INDIE ROCK SONGS

For fans who are unaware of the band - and those of who you just can't get enough - you can listen and download songs from the album on Editors' official website and on the band's MySpace page.

There is also a free MP3 download of the album available in the links section of this website.


Music critics and fans are giving the new LP a thumbs up, although not as enthusiastically as the group's highly acclaimed 2005 debut album The Back Room.

Check out Editors' newest official music videos, including An End Has A Start.

Here's what singer and songwriter Tom Smith told AOL Sessions about the new album after a recording this summer: "There is a lot of death on the record, that sounds pretty morbid but it's the truth. Death has touched me and my friends in the last year in several ways. Realizing everything comes to an end is important and I think we've done our best to make it something glorious and uplifting as well as scary."

Editors have been on a roll since the 2005 release of their first single "Bullets" was followed up by their break-through single "Munich" that "made them darlings of the U.K. music press," according to AllMusic.

The four lads caught the attention of just about everyone that year, but it was the band's performance at the 2005 annual Glastonbury Music Festival that rocketed the band to fame in the U.K. and Europe. Shortly after the festival, and in a whirl of rock media frenzy, the band released it's third single "Blood".

Without much delay, Editors were back in the Kitchenware Records studios working on their much anticipated debut CD The Back Room, which was subsequently released in the summer of 2005.

As is the case with many artists that become popular relatively fast, pressure mounted on the band and the record label to pump out more music. Thankfully, pure demand economics, and some smart decision-making on the part of Kitchenware, the single "Munich" was reissued in January 2006.

Soon after, The Back Room made it into the Top Five on the U.K. charts, followed by a gold record and a number of music awards.

The Editors are in the midst of an extensive U.S. tour next month with openers Stellastarr, and later on with Ra Ra Riot, a band "to watch" out of Syracuse, New York.

With their catchy, somewhat frantic musical flair that the six or so members deliver with seemingly boundless energy and near chaotic stage antics - thus, the name - Ra Ra Riot may be one homegrown answer to Canada's wildly popular, sweepingly energizing band Arcade Fire, who even made it on the cover Time magazine.

Labels: CD: An End Has A Start, Editor's MySpace, Editors, Editors Music Videos, Editors Official Web Site, Indie Rock Music, Indie Rock Music Videos, Munich Single, Ra Ra Riot

Death Cab for Cutie, aka DCFC and 'Death Cab', have become one of most popular pop bands of the past couple of years.

If you are a DCFC fan, or just new to their music, we've put together a digi-pack of Death Cab For Cutie links, videos and MP3s.

As an added bonus, mostly because it is a no-brainer, the band's singer and songwriter, Ben Gibbard, has been granted this month's IRC Songwriter Award winner.

Let's jump right into the music. Here's DCFC's popular music video "Title & Registration".

This next Death Cab music video, "I Will Follow You Into The Dark", has been one of DCFC's most popular music videos on the Internet.

DCFC on the Web

Watch DCFC's best music videos, grab Death Cab MP3s and view their social networking web spaces and profile pages on the Internet.

- Death Cab For Cutie's MySpace page
- Death Cab For Cutie's YouTube page
- Death Cab For Cutie's Official Website
- Death Cab For Cutie's Allmusic.com Profile
- Death Cab For Cutie's iLike page

If you'd like to stay informed via email or your feed reader about DCFC and more of your favorite indie and alternative artists and bands, plus news, concerts, tickets, MP3s and much more, sign up for the IndieFeed.

Labels: Ben Gibbard, Death Cab For Cutie, Death Cab For Cutie MySpace, Free Indie Rock MP3s, Indie Rock Music Concerts, Indie Rock Music Videos, IRC Songwriter Award, The Postal Service, YouTube Music Videos

Wow, what a summer, the number of visitors to Indie Rock Cafe and the affiliate websites has steadily climbed for weeks now thanks in part to your emails, word-of-mouth and contributions. (photo, left: The Editors)


For those of you who have asked why there is not more content here on IRS, the answer is straight forward: IndieRockSongs is still getting started, and there are a lot of great and cutting-edge goodies coming soon (based on research of visitor preferences from data collected off IRC and affiliated websites - linked below), so keep sending your suggestions and comments.

This website belongs to you - the indie rockers of the world - so make sure to check back as the site grows and stay in the know on the greatest and latest in:

- indie and alternative rock news


- indie and alternative rock videos



- free indie and alternative rock MP3s


- links to popular indie and alt rock songs, streams, websites, MySpace pages, YouTube videos and more!



- reviews of the hottest new indie and alternative rock CD/album releases



- you can build your blog, park a web page and take advantage of your own email and playlist services on your own subdomain (for example, http://indierockgal07.indierocksongs.com/ or whatever you choose) - just like MySpace but with a better design and navigation.



- musicians and bands can create the own music web page, upload photos, playlists and add videos to promote their music to a growing audience of music lovers at every corner of the globe (well they are not technically corners, but...)



- create a profile and make new friends by sharing your music interests with other people who like the same music as you



Each one of you are an integral part of the Indie Rock Songs website and extended global network, so get involved and make sure to keep checking back as the site develops.

Also, you can view concert and festival rock videos and produced music videos from YouTube, MySpace and bands' official websites.



There are more indie and alternative rock postings, profiles, free MP3s, album and concert reviews and more at Indie Rock Cafe (the "mothership") and Indie Rock Concerts.

In the works for this website in the coming months:

- regular updates on the most popular indie and alternative rock songs and music videos

- direct links for lyric sites, fan sites, free MP3 downloads, Podcasts, playlists and more!

- more concert videos and live MP3 tracks

- ticket information, venues and top MP3 download sites

- more indie rock and pop podcasts, plus a weekly Top 20 countdown (of mostly new indie, but some classics thrown in for more flava)

- contributions from you and other visitors and regular readers

- exclusive premiers of up and coming indie and alternative rock bands

- artist profiles, MySpace pages, official artist and band websites and links to record labels

To give you an idea of what kind of music, MP3s, music videos and artist profiles we will feature in coming months, here are just a few of the indie artists and bands we like and have covered before and will keep you updated on in the future:

UK rockers Bloc Party, Canadian indie rock sensation Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, TV on the Radio, the jolting tunes of The Fratellis, Daft Punk, Rage Against the Machine, the thoughtful genius of The Shins and a band from Scotland that are likely to be the 'next big thing': Arctic Monkeys - Amazon.com voted their 2006 CD the best of the year.



Other favorite artists include The Editors, crackling riffs of My Morning Jacket, The Starting Line, American Hi-Fi, Spoon, The View, Pavement, Metric, the edgy post-punk/neo-gothic Interpol, OK Go, Snow Patrol, Razorlight and many more.

More Sick Clicks:

- View music videos from Lollapalooza 2007, the official schedule, photo galleries and more.

- One Pumpkin Doesn't Make Smashing Pumpkins

- See other upcoming festivals and sign up for the IndieFeed to get all the latest about rock concerts and festivals throughout the year.

- Learn about the beautiful, spunky and talented Mia Rose. In the past nine months (thanks in part to IRC's profile of her last January), Mia Rose has become an international sensation and top YouTube search query. Judging from our traffic stats alone, there is great interest in Mia Rose from around the world. See her perform now.

- View popular postings about Snow Patrol, The Fray, The Killers and the relatively new indie music phenomenon, Islands.

Write us with any comments, suggestions or questions about the website and what we are planning to do with the entire IRC network of indie rock websites (Coming soon: indierockfestivals.com and myspacemusicawards.com, youtubemusicvideoawards.com and more!).

Labels: American Hi-Fi, Built to Spill, Indie Music, Indie Rock Links, Indie Rock Songs, Indie Rock Videos, Metric, Modest Mouse, Pavement, Spoon, The View, TV on the Radio