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Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. II – Exitmusic, Hallelujah The Hills, Witch, Shrouded Str...

If you missed Vol. 1, best to start there, with new singles from Young Man, Joey Ramone (posthumously), The Danks, Blue Foundation, Dope Body, Dreamers, and others. Best New Releases for the Week of ...

2 days ago

Best New Releases, Week of May 22nd, Vol. I – Joey Ramone, Dope Body, Young Man, The Danks, Blue Fo...

Co-written by Maxwell ‘Silver’ Hammer The Memorial Day weekend traditionally symbolizes the kick-off of summer for tens of millions in the U.S., even though summer doesn’t technical...

3 days ago

Album of the Week: Young Man’s Vol. 1

The sophomore release from Young Man, Vol. 1, is a no-brainer for album of the week. He continues to tantalize music lovers of all kinds with each new release, from Young Man’s first EP to his ...

4 days ago

Best New Releases, Week of May 15th – Beach House, Best Coast, Duquette Johnston & The Rebel Kings,...

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 ...

20 may 12

Best New Releases, Week of May 8th – Here We Go Magic, P.S. I Love You, Virals, The Cribs, Heavy Cr...

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...

12 may 12

Album of the Week: P.S. I Love You’s ‘Death Dreams’ Puts The Duo in the Midst of the 2012 Rock Revi...

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...

10 may 12

Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. II – Reptar, Ane Brun & First Aid Kit, The Mowglis, Polica...

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,...

07 may 12

Best New Releases, Week of May 1st, Vol. I – Lower Dens, Ramona Falls, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Se...

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...

06 may 12

Top Ten Playlists for March, 2012 – The Shins, Andrew Bird, Poor Moon, La Sera, Tanlines, The Ting ...

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 MP3...

02 may 12

Best New Releases, Week of April 24th – Jack White, Raveonettes, Ty Segall & White Fence, Diamond R...

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 h...

29 apr 12

Record Store Day 2012, Vol. II – The Flaming Lips with Mastodon, No Bunny, Blitzen Trapper, Arctic ...

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, Wilc...

26 apr 12

Record Store Day 2012, Vol. 1 – The White Stripes, Bon Iver w/The Flaming Lips, Wilco, Dinosaur Jr....

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 r...

23 apr 12

Record Store Day 2012 – Paint vs. Pixels: Record Store Windows and Mural Arts Remnants from the Ana...

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...

21 apr 12

Best New Releases for Week of April 17th – Maps & Atlases, Make Out, Absolute Monarchs, Dry The Riv...

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...

20 apr 12

Part Two of Best New Releases for Week of April 10th – Choir of Young Believers, Maps & Atlases, Ha...

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 b...

17 apr 12

Best New Releases, Week of April 10th, Vol. I – Alabama Shakes, The Sugarettes, Young Hines, Sleepy...

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 ot...

14 apr 12

Best New Releases, April 3rd, Vol. II – Great Lake Swimmers, AU, Bear in Heaven, Rocky Votolato, Th...

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 B...

09 apr 12

Best New Releases, April 3rd, Vol. I – Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Max and the Moon, Lux, B...

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 Monst...

07 apr 12

Best New Releases, Vol. II (Week of 3/27) – Justin Townes Earle, Tyburn Saints, Way Yes, Races, Cat...

A little late with this, the second part of the top singles from albums dropped in the past week. Check out Volume One. Straight out of Nashville, the popular 30-year-old Americana folk songwriter/si...

02 apr 12

Best New Releases – Poor Moon, La Sera, Brothertiger, Oberhofer, Zeus, Caveman, Young Prisms, Retri...

The first quarter of the year closes out with this week’s batch of new releases from artists like Vivian Girls’ bassist Katy Goodman’s second solo album as La Sera; the new supergro...

31 mar 12

Top 10 Songs for Late February with fun., Damien Jurado, Grimes, Wild Nothing, Princeton, Perfume G...

The last week of February had so many terrific new album releases that we had to create two installments of the weekly Best New Releases MP3 playlist series. That made it a little more challenging to...

28 mar 12

Best New Releases – The Shins, Yukon Blonde, Lost In The Trees, Morningbell, Tanlines, Cousins, The...

After nearly five years since their last album, the long awaited, highly anticipated, and already wildly popular, new album by The Shins, Port of Morrow, was officially dropped this week. The release...

23 mar 12

SXSW 2012, Day Three – Cloud Nothings, Shearwater, Blitzen Trapper, Heartless Bastards, Free Energy...

Day Three of SXSW was starting to show on attendees faces – tired, weary, sleep deprived, and in some cases, hung over, or working on a hangover. As with each day of the event (with the excepti...

20 mar 12

SXSW 2012, Day Two – Bruce Springsteen’s Keynote Speech Gives History of His Musical Influences, Pl...

Although many of the attendees were not even born when he was on the music charts in 1975 with the iconic hit, “Born to Run,” rock star Bruce Springsteen delivered the SXSW keynote addres...

19 mar 12

Best New Releases for Week of March 13 – The Ting Tings, Tiger! Tiger!, Tribes, The Decemberists, D...

With the kick-off of SXSW, it’s no big surprise that it is a thin week for new releases. That said, there is still a good collection of new singles from just dropped albums to pick from, includ...

16 mar 12

SXSW 2012, Day One – NPR Broadcasts Live Andrew Bird at Helm of Special Live Cast, Plus Sharon Van ...

The first day of SXSW 2012 in Austin closed out with performances at Stubb’s by Andrew Bird (and broadcast live by NPR); Titus Andronicus at Bar 96; Lower Dens at ND; We Were Promised Jetpacks ...

16 mar 12

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

There are plenty of choices of new tracks out this week from freshly released new EPs and albums by bands and artists like The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Birds, Said The Whale, White Rabbits, and many o...

12 mar 12

Part Two of Best New Releases for Week of March 6th – Ceremony, Nu Sensae, The Men, Crushed Stars, ...

In case you missed Part One of this week’s Best New Releases, you definitely what to start there first. That playlist offers terrific new singles from The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird, Said The...

10 mar 12

Best New Releases for Week of March 6th – The Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird, Good Old War, Said The ...

This is one of the best week of new releases so far this year. If you’re having a bad day, or week, this singles playlist from the Best New Releases of the week is a damn good antidote. This is...

08 mar 12

Best New Music Releases (Week of Feb. 28) – PT Walkley, Memoryhouse, Geographer, Plants and Animals...

Wow, this is yet another great week for new releases. The singles from new albums have been sifted through and arranged into the following playlist – and it’s just one great track after a...

03 mar 12

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