Malmo, Sweden’s Emerald Park are back with a sample from their forthcoming release, GO! GO! GO!. The first single, “Liberteens” comes from the promising new album due June 23rd. The song...
Signal-to-Noise: Som...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Signal-to-Noise is the brand new project by Michael Downing, a talented electro-rock songwriter & producer based in Chicago who draws on influences from a diverse range of favorites (e.g. Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, and...
Ever: Bodies
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Isle of Wight based female singer-songwriter ‘Ever’ crafts a form of melodic electronica, a self-described original brand of personal confessions. Its a stunning debut from this new artist, with a...
Small Talk: Brothers
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Welp…National Siblings Day may be over but we apparently can’t let go of the feeling based on the title of today’s featured track. The aptly named ‘Brothers’ comes by way of the new Boston...
Beth Bombara: Promis...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The latest inspired single “Promised Land” from St. Louis-based Americana artist Beth Bombara was issued recently on March 5th. It’s the first soulful and spirited effort off her forthcoming self-titled...
Alphabetical: Winter
posted by Charles Stepczyk
French indie pop band Alphabetical hail from Paris, a talented five piece group who’ve reportedly been around since 2012. At the beginning of 2014 in January they released the six song EP, Rusted Gold, which you can...
The Landing: Then Co...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Landing is a one-man space-pop project based out of Brooklyn, New York. The Debut EP, ‘We Are’ was recently issued and delves into meaning behind the mysteries of our amazing universe along with the latest...
Winter: Crazy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA dreampop band Winter just last week had the opportunity to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin and are also making quite a splash when they very recently released their first full length record...
Inlet Sound: Saturda...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto, Canada indie pop band Inlet Sound is described as the musical convergence of passionate folk-rock spirit and atmospheric pop form. 2012 found the band surrounded by and tirelessly crafting ‘The...
Broken Boy: She Said
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scottish band, Broken Boy started up in 2013 when brothers Stewart and Cam began to write together after flirting with several separate musical projects. Initially, the ambition was to expand their sound into an Arcade Fire...
The Capture Effect: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London Britain based indie electro group, The Capture Effect, have just recently revealed the free download and video of ‘Lies and False Signals’, taken from the release of their debut EP, Frequencies, out this...
Spice Mouse: Teenage...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lets go do some crimes! While the classic Repo Man dialogue plays out in our mind upon seeing the song title, we cannot stop cuing up this unexpected track from upcoming Tallinn, Estonia based solo bedroom pop artist, Spice...
Computer Magic: Ship...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Computer Magic is Danielle “Danz” Johnson, a DJ from Brooklyn, NY who was raised in Upstate NY. She started DJing at age 18 while attending Hunter college, spreading music at various parties around NYC alongside...
Lorenzo’s Musi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
IR favorites via Madison Wisconsin – Lorenzo’s Music – are back with a brand new solid track, “I Never Wanted to Say”, recently released to the masses in the past couple of months. We are...
Fabryka: Young Signa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Buri Italy based indie pop band Fabryka will be arriving here stateside in Austin, TX this coming March for the South By Southwest Musical Festival, their debut performance there. The group is apparently led by vocalist...
NoPop: O, TV
posted by Charles Stepczyk
NoPop is a nowave, pop act out of Brooklyn heavily influenced by such groups as the Pixies, DNA, Minutemen, and David Bowie. In April we saw the first single O, TV from their new effort, an excellent song that drives home,...
Nick Maas: It Just D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
La Crosse, Wisconsin singer-songwriter Nick Mass has a new single out influenced by the likes of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, which we are definitely picking up on the first few listens. Anyway to top of the B category,...
Angharad Drake: Swin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brisbane Australia based singer-songwriter Angharad Drake (ang-ha-rad) combines gentle folk melodies with insightful lyrics, reminiscent of artists like Laura Marling and Joni Mitchell. Originally hailing from the Sunshine...
Sorren Maclean: Rows...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scottish indie-folk artist, Sorren Maclean has just announced the release of his forthcoming EP, Way Back Home, arriving next month on 9th March 2015 via Middle Of Nowhere Recordings. Growing up on the Isle of Mull, Sorren...
Edd Saffell: Off My ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Derby/Leeds, UK singer-songwriter EDD SAFFELL has just released his new single, Off My List, a beautiful rapid-fire acoustic fueled indie-pop ballad with folk stylings. The song is possibly a look at the silver linings of a...
Two Cartoons: Horizo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, Two Cartoons formed in early 2011, with a reported initial mindset to harness and channel the feel of summer and their continued love for bands like Best Coast, Wavves and The Drums. Within...
The Duke of Norfolk:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Edinburgh UK (via Oklahoma, US) indie artist Adam Howard, otherwise known as THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, released his debut album “Birds… Fly South!” this past February on the Mint 400 label, and while upcoming...
Plastic Handgun: Int...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Mark Di Giovanni, otherwise known as PLASTIC HANDGUN, is an independent musician and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada who just released his first full album on January 11th that was composed entirely of experimental indie...
Someday I Will Miss ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not too long ago a Croatian native informed us there’s not much you can do in their town of Karlovac except for taking long walks by its rivers and apparently “recording songs about ordinary love.” This...
Best Girl Athlete: T...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Katie Buchan (aka Best Girl Athlete) is a 15 year old female indie-folk artist from Aberdeen, Scotland. Her father, Charley was the pivotal inspiration to her musical career. Growing up watching her father perform in...
Hunter Dumped Us Her...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Gabe Reasoner of Cedar Rapids Ohio starting creating music at an early age, his first project beginning at five years of age when recording a cassette with his dad. From that point he caught the music bug and he’s...
The Outdoor Type: Ar...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Melbourne songwriter The Outdoor Type writes of modern Australian suburban life. Sonically, a blend of alt-country guitars and analogue synth drones, his music is reminiscent of home-grown artists from the late 80’s. ...
Static in Verona: Bi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
You may remember our daily feature on multi-talented Chicago musician Rob Merz and his project, STATIC IN VERONA. Well, we ran across his fantastic sophomore album again while casting our net into the musical sea over at...
The Hard Aches: Die ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From the Restless Years free indie artist celebration compilation comes Adelaide Australia band THE HARD ACHES. They’ve got a four song EP out, Organs & Airports, with the first track ‘Die Young, Die...
Randolph’s Lea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Happy New Year from all of us here at IR! From the free Olive Grove Records sampler comes Randolph’s Leap, an 8-piece Glasgow-based folk-pop band. Today’s featured track and another of RL’s excellent...
Wild Nothing: One Ch...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Virginia based favorite Wild Nothing (aka Jack Tatum) released this holiday track last year after making the recording for fun… a well executed cover of the Captain Sensible track, One Christmas Catalogue. As was a...
Joe Morton: Giants
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New Zealand artist Joe Morton released his debut single a few months back after recording this stunning first effort at Parachute Studios with producer Sam De Jong. We couldn’t find too much out there on this artist...