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The music of Contre Jour

Imagine Cut The Rope meeting Angry Birds Space somewhere in French children's literature, and you're getting close. If you've got a smart phone, you owe yourself a copy of Contre Jour for several reasons,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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video: “Same Old,” by Audioley

TMIM regulars are already familiar with Francois Peglau, who has been releasing a track-by-track follow up to The Imminent Failure of since December 2010. His singalong verse, campy wit and upbeat revolutionary politics are...

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video vault: “Snow,” by Pooma

How is this for degrees of separation? Desiree's new Finnish obsession leads us to a month-thence Soundcloud upload of a toddler-aged remix of a five-year old track. It's "Snow," by Pooma, from their...

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profile: John Harrison of Cedar Lines

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 11:45am John Harrison can’t find a kit that he likes. The drum line is already written: a smudged, industrial arrangement that summons Cleveland, not Cincinnati. It would work just fine on its own,...

Indie Rock Alphabet Book Giveaway

For Christmas I got all the kids in my life two things in order to try and sway their young...

Buy Music, Help Haiti

Here at tMiM our hearts go out to the people of Haiti and we encourage everyone to help as much...

Sufjan Stevens Admits 50 States Project "Such A Joke"

He was off to a good start. 2 down and only 48 more to go. Michigan was first in 2003...

Paste Magazine's Lists

Paste Magazine has been compiling a lot of lists lately. As it comes towards the end of the year these...

Bands To Watch

Paste Magazine started posting on what seemed like countless bands that they felt were going to making their move into...

The Indie Rock Alphabet Book

Being added to the list of presents to get for my nieces and nephew is now The Indie Rock Alphabet...

Music Blogs that Twitter

I don't Twitter and even if I did I probably wouldn't admit to it here. I don't think that I...

The Annuals Visit Paste Magazine

The Annuals are one of my favorite consistent bands and this week they paid a visit to Paste Magazine's studio...