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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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Swedish Meteor – Meteor
Swedish Meteor's album ‘Meteor’ is described as an intriguing electronic music project that evokes …
Open Ear celebrates 10 years with this eclectic lineup for 2026 | Nialler9
Open Ear festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with a 2026 lineup announcement. The festival tak…
Shabaka: Of the Earth
The jazz polymath wrote, played, produced, and mixed everything on his new solo album, weaving over…
Mary Middlefield releases new album and latest single ‘Take me as i am’.
Mary Middlefield has released a new album featuring the latest single ‘Take me as i am’. The releas…
When Tough Guys Fugazi Rumbled Through My Warehouse » PopMatters
A personal recollection of an unexpected encounter with the post-hardcore punk band Fugazi at the a…
Interview: Liam Creamer (Ken Park)
Liam Creamer, performing as Ken Park, pursued a music career with family support and relocated acro…
Paper Sister – Dreamy
Austin-based band Paper Sister delivers a psychedelic sound that features woozy, jangling musical t…
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…
Upupayāma are back with psychedelic wonder ‘Mystic Chords of Memory’.
Upupayāma returns with their new track ‘Mystic Chords of Memory’, a psychedelic and funky compositi…
Antoin Gibson returns with her huge new single, “Venom-laced Tears”
Antoin Gibson, a London-based artist, has released her new single ‘Venom-laced Tears,’ a cinematic …
Gregory Scheckler - Trailheads - Jazz and funk-infused experimental synth jams with luxurious grooves, rich improvisations.
Gregory Scheckler's album ‘Trailheads’ features experimental synthesizer music that blends jazz and…
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…
Modeselektor Invent a New Kind of Greatest Hits » PopMatters
German electronic duo Modeselektor releases a new LP that reimagines their greatest hits with an in…
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…
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…
darialism - becoming - Darialism's debut EP ‘becoming’ is a journey inward — a sonic exploration of rediscovery, contradiction, and self-definition via various electronic genres.
Darialism's debut EP ‘becoming’ is an introspective sonic journey exploring themes of self-discover…
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…
Chè Aimee Dorval’s latest single, “Carnal Needs”
Vancouver-based artist Chè Aimee Dorval has released ‘Carnal Needs,’ her second studio single since…
Becky Raisman releases her new pop-leaning EP, “Earth Goddesses”
Becky Raisman releases her new three-track EP ‘Earth Goddesses,’ a pop-leaning collection that blen…