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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.
Top 50 Indie Rock Songs

DIY Releases Top 10 Songs

Top 10 DIY Songs, Jan. 2022 – No Suits in Miami, Darksoft, Marquee Sullivan, 8Bit Wizrd &more

IRC Staff – 02/15/2022
Best DIY Songs

Best 2021 DIY Songs feat. Icarus Phoenix, Matthew McNeal, Ora Violet & others

IRC Staff – 07/23/2021
DIY Bands to Watch

2018 Band to Watch – Austin Indie Rockers Arrows to Fire

Max Hammer – 04/03/2018
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. IX – Twin Peaks, Royal Forest, Thundercat, Drift Wood Miracle, Sensual Harassment

Max Hammer – 01/26/2014
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. VIII – Hospital, Get Inuit, Mary Goes Wild, The Unassisted and Rascal Experience

Max Hammer – 12/02/2013
2013 Best New Releases DIY Releases

Best Indie Singles, July 2013, Vol. I – Robert Pollard, Editors, Whirr, Twin Peaks

Max Hammer – 07/30/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. VII – Dash, Cozy Danger, Timberhawk, Carry The Tradition and Flash Riot

Max Hammer – 07/22/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. VI – Jim Platt’s Rhythm Innovation, Controller, The Gallery, Daybreak Gentlemen, False Pterodactyl

Max Hammer – 07/03/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. V – Copies, Plastic Animals, Carson, Monkeybird, Sictor Valdana and The Check This Outs

Max Hammer – 04/14/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. IV – White Like Fire, Aware Wolf, Peace Arrow, Raheem Cohen, and Spoons & Chopsticks

Max Hammer – 03/26/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 Indie Bands to Watch, Vol. III – Ballerina Black, Cursed Arrows, Skylight Avenue, Virginia Leaves, One High Five

Kate Stevens – 03/20/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands To Watch, Vol. II – Umbrella Cult, Roadkill Ghost Choir, No Shoes, Hints, The Hoot Hoots

Max Hammer – 02/24/2013
DIY Releases

New DIY Releases from The Ivory Elephant, The Diigz, Weepikes, Youngblood, Electric Kazoo, Animal Games, Fonda

Max Hammer – 02/12/2013
DIY Bands to Watch

5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. I – Hemmingbirds, Jumpiter, Cloud Lantern, The Jesus Rehab and Appalachians

Max Hammer – 01/28/2013
2012 DIY Releases

More Recent Releases from DIY Artists Quixotism, Slow Buildings, Whaki, Har-di-Har, Romulus Rues

Max Hammer – 12/30/2012
2012 DIY Releases

DIY Albums, EPs and Singles from The Directionals, Daylight Fireworks, Remember Your Dead, Morning Harvey, Adam George

Max Hammer – 11/23/2012
2012 DIY Releases

Visually-Impaired Folk Rockers Seek Cure for Eye Disease and the ‘First Deaf Rapper’ Overcomes Incredible Odds

Max Hammer – 11/02/2012
2012 DIY Releases

Top DIY Releases of the Week, Sept. 25th – Dizzy Bats, Slunq, Defy The Ocean, High Pines, Arioc, Faithless Town, The Shallows

Max Hammer – 09/30/2012
2012 DIY Releases

DIY Releases Out This Week – Two Suns, Teleskopes, Soy La Vid, Hey Enemy, Tricky Dope, plus Flashback Tracks

Max Hammer – 03/12/2012
Bands to Watch 2011 DIY Bands to Watch

5 Bands to Watch in 2011, Vol. II – Alcoholic Faith Mission, The Luyas, Elsinore, California Wives, Dada Trash Collage

Max Hammer – 02/23/2011

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Alternative Christmas Songs

Winterbrook Drops New, Original Christmas Track

IRC Staff – 12/08/2021
2017 Best Indie Rock Thanksgiving Playlist

Indie Thanksgiving Songs Playlist with Beck, Black Lips, The Strokes, Yo La Tengo, CYHSY, M. Ward, Wilco, LCD Soundsystem, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, The Shins

IRC Staff – 11/22/2017
Songs About Cars

Songs About Cars, Vol. II – Arcade Fire, T. Rex, The Ramones, Radiohead, Atlas Sound, Bright Eyes, Depeche Mode

Indierocker – 03/20/2011
Songs About Cars

Songs About Cars, Vol. I – Radiohead, Built to Spill, Beck, Iron & Wine, The Beatles, The Cure, The Replacements, CAKE

Max Hammer – 03/13/2011
Alternative Christmas Songs

More Alt Rock Christmas Songs, Vol. II: John Lennon, Ravonettes, Band of Horses, Flaming Lips, Blondie & More

Max Hammer – 12/15/2009
Alternative Christmas Songs

More Alternative-Indie Rock XMas Songs: Julian Casablancas, Dandy Warhols, St. Etienne & Asobi Seksu

Max Hammer – 12/12/2009

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