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London Trio Deary Debuts Dream-Pop Album ‘Birding’
London-based trio Deary has released their debut album ‘Birding’ on Bella Union, blending 1980s and 1990s dream-pop wit…
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…
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Sean Taylor Brings “All Along the Watchtower” Back to Its Roots
UK singer-songwriter Sean Taylor has released a new acoustic cover of ‘All Along the Watchtower’ th…
All Clouds Bring Not Rain
UK experimental pop band MEMORIALS is releasing a new album as spring arrives. The announcement cel…
Louie Cameron reveals his dreamy new cut, “Canina Canoona”
Louie Cameron releases his second single “Cantina Canoona,” a dreamy psych-pop track blending Ameri…
Jana Pochop - Powerlines - Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio.
Jana Pochop's self-produced EP Powerlines (releasing March 25) is an indie-folk-pop project that li…
Youth Valley release post-punk/shoegaze crossover ‘Cerberus’.
Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus’, their most raw and bittersweet single to date. The track blen…
BEST NEW TRACKS: NO WORDS – I’D TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR YOU
This article recommends a new track from Mexican music project ‘no words’ titled ‘I'd Turn The Worl…
Experimental keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran gives you something to reflect on with Don’t Trust Mirrors - Chicago Reader
Kelly Moran is an experimental keyboardist and composer who has released an album called Don't Trus…
BEST NEW TRACKS: CHEONG NAN – NOSTALGIA
This article introduces a new shoegaze track from South Korean artist Cheong Nan titled ‘Nostalgia.…
LUKAS R - Superhuman - All the 2000s music placed in a modern context
LUKAS R's album ‘Superhuman’ is a contemporary R&B and soul/pop project that draws inspiration …
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
Keren Abreu curates a playlist celebrating queer and musical inspiration for March 26, 2026. The pl…
Snowcuffs share new song ‘Cold Memories’.
Snowcuffs have released a new single titled ‘Cold Memories’ that blends shoegaze and dream-pop elem…
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…
Single: Bliss Abyss – wrecked
Bay Area musician Peter Wallner, known for his work with Deafheaven and Wax Idols, has released a n…
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…
Healing and Peace — A Treatise (Self-Release)
Healing and Peace's latest self-released album ‘A Treatise’ delivers minimalist guitar pop with scr…
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…
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…