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Terror Announces Tour Supporting New Album ‘Still Suffer’
Veteran hardcore band Terror has announced an upcoming tour with Pain of Truth, End It, and Start Today as supporting a…
Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…
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The Early Mine a Gritty, Post-Rock Ambient Vibe » PopMatters
The Early's album ‘I Want to Be Ready’ showcases the band's exploration of post-rock and ambient te…
Sunset Phase - Abstract Strike - A dissociating outsider house album filled with atmospheric fantasy, club nostalgia and life melancholia
Sunset Phase releases ‘Abstract Strike’, a new outsider house album created during a difficult emot…
Interview: Liam Creamer (Ken Park)
Liam Creamer, performing as Ken Park, pursued a music career with family support and relocated acro…
That’s How We Make It Our Home: Will Oldham Selects 13 Valiant Records from Louisville, Kentucky | The Quietus
Will Oldham, born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1970, curates a selection of 13 records from the local…
Bringers of Disease: Sacred Heart of the Abyss
Bringers of Disease presents their album ‘Sacred Heart of the Abyss,’ exploring underground music a…
Alimba - The Universe - The Universe is a Space Ambient album inspired by real celestial objects.
Alimba's album ‘The Universe’ is a Space Ambient release inspired by real celestial objects, with i…
Acid Techno with: Alynment – Dr. Seuss (Original Mix)
Alynment, a Pittsburgh-based producer known for House and Drum & Bass, releases an acid techno …
Mortlach - Another Death at the Castle - 22-minute track that blends a Morricone soundtrack with hypnotic dungeon synth
Chicago-based dungeon synth artist Mortlach releases ‘Another Death at the Castle,’ a 22-minute sin…
Gregory Scheckler - Sky Stories - slow, beautiful, pensive music relying on semi-modular and modular synthesizers, electric and acoustic percussion, and field recordings of birds and wind, all set to quick or gradual, expansive changes.
Gregory Scheckler's ‘Sky Stories’ is an ambient album featuring modular synthesizers, acoustic and …
The Black Crowes Deliver a Ton of Swagger » PopMatters
The Black Crowes continue their signature sound of hard, bluesy rock complemented by acoustic eleme…
The Ambient Events Moment Is Real
A new wave of ambient music events is emerging that moves beyond traditional club settings and chil…
Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC for March
Noel Gardner's March punk and hardcore music column reviews new releases including the album Draüma…
Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble – Signals | The Quietus
South Korean cellist, improviser, and composer Okkyung Lee collaborates with London's Explore Ensem…
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The composer and producer casts a bleary eye upon the American Midwest on a chilling, starkly beaut…
Detroit techno interlude with: P0lyRhythm – Soul Circuit Memory
P0lyRhythm, a techno artist from Finland, delivers a Detroit techno banger titled ‘Soul Circuit Mem…
Mike Lotito delivers his exciting new single, “Cut Loose”
Austin-based indie/alternative artist Mike Lotito releases his new single ‘Cut Loose,’ an upbeat in…
Martin A Parker - Bunny's Lament - Bunny’s Lament is an imaginary soundtrack for fragmented lives, to characters that have never existed, imaging the way they might react to situations familiar, dramatic, impossible.
Martin A Parker's ‘Bunny's Lament’ is an imaginary soundtrack that scores music for fictional chara…
WTP - Dust Devil [Paper-Cuts] ~ Bolting Bits
WTP releases their 11th album ‘Duality’ on Paper-Cuts label, featuring 6 tracks that blend downtemp…
‘Slow Stories’ Combines Brian Eno's Music with Bette A.'s Ambient Fiction » PopMatters
Slow Stories is a collaborative project between musician Brian Eno and writer Bette A., combining E…
Beck West - Pizza by Wire No 1 - Music for eating a slice while time stands still.
Beck West presents ‘Pizza by Wire No 1,’ an ambient soundscape that mirrors the improvised, unhurri…
New Age Doom featuring H.R. – Angels Against Angels | The Quietus
New Age Doom collaborates with Bad Brains frontman H.R. on their album Angels Against Angels, creat…
Ambient Sunday supplemental: Atkal Atkala – Aftur
This is a supplemental Ambient Sunday post featuring Atkal Atkala, an artist from Riga, Latvia. The…