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Horse Lords Unveil Vocal-Driven Album, Share New Tracks
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Horse Lords Unveil Vocal-Driven Album, Share New Tracks

Experimental rock band Horse Lords have announced their new album ‘Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!’ set for release…

Updated 17 days ago
Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’
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Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’

Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus,’ a moody new single that blends shoegaze, post-punk, and 1980s influences reminisc…

Updated 17 days ago
Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’
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Ora Cogan Explores Resilience in ‘Hard Hearted Woman’

Canadian experimental folk artist Ora Cogan has released her new album ‘Hard Hearted Woman,’ which explores themes of r…

Updated 17 days ago
Flying Lotus Releases Experimental EP ‘BIG MAMA’
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Flying Lotus Releases Experimental EP ‘BIG MAMA’

LA-based producer and filmmaker Flying Lotus (Steven Ellison) has released a new experimental EP titled ‘BIG MAMA,’ his…

Updated 28 days ago

Acoustic, Alternative, Ambient, Experimental, Post Punk, Psychedelic, R&B, Techno 1330 articles

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RAYE: THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.
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RAYE: THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

The British singer’s second album is all curated melancholy and aestheticized heartache, winding it…

pitchfork.com · Apr 02, 2026
jazz
Futurebirds Announce Their First Double Album ‘Far Out Country’ Out June 5th via Dualtone - Glide Magazine
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Futurebirds Announce Their First Double Album ‘Far Out Country’ Out June 5th via Dualtone - Glide Magazine

Futurebirds have announced their first double album, Far Out Country, set for release on June 5 via…

glidemagazine.com · Apr 01, 2026
house
SYLIANRUE - ‘Reflection’ | Obscure Sound
Obscure Sound

SYLIANRUE - ‘Reflection’ | Obscure Sound

Tokyo-based composer Yuichi Nishikawa, formerly an industrial rock vocalist, releases Reflection un…

www.obscuresound.com · Apr 01, 2026
acoustic
Cries of Redemption - ‘Patterns’ | Obscure Sound
Obscure Sound

Cries of Redemption - ‘Patterns’ | Obscure Sound

Cries of Redemption, founded by Ed Silva in 2007, releases Patterns, an LP featuring two decades of…

www.obscuresound.com · Apr 01, 2026
experimental
Very Busy People return with new song ‘Impression, Sunrise’.
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Very Busy People return with new song ‘Impression, Sunrise’.

Jangly, surf-y and also psychedelic too, this latest single has effortless undertones whilst still …

mixitallup.com · Apr 01, 2026
psychedelic
NYC Dark Electronic Duo a place both wonderful and strange Return in Icy Video for “It's Not That Bad, Muffin” — Post-Punk.com
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NYC Dark Electronic Duo a place both wonderful and strange Return in Icy Video for “It's Not That Bad, Muffin” — Post-Punk.com

The Catskills rise like an afterthought of God, blue with distance and old weather, their ridges ho…

post-punk.com · Apr 01, 2026
electronic
San Francisco Goth Ensemble Octavian Winters Share Expressionist Video for “Elements of Air” – Tour With Pink Turns Blue Begins Next Week! — Post-Punk.com
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San Francisco Goth Ensemble Octavian Winters Share Expressionist Video for “Elements of Air” – Tour With Pink Turns Blue Begins Next Week! — Post-Punk.com

San Francisco's Octavian Winters announce a lush new track, Elements of Air. a dramatic number shap…

post-punk.com · Apr 01, 2026
post-punk
feldmark - Motu Maha - pastoral ambient waves
GetMusic - Latest Releases

feldmark - Motu Maha - pastoral ambient waves

pastoral ambient waves and arpeggios, sub-arctic mise en scène the impetus for this album emerged f…

www.getmusic.fm · Apr 01, 2026
ambient
Hunt for treasure at the 36th Onion City Experimental Film Festival - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Hunt for treasure at the 36th Onion City Experimental Film Festival - Chicago Reader

When I asked Onion City Experimental Film Festival programmers Elise Schierbeek and Nicky Ni what t…

chicagoreader.com · Apr 01, 2026
experimental
“Mountains of Grief, Life is a Game” — Winnipeg's Tired Cossack Releases Wintry Post-Punk LP “Zima” — Post-Punk.com
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“Mountains of Grief, Life is a Game” — Winnipeg's Tired Cossack Releases Wintry Post-Punk LP “Zima” — Post-Punk.com

Winnipeg seems like one of those towns where winter seeps into the walls, into your molars, into yo…

post-punk.com · Apr 01, 2026
post-punk
Grey Scale Festival Returns With a Two-City Weekend of Post-Punk, Industrial EBM, and Darkwave in Munich and Berlin — Post-Punk.com
Post-punk.com

Grey Scale Festival Returns With a Two-City Weekend of Post-Punk, Industrial EBM, and Darkwave in Munich and Berlin — Post-Punk.com

By the time summer starts to feel stale, Grey Scale Festival (a collaboration between Grey Scale an…

post-punk.com · Apr 01, 2026
post-punk
Deftly Demolition - Kloaka Maxima - Blurring between rhythmic noise, drone and techno with an album recorded during the beginning of Covid lockdown in early 2020
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Deftly Demolition - Kloaka Maxima - Blurring between rhythmic noise, drone and techno with an album recorded during the beginning of Covid lockdown in early 2020

Blurring between rhythmic noise, drone and techno with an album recorded during the beginning of Co…

www.getmusic.fm · Apr 01, 2026
techno
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2026
Bandcamp Daily

The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, March 2026

Our guide to the month’s crucial ambient LPs. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.

daily.bandcamp.com · Apr 01, 2026
ambient
Dry Cleaning Unveil New Single ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’ - Indie is not a genre
Indie is Not a Genre

Dry Cleaning Unveil New Single ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’ - Indie is not a genre

Dry Cleaning has released a new single titled ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’, further cementing their pos…

www.indieisnotagenre.com · Apr 01, 2026
post-punk
Ben Seretan and John Thayer Create an Ambient Masterpiece » PopMatters
PopMatters

Ben Seretan and John Thayer Create an Ambient Masterpiece » PopMatters

Ben Seretan and John Thayer's Sunbeam of No Illusion beautifully melds improvisation, loops, effect…

www.popmatters.com · Apr 01, 2026
ambient
BEST NEW TRACKS: VERY BUSY PEOPLE – ORDINARY NIGHT
Motel Void

BEST NEW TRACKS: VERY BUSY PEOPLE – ORDINARY NIGHT

Very Busy People were formed in Austin, Texas, in 2017, and since then the indie collective has con…

motelvoid.com · Apr 01, 2026
folk
Darker Waves Festival Returns with 2026 Lineup Headlined by Morrissey and The Smashing Pumpkins
Under the Radar

Darker Waves Festival Returns with 2026 Lineup Headlined by Morrissey and The Smashing Pumpkins

The first Darker Waves festival happened in 2023 and now it’s finally returning to Huntington Beach…

www.undertheradarmag.com · Mar 31, 2026
psychedelic
Tokyo Darkwavers Sex Virgin Killer Release New Album “Angel” in Japanese and International Versions — Post-Punk.com
Post-punk.com

Tokyo Darkwavers Sex Virgin Killer Release New Album “Angel” in Japanese and International Versions — Post-Punk.com

Style can be a form of pressure, a way of arranging noise, image, memory, and desire until they beg…

post-punk.com · Mar 31, 2026
post-punk
“Through the Light of a Candle Fire” — Turkish Darkwavers Ductape Share Video for “Obscure” Ahead of European Tour — Post-Punk.com
Post-punk.com

“Through the Light of a Candle Fire” — Turkish Darkwavers Ductape Share Video for “Obscure” Ahead of European Tour — Post-Punk.com

Ductape’s new single Obscure has the kind of gravity that comes from sounding fully convinced of it…

post-punk.com · Mar 31, 2026
post-punk
New Music: Mr Bruce – HOW WILL WE KNOW feat. Brian Eno & Homeboy Sandman | AnalogueTrash
AnalogueTrash

New Music: Mr Bruce – HOW WILL WE KNOW feat. Brian Eno & Homeboy Sandman | AnalogueTrash

Mr Bruce has got some epic collaborators together on HOW WILL WE KNOW, the third single from his de…

www.analoguetrash.com · Mar 31, 2026
experimental
Melodic IDM with: SIRIXIRIS, and Alec Decay
Acid Ted

Melodic IDM with: SIRIXIRIS, and Alec Decay

A couple of tracks today that sort of start from different points, IDM and Melodic Techno, and sort…

acidted.wordpress.com · Mar 31, 2026
techno
Jesse Appelman - Where We Go (self-released)
Big Takeover

Jesse Appelman - Where We Go (self-released)

Jesse Appelman's ‘Where We Go’ showcases collaborative acoustic artistry through mandolin and clawh…

bigtakeover.com · Mar 30, 2026
acoustic
Buddhadatta - Buddha & Devadatta (Kasumuen Records)
Big Takeover

Buddhadatta - Buddha & Devadatta (Kasumuen Records)

Buddhadatta's album ‘Buddha & Devadatta’ on Kasumuen Records captures the band's spiritual and …

bigtakeover.com · Mar 30, 2026
experimental
Cosey Mueller releases ‘Der Politiker’ taken from forthcoming album.
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Cosey Mueller releases ‘Der Politiker’ taken from forthcoming album.

An incredibly lively, refreshing synth-pop/post-punk track that’s a sarcastic, humour-tinged commen…

mixitallup.com · Mar 30, 2026
post-punk