5 Indie Bands to Watch in 2027 – Girl Scout, Hiding Places & More
10/26/2026
Five debut albums, ten songs to start with, and new discoveries for fans of indie rock, shoegaze, jangle-pop and Americana.…
Top 40 Best Indie Alt Rock Halloween Songs, Vol. I
10/25/2026
Ghosts, witches, strange guitar sounds and a few things moving in the dark: these are 20 of our favorite Halloween…
Best 2026 Indie Debuts, Vol. III: Mary in the Junkyard
10/24/2026
Mary in the Junkyard spent years on London’s small stages before making their first album. On Role Model Hermit, the…
Best 2026 Indie Debuts – ‘Gnawing at the Cord’ by Nashville’s Ovven
10/23/2026
Songwriter Owen Burton records as Ovven. His debut album, Gnawing at the Cord, brings a love of guitar music and…
Best 2026 Indie Debuts.1 – Loose’s ‘Life Is Really Not So Good’
10/21/2026
Some debut records arrive after years spent helping other people get their music onstage. That’s the background behind Loose, the…
Music documentaries: Peter Frampton and supergroup Hollywood Vampires
10/21/2026
If your idea of a good festival weekend involves guitars, band stories and a few familiar names doing something unexpected,…
Style-diverse New Zealand musician Stenn Francis-Deare’s ‘There’s A Lot To Give’
10/20/2026
New Zealand songwriter Stenn Francis-Deare grew up in rural Whatawhata surrounded by musicians and artists, with a range of styles…
5 Indie Bands to Watch in 2027
10/10/2026
Five bands whose debut recordings made an impression in 2026—and the songs that explain why their next chapters deserve attention.…
IRC's Essential Roadtrip PlaylistMega road-trip playlist carefully curated, with love, over many years, featuring IRC's favorite indie music and artists, as well as phenomenal world music, classic rock, blues, country and some oldies.
03/03/2017
The first two installments of the Best Indie Rock DIY Debuts of 2016 (That You Probably Didn't Hear), Vol. I…
02/03/2017
There were so many under-the-radar indie and DIY debut albums dropped in 2016 that we need to share some more…
01/05/2017
It's amazing how quickly everyone gets back to the day-to-day right after the end of the winter holidays. And especially…
WTF!#@? Santa?! Alternative Christmas Playlist
Check out a collection of some of IRC's most popular album reviews over the past nearly 20 years.
5 Indie Bands to Watch in 2027 – Girl Scout, Hiding Places & More
10/26/2026
Five debut albums, ten songs to start with, and new discoveries for fans of indie…
Top 40 Best Indie Alt Rock Halloween Songs, Vol. I
10/25/2026
Ghosts, witches, strange guitar sounds and a few things moving in the dark: these are…
Best 2026 Indie Debuts, Vol. III: Mary in the Junkyard
10/24/2026
Mary in the Junkyard spent years on London’s small stages before making their first album.…
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- Best 2026 Indie Debuts, Vol. III: Mary in the Junkyard
- Best 2026 Indie Debuts – ‘Gnawing at the Cord’ by Nashville’s Ovven
- Best 2026 Indie Debuts.1 – Loose’s ‘Life Is Really Not So Good’
- Music documentaries: Peter Frampton and supergroup Hollywood Vampires
- Style-diverse New Zealand musician Stenn Francis-Deare’s ‘There’s A Lot To Give’
- 5 Indie Bands to Watch in 2027
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