlases, Make Out, Absolute Monarchs, Dry The River, Mean Jeans, Peasant (8)
4/20/12 •
It’s a big week for music in a number of ways – Record Store Day and Coachella are both this weekend (actually an unprecedented Weekend 2 at Coachella) as well as our favorite new singles from Best New Releases of the week. A great way to kick-off this playlist mix is with Maps & Atlases’ [...]
Part Two of Best New Releases for Week of April 10th – M. Ward, Choir of Young Believers, Hands, oOoOO, Tigercats (1)
4/17/12 •
Last Friday, we launched Part One of the Best New Releases for the week of April 10th, with new singles from Alabama Shakes, Dinosaur Feathers, The Sugarettes, Young Hines and others. We’re a bit late with Part Two that features a number of other artists with new singles from recent albums by the M. Ward, [...]
Best New Releases, Week of April 10th, Vol. I – Alabama Shakes, The Sugarettes, Young Hines, Sleepy Sun, Trampled by Turtles (8)
4/13/12 •
Another week, another batch of lead singles from new albums, including highly anticipated albums from bands such as Alabama Shakes, Dinosaur Feathers, The Sugarettes, Young Hines, Sleepy Sun, and others. Compared to previous Best New Releases of 2012 weekly playlist posts, including last week’s new albums and singles (Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Lux, [...]
Best New Releases, April 3rd, Vol. II – Great Lake Swimmers, AU, Bear in Heaven, Rocky Votolato, The Jezabels, The Sugarettes (3)
4/08/12 •
In Volume One of this past week’s best releases, we featured bands to watch, such Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Lux, Max and the Moon, and others. The second volume of this week’s Best New Releases features singles from new albums by artists such as Great Lake Swimmers, Rocky Votolato, Bear in Heaven, The [...]
Best New Releases, April 3rd, Vol. I – Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Max and the Moon, Lux, Black Mountain, Twin Steps (7)
4/07/12 •
Last week, IRC presented nearly two dozen MP3 singles from the latest best new album drops via Volume One and Volume Two; this week’s new releases highlight singles from bands to watch Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Max and the Moon, plus Lux, Black Mountain, and Twin Steps among others. Volume Two will be out shortly, [...]
