“Nametones” section debuts at Myxer.com!

Make your mobile phone truly yours with this ultra-personalized ring bling!
With Myxer’s Nametones, your phone can announce your name when it rings (“Aaron, Your Phone Is Ringing…”), or when a specific friend or family member is buzzing (“Your Mom’s Calling…”). Set to Hip-Hop, R&B and Country tunes, there’s literally a ringtone with your name on [...]

Indie rockers The Spinto Band conquer Myxer.com!

Holy crap, the home page over at MINE’s sister site Myxer.com has been commandeered by the brilliant indie rockers The Spinto Band! These Delaware-based fellows crank out infectious, friendly, poppy beats — and they’ve brought their cheer to Myxer with today’s Pick of the Day, “Pumpkins & Paisley.” Check it out!

There’s even more from The [...]

Heltah Skeltah has overpowered Myxer.com!

Red-hot Indie Hip Hop group Heltah Skeltah isn’t just MINE sister site Myxer.com’s “Pick of the Day” — the group has overtaken Myxer’s home page!
This is huge for Hip Hop fans. The group, comprised of badass Brooklynites Sean Price and Rock, sold more than 400,000 albums of their release Nocturnal back in 1995 … but [...]

“Song Fu” assaults ears with cool, funny music

Director Kevin Smith’s Quick Stop Entertainment came up with a brilliant idea to give quirky, fun, and below-the-radar musicians some time in the spotlight, to help give them more exposure. How? By hosting a competition, of course.
Masters Of Song Fu is a weekly song competition, described as “a songwriting version of Iron Chef.” The participating [...]

What does Obscure Sound like?

We MINERS can’t get enough of this awesome music blog. Launched in February 2006, Obscure Sound is an unpretentious site written by Mike Mineo that covers the indie music scene.  Mineo’s goal is simple: to “provide information on relatively unknown bands that I think others will find enjoyable.”  This frequent contributor to PopMatters provides an [...]