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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 [...]
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With February already in full swing, the 2012 music release calendar is really starting to shape up thanks to a jackpot of new albums released this week, and over the past couple of weeks. There are so many new albums that have released this week that decided to split this installment of the Best New [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

Flashback: It’s July 2011. Summertime is running full steam, and great new songs and albums are coming in from all directions. New releases from Beirut, Washed Out, Memory Tapes, and others are burning up the blogs. This July playlist mix – officially, Best Songs of 2011, Vol. VII – highlights one of the things that [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

On Friday, we posted the first part of a two-part installment highlighting this past week’s Best New Releases. The first installment includes a jackpot of solid singles from new albums by bands like Dr. Dog, of Montreal, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Twilight Sad, The Duke Spirit, Ben Kweller, Sharon Van Etten, Bahamas, and [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes

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 [...]
Best new indie rock music, top new songs, popular rock bands, best new album releases, free MP3s, playlists & mixes