Best New Releases – Week of Jan. 31 – Imperial Teen, Leonard Cohen, Pacific UV, Hospitality, The Library Is On Fire, Night Beds (2)
2/02/12 •
Most of the new releases for this week dropped on the last day of last month, making January a pretty rad month for new releases after a relatively slow start (which is typical right after the holidays), and a great way to kick-off the 2012 music calendar. In case you missed any of IRC’s Best [...]
Best New Releases – Jan. 24th – Cloud Nothings, Porcelain Raft, The Big Pink, Big Deal, First Aid Kit, Chairlift, Nada Surf (1)
1/30/12 •
There have been so many notable new releases that dropped in the past week that music lovers have plenty of great, new music to keep them busy, and which explains partly why we’re late with this post (this week’s releases will be posted soon, but first the really good stuff). The quantity and quality of [...]
Way Back Now: Cardinal’s First Album in 18 Years Since Legendary Debut; Plus, First GBV Classic Lineup Album in 16 Years (2)
1/29/12 •
The international musical duo Cardinal caught our attention the first time we heard a couple of their orchestra pop and folk art tracks from the just-released album, Hymns. The duo – comprised of musicians Richard Davies and Eric Matthews – qualify for a series we started a while ago called Way Back Now – which [...]
Best New Releases, Week of Jan. 17 – Guided By Voices, Howlers, Paul Brill, Frankie Rose, Old Monk, Buried Beds, Ani DiFranco (5)
1/23/12 •
Now that we’re coming up on the end of the first month of 2012, the number of new releases from indie and alternative rock artists and bands are starting to stack up. Last week, we featured new releases from a bunch of DIY bands – most of who sent us fresh, legal tracks from just [...]
Best New Releases – The Sanctuaries, Gary Go, Paper Lights, The Set, Graham Repulski, Songs for the Sleepwalkers, Mythologies (2)
1/14/12 •
The last weeks of one year and the first couple of weeks of a new year often mean very little in the way of new releases; since so many people are distracted with the holidays, many bands and record labels wait until later January and after to put out new releases. That said, there have [...]
Best Songs of 2011, Vol. VI – The Vaccines, Black Lips, Vetiver, Bon Iver, Beirut, Blackbird Blackbird, The Postelles, Jeff The Brotherhood (3)
1/10/12 •
Even though 2011 is officially history, we still have plenty of ‘best of 2011′ music posts in the works to be published in the coming weeks. For the past couple of months, we’ve been digging through our post archives and putting together Best Songs of 2011 mixes by month. This installment is focused on the [...]
Best Songs of 2011, Vol. V – Fleet Foxes, Danger Mouse, The Shivers, Foster The People, Other Lives, Okkervil River, The Antlers (8)
1/02/12 •
In our continuing look back at the Best Songs of 2011, today’s post is all about singles and albums released during the month of May 2011. So far, there has been a huge response to the Best Songs of 2011 playlist and profile mixes. If you missed any of IRC’s year end playlists, you can [...]
Happy New Year 2012 Playlist Mix – The Walkmen, Camera Obscura, Scattered Trees, The Hush Now, FM Belfast, The Dodos (0)
1/01/12 •
For many people, 2012 arrives with much uncertainty. But one thing we can pretty much always look forward to is music. There will be great music that gets a lot of buzz, and other terrific music that, for the most part, flies under the radar. There will be the predictable hype of new albums by [...]
Best Songs of 2011, Vol. IV – The Kills, The Raveonettes, Panda Bear, Times New Viking, Scattered Trees, I’m From Barcelona (2)
12/17/11 •
If you have been following the Best Songs of 2011 series, you know that we are in the midst of creating a total of 12 volumes of the best songs of 2011 – one for each month of the year. Unlike most ‘best songs’ lists, we are creating each volume chronologically by the month [...]
Best New Releases – Jonsi, Josh Ritter, Telekinesis, Kurt Von Stetten, The Lower 48, The 65′s, Dolfish, The Coast of Nebraska (2)
12/14/11 •
It’s hard to believe that 2011 is almost over. It seemed like not really that long ago that we were putting together our Best Songs of 2010 mixtapes (now working on Vol. IV for 2011) – which by the way, are still up and running (a few missing mp3 links, but 90% operational), and well [...]
Best New Releases – The Black Keys, Lovers, Olafur Arnalds, Great Aunt Ida, Mwahaha, Inspired and the Sleep, Rocket from The Tombs (11)
12/10/11 •
Without question, the release that most ‘indie’ and alternative rock fans are talking about this week is the new album from The Black Keys. The duo is on quite a ride right now which always makes us worry a little bit. There is something about when a band gets too popular that really does detract [...]
Best New Releases – David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels, The Smashing Pumpkins, Gorillaz, My Empire of Sound, Sans Serif (9)
12/04/11 •
We initially thought that last week’s Best New Releases was thin on new albums. But now we’re going to have to eat our words. This week is thin on new releases, really thin. This is probably the shortest BNR posting this year, and for those of you who check out the BNR posts each week, [...]
Best New Releases – Sunbears, Sea Lions, The Antlers, Giant Sand, Magazine, Orange Juice, Calexico, Trentemoller, Marvelous Darlings (6)
11/26/11 •
Not surprisingly, it is a thin week for new releases. Many record companies hold off on releasing albums during the week of Thanksgiving because it’s so much more difficult to get the attention of media and music consumers due to the holidays. That said, there are a few albums out this week that we highly [...]
Best New Releases – Crystal Stilts, Los Campesinos, Sigur Ros, Carter Tanton, Pterodactyl, Whalers, Matty Sorono, New Division (6)
11/17/11 •
This week’s Best New Releases includes a bounty of new singles from bands we never heard of before, but are so glad we have. First, we start off with the most obvious lead singles from new albums by Crystal Stilts and Los Campesinos. Although Crystal Stilts released their CD and MP3 version of their new [...]
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XIX – Holiday Shores, Boats, Frisk Viljor, Chris Letcher, Alpine White, BlueJuice, Lightouts (4)
11/12/11 •
This playlist mix features 50 singles from Recent Releases We Almost Missed. We think you’ll really enjoy this mix, especially if you stream it once all the way through from start to finish – there are some fantastic songs in this mix that are barely known at all. There’s no shortage of wonderful music that [...]
