Hopes that 2013 will be a great year for independent and alternative rock music, with a wide variety of amazing albums and singles by well known, DIY and breakout bands were bolstered significantly by what turned out to be a strong January for music releases, offering music lovers plenty to listen to in the past [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
There's something weirdly wonderful and charming about the otherwise slacker rock sound of Dayton, Ohio band The Motel Beds. We can't remember a time recently when we heard such a promising band from Ohio. It's not for lack of press that The Motel Beds haven't broken out to a larger scene yet; in recent years, [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
For indie music lovers, it's a big, big week for top new releases from a variety of popular artists and bands, including the Eels, Frightened Rabbit, Jim James, Guards, My Bloody Valentine, Grouper, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Matt Pond, The Spinto Band, among others. The year in music for 2013 is starting [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
For indie music lovers, it's a big, big week for top new releases from a variety of popular artists and bands, including the Eels, Frightened Rabbit, Jim James, Guards, My Bloody Valentine, Grouper, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Matt Pond, The Spinto Band, and others. The year in music for 2013 is starting [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
This week's top DIY album releases mix includes new singles, EPs and LPs from artists and bands from Kansas City, Brooklyn, Stockholm, and two artists and bands each from London and South Carolina. Embracing the C-86 music style of jangle pop fused with post-punk (even if they don't realize it), Kansas City, Missouri indie rock [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
This past week's top DIY album releases mix includes new singles, EPs and LPs from artists and bands from Kansas City, Brooklyn, Stockholm, and two artists and bands each from London and South Carolina. Embracing the C-86 music style of jangle pop fused with post-punk (even if they don't realize it), Kansas City, Missouri indie [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Not long ago, a regular IRC listener tipped us off to the impressive recordings of Minneapolis experimental folk singer and songwriter Early Alan Younger, who is the latest to be featured in the popular Artist of the Week series. As with so many artists we feature on IRC, Younger is a largely unknown figure in [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
As with last week, this week's lot of new albums offers an impressive collection of fresh releases to keep any music lover busy for the next few days. After more than three years, the popular indie band Local Natives finally dropped the follow-up to their 2009 widely-acclaimed debut record. The new album's lead track, "Breakers," [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Over the past few months, we have received, and reviewed, hundreds of submissions from mostly DIY artists and bands. In the coming weeks and months, we'll be sharing the best artists of the hundreds of submissions we've reviewed (and will continue to review) with you via a number of playlists series that highlight talented unsigned [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Recently, Volume One of the Best Songs of 2012, was posted, highlighting the weekly No. 1 songs from January through March of 2012. The weekly Top 10 Songs playlists reflect which songs posted in a week - mainly from the Best New Releases series - are streamed and downloaded the most. April 2012 April was [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
What a blockbuster week for new album drops, and the singles from those releases. In fact, this is the first week of 2013 in which there are a significant number of anticipated releases, as well as surprises, from a variety of well-known artists and bands. While the Best New Releases playlists posted in recent weeks [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
What a blockbuster week for new album drops, and the singles from those releases. In fact, this is the first week of 2013 in which there are a significant number of anticipated releases, as well as surprises, from a variety of well-known artists and bands. While the Best New Releases playlists posted in recent weeks [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Earlier this week, IRC ran the Best New Releases of the week, featuring singles from new albums by artists like Yo La Tengo, Virals, Free Energy, Christopher Owens, as well as the Band of the Week, Scarlet Youth. This post is basically volume two with great new singles from DIY and small label artists like The [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
* Update 1/19/13: We've resolved some issues with site accessibility and slowness. More improvements in the works. Thanks for your feedback and patience. The Helsinki, Finland band Scarlet Youth is barely on the North American indie music radar; in fact, it's almost like they're flying stealth. Coupled with their raw talent, the fact that they [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
The number of new album releases is now starting to pick up. In fact, this week presents a healthy dose of new drops from a variety of artists covering a wide spectrum of musical styles. Some of the more popular and well-known artists and bands with new material out this week include Yo La Tengo, [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
On Thursday, the first Best New Releases playlist post of 2013 was published, featuring tracks from Pere Ubu, The Wooden Wand, Broadcast, Colin Davis, as well as new singles from fresh albums by Alex Vans, Ceremonies, and The Agreeables. This post features all DIY/unsigned artists and bands, including releases that were dropped in the past [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
The first new releases of 2013 are slowly starting to trickle in, as they often do at the beginning of a new year. To fill the void of well-known artists and bands with new releases, we have a number of new and recent releases from DIY bands and artists from across the country, and around [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
This is not your ordinary best songs of the year post. First off, we're not dictating the best songs to you as most media sites and blogs do, but rather highlighting the number one songs from each weekly Top 10 Songs playlist in 2012. If you're familiar with IRC's top ten series, you know that [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
In just a few hours, Americans on the east coast will usher in 2013. Of course it's already 2013 in other parts of the world, especially the far east. Happy New Year and best wishes to all. This is a two-part playlist - first, there are 13 (for 2013) straight away MP3 tracks, followed by [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
Now that the holidays are over and people are getting back to their regular routines, we had time to put together the November week-to-week playlists. The December week-to-week top songs will be thin because December is traditionally not a month that there are many new releases. The No. 1 songs for November, in chronological order, [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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