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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…
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…
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Anne Hills carries folk music’s Chicago heyday in her head and heart - Chicago Reader
Anne Hills is a folk musician who was part of Chicago's folk music scene, performing with legends T…
Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drops a new album of heavy winds - Chicago Reader
Emily Rach Beisel has released a new album that showcases her experimental bass clarinet work, blen…
Three Music Thingz with DI LEO
This article features an interview with DI LEO (Phil Di Leo), an indie-folk-pop musician from Oakla…
Fire-Toolz – “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head”
Fire-Toolz, a Chicago-based experimental electronic producer, has released a lead single titled ‘Ba…
The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters
Love Rocks NYC featured an all-star lineup comparable to Newport Folk Festival, delivering nearly f…
Jolanda Moletta Has Better Taste Than I Do
A guest recommendation from the Italian vocalist, composer, multimedia artist and self-described “o…
HEKLA at salon wellenmaschine / Thursday, 2.4.2026 — Digital in Berlin
Icelandic musician Hekla Magnúsdóttir, a theremin specialist, will perform at salon wellenmaschine …
Jex Ayla reveals the new tune, “Battlefront”, featuring German producer Michel Jaensch
Jex Ayla, a Swiss artist from Lugano, has released “Battlefront,” a cinematic dark-pop track featur…
Afro House Drops: FERROLD, Oezden, Mady Minton and danny khas
This article highlights three essential Afro House music releases that are ready for the dancefloor…
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
Healing and Peace's latest self-released album ‘A Treatise’ delivers minimalist guitar pop with scr…
Dryft: Actacrume
Dryft's album ‘Actacrume’ is an underground music release that explores existential themes through …
The New Ways Drops The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct
The New Ways has released The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct, an underground House and Techno al…
Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.
An artist created a complete song called ‘Djembe Funk’ using only a $20 GLS ES57 microphone to reco…
Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”
Claudia Balla releases ‘The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)’, a cinematic single following her sixt…
Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”
Jonivan Jones releases his new single “Take my heart (to its grave)”, a moody folk-country track fe…
Plush Life — The Soft Resistance of Green-House
LA-based electronic duo Green-House, comprised of Olive Ardizoni and Michael Flanagan, discuss the …
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
j.demar's album ‘fallow fields’ is an experimental work blending post-rock and post-punk elements w…
Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept
Ivan Reash's ‘Slavery’ is a monumental four-hour-forty-minute album exploring the Biblical concept …
Social Abyss - BREAK the chain - With its dynamic blend of industrial, cyberpunk, and electronic sounds, Social Abyss’ ‘BREAK the chain’ is a hard-hitting industrial dance anthem for social change.
Social Abyss releases ‘BREAK the chain,’ a powerful industrial dance anthem that challenges listene…
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow: dB.XYZ
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow collaborate on dB.XYZ, an album that explores underground music genres thro…
3 New Emotional Deep Melodic Songs You Need to Hear Right Now
Three new emotional deep melodic house tracks are highlighted as must-listen songs: ‘Free’ by Plu2 …
Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader
Welsh-raised acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond, now based in Brighton, England, performs a distin…