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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
Sturgill Simpson Surprise-Releases Album as Johnny Blue Skies
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Sturgill Simpson Surprise-Releases Album as Johnny Blue Skies

Sturgill Simpson has surprise-released a new album titled ‘Mutiny After Midnight’ under his alias Johnny Blue Skies &am…

Updated 29 days ago

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Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World
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Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World

On their surprise-released first album in 10 years, the psychedelic Bay Area metal veterans launch …

pitchfork.com · Mar 26, 2026
metal
Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World
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Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World

On their surprise-released first album in 10 years, the psychedelic Bay Area metal veterans launch …

pitchfork.com · Mar 26, 2026
metal
Anne Hills carries folk music’s Chicago heyday in her head and heart - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Anne Hills carries folk music’s Chicago heyday in her head and heart - Chicago Reader

One of my favorite ways to discover a local artist is to study the liner notes of a thrift-store LP…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 25, 2026
folk
Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drops a new album of heavy winds - Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader

Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drops a new album of heavy winds - Chicago Reader

Emily Rach Beisel Fri 4/10 at 8:30 pm The post Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drop…

chicagoreader.com · Mar 25, 2026
experimental
Three Music Thingz with DI LEO
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Three Music Thingz with DI LEO

Oouuuuoooouuu, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians f…

www.ienjoymusic.net · Mar 25, 2026
folk
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 featured an all-star lineup comparable to Newport Folk Festival, delivering nearly f…

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
Aeon Temple: Golden Veils
Destroy//Exist

Aeon Temple: Golden Veils

Aeon Temple's ‘Golden Veils’ is an underground music release that explores themes of existential pa…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 24, 2026
doom
The New Ways Drops The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct
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The New Ways Drops The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct

The New Ways, also known as electronic artist Shelbric Fuller, has just released his new House Tech…

ekm.co · Mar 24, 2026
electronic
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
Jonivan Jones reveals new offering, “Take my heart (to its grave)”
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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…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
folk
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
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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
Kikù Hibino and Merzbow: dB.XYZ
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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
Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches
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Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches

Blow Off Steam by Floating Nest is one of those records that slowly pulls you in with every listen.…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 20, 2026
metal
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
Lelo’s New Freaky-Ass Detroit
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Lelo’s New Freaky-Ass Detroit

Alphonse Pierre's Off the Dome column features an interview with Detroit up-and-comer Lelo, explori…

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

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

Various Small Flames previews the upcoming LP ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ by Jordan Whitlock &…

varioussmallflames.co.uk · Mar 19, 2026
ambient
Beach Cruiser - Thunderbird - Sonic blast from south of Poland.
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Beach Cruiser - Thunderbird - Sonic blast from south of Poland.

“Thunderbird,” released at the end of 2025, is the debut album of the Wrocław-based quartet Beach C…

www.getmusic.fm · Mar 19, 2026
psychedelic
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

Experimental harpist Zeena Parkins discusses her hand-built electric harp, her spatial compositiona…

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

Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox

Wendy Eisenberg has released a new single titled ‘Vanity Paradox’ from their upcoming self-titled a…

varioussmallflames.co.uk · Mar 19, 2026
folk
Pete Scales - ‘Blue Without You’ | Obscure Sound
Obscure Sound

Pete Scales - ‘Blue Without You’ | Obscure Sound

Pete Scales’ recently released album ‘Blue Without You’ features twelve folk tracks representing hi…

www.obscuresound.com · Mar 17, 2026
folk