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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
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
Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
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Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup

Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…

Updated 28 days ago

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Fire-Toolz – “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head”
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Fire-Toolz – “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head”

Fire-Toolz, a Chicago-based experimental electronic producer, has released a lead single titled ‘Ba…

rcmndedlisten.com · Mar 25, 2026
electronic
The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters
PopMatters

The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters

Love Rocks NYC promised an all-star lineup, one that wouldn't have been out of place at Newport Fol…

www.popmatters.com · Mar 25, 2026
folk
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
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Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)

A Treatise scrambles to life in a burst of scratchy acoustic guitar, a tootle of cheery keyboard an…

dustedmagazine.tumblr.com · Mar 24, 2026
acoustic
Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm
The Tonearm

Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm

‘Música Para Quinteto: Live at Jazz Cava’ captures Juanma Trujillo's Barcelona quintet at full burn…

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 24, 2026
jazz
Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.
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Djembe Funk - $20 Mic - This song only needed one 20 dollar mic. All instruments played into same mic, vocals too. 20 bucks.

I bought a microphone I like and I want the world to know. It only costs 20 dollars and I recorded …

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 23, 2026
acoustic
Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”
It's All Indie Playlist

Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”

Following the release of her sixth EP, “Let's See Where the Light Goes”, is the new single, “The Ol…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
electronic
On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music
Bandcamp Daily

On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music

For 50 years, The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Has Redefined Jazz & Be…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”
It's All Indie Playlist

Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”

Jonivan Jones is back with his exciting new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”. The song is h…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
folk
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
Bandcamp Daily

Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu

The label spotlights artists who crafted visionary music blending free improvisation, jazz, prog ro…

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters
PopMatters

Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters

Ben Wendel has played with groove-oriented rhythms, electronics, and unusual instrumentation, as if…

www.popmatters.com · Mar 23, 2026
jazz
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
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j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.

fusing together multiple genres that defy strict categorization to create a dialogue between distan…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 22, 2026
acoustic
Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept
GetMusic - Latest Releases

Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept

A monumental work where a variety of styles got tied to a singular Biblical concept of becoming a s…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 22, 2026
ambient
Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!
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Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!

WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again! Guitar…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 21, 2026
jazz
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow: dB.XYZ
Destroy//Exist

Kikù Hibino and Merzbow: dB.XYZ

Kikù Hibino and Merzbow collaborate on dB.XYZ, an album that explores underground music genres thro…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 21, 2026
ambient
Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader

Though Raymond was raised in Wales and presently lives in Brighton, England, her acoustic fingerpic…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 20, 2026
acoustic
Essential Releases, March 20, 2026
Bandcamp Daily News

Essential Releases, March 20, 2026

Brazilian metal, jazz funk, alternative, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.

daily.bandcamp.com · Mar 20, 2026
jazz
Butter And The Genre Deliver A Rich, Live-recorded Jazz Experience With ‘Music Is Life’
Jamsphere

Butter And The Genre Deliver A Rich, Live-recorded Jazz Experience With ‘Music Is Life’

A live-recorded studio album highlighting the band’s versatility, energy, and collaborative sound. …

jamsphere.com · Mar 20, 2026
jazz
Jordan Whitlock & Memory Spells - Do You Think Of It Sometimes?
Various Small Flames

Jordan Whitlock & Memory Spells - Do You Think Of It Sometimes?

We’ve covered a number of singles from the collaboration between Jordan Whitlock and Matt Bauer‘s M…

varioussmallflames.co.uk · Mar 19, 2026
ambient
Colors that rhyme, clash, and dance - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Colors that rhyme, clash, and dance - Chicago Reader

“Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color” through 6/1 at the Art Institute of Chicago The post Colors that…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 19, 2026
jazz
Friendly Alien - Neon Dawn - Listen to the future.
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Friendly Alien - Neon Dawn - Listen to the future.

Listen to the future. A rhythmic journey through experimental electronica. Beat-driven rhythms, dro…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 19, 2026
electronic
Zeena Parkins, Under Constant Revision | The Tonearm
The Tonearm

Zeena Parkins, Under Constant Revision | The Tonearm

The experimental harpist discusses the hand-built electric instrument at the center of her practice…

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 19, 2026
experimental
Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox
Various Small Flames

Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox

Born from a process of self-confrontation they liken to “a personal exorcism,” Wendy Eisenberg‘s la…

varioussmallflames.co.uk · Mar 19, 2026
folk
Imaginary Space, Real Feeling — Bayeté's Electric Gospel
The Tonearm

Imaginary Space, Real Feeling — Bayeté's Electric Gospel

Reissued more than fifty years after its creation, Bayeté's ‘Seeking Other Beauty’ finds the Bay Ar…

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 18, 2026
jazz
Willebrant - Night Daze - a vibe of some kind of extra-dimensional jazz club with the sultry trumpet licks ringing through a space that defies common physics
GetMusic - Latest Releases

Willebrant - Night Daze - a vibe of some kind of extra-dimensional jazz club with the sultry trumpet licks ringing through a space that defies common physics

Night Daze blends immersive textures and emotive expanses that invites the listener to conceive a v…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 18, 2026
jazz