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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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Consequence of Sound

Christina Hendricks Spun a “Shoe Pop Dream Gaze” DJ Set at a San Diego Bar on April Fool’s Day

Her setlist was no joke: Chromatics, Japanese Breakfast, Sky Ferreira, St. Vincent, Broken Bells, B…

consequence.net · Apr 03, 2026
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Raven Sings the Blues

Sean Thompson – “Setting In”

While the name Sean Thompson might be synonymous with the best strains of psychedelic country, the …

www.ravensingstheblues.com · Apr 03, 2026
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Pitchfork News News

Listen to Ravyn Lenae’s New Songs “Bobby” and “Reputation”

The R&B singer’s latest releases arrive with their own music videos (and one Dominic Fike featu…

pitchfork.com · Apr 03, 2026
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Raven Sings the Blues

Herb Lore

The last offering from Herb Lore was a massive exploration of psych-folk and prog-adjacent passages…

www.ravensingstheblues.com · Apr 03, 2026
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IndiePulse Music

Keeping the Legend Alive: Terry Steele on Honoring Luther Vandross in 2026

The music of Luther Vandross remains a cornerstone of R&B, defined by unparalleled vocal precis…

indiepulsemusic.com · Apr 03, 2026
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Obscure Sound

Bobrosia – ‘Fold Into The Glow’

Recorded in the intimate setting of his Phoenix apartment, New York-born artist Bobrosia delivers a…

www.obscuresound.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Earmilk

Levina expresses dissociation and disconnection in latest single “Back in my Body”

After more than a year hiatus, 34-year-old singer Levina returns with new single “Back in my Body,”…

earmilk.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Start Track

Single: Family Worship Center – Malibu by Midnight

The high-flying single from “rock and soul commune” Family Worship Center is a beautiful blend of c…

start-track.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Stereogum News

Afroman Launches Victory Tour, Announces Album, Says He Didn’t Vote For Trump

Yeah baby, we're blogging about Afroman again! Last month, the former one-hit wonder went mega-vira…

stereogum.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Raven Sings the Blues

Tomo Katsurada & Misha Panfilov

When this record was announced, it seemed like a surreal dream, a meeting of linked souls with psyc…

www.ravensingstheblues.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Start Track

Album: Adiós Ghost – Happy House

Entirely live-tracked, the second album from the Brooklyn “power disco” quartet is full of immacula…

start-track.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Pitchfork Album Reviews

THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE.

The British singer’s second album is all curated melancholy and aestheticized heartache, winding it…

pitchfork.com · Apr 02, 2026
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Obscure Sound

SYLIANRUE – ‘Reflection’

Following a career as an industrial rock vocalist, Tokyo-based Yuichi Nishikawa pivoted to composit…

www.obscuresound.com · Apr 01, 2026
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Obscure Sound

Cries of Redemption – ‘Patterns’

Founded by Ed Silva in 2007, the project Cries of Redemption serves up two decades of unreleased ma…

www.obscuresound.com · Apr 01, 2026
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Destroy//Exist

D//E Live Report: Bragolin, Mechanimal at Death Disco, Athens

There’s a certain kind of image that refuses to fade, no matter how many times it is reproduced, re…

www.destroyexist.com · Apr 01, 2026
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StaticDive

Who Knows? – a new Deep House banger from House of Static

“Who Knows?” is a trippy deep house banger, a sonic riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma …

staticdive.com · Mar 31, 2026
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Under the Radar

Darker Waves Festival Returns with 2026 Lineup Headlined by Morrissey and The Smashing Pumpkins

The first Darker Waves festival happened in 2023 and now it’s finally returning to Huntington Beach…

www.undertheradarmag.com · Mar 31, 2026
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Big Takeover

Jesse Appelman - Where We Go (self-released)

Appelman has created a debut that honors the lineage of bluegrass and new acoustic music while asse…

bigtakeover.com · Mar 30, 2026
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Big Takeover

Buddhadatta - Buddha & Devadatta (Kasumuen Records)

It is an album that affirms Buddhadatta’s unique space in contemporary psych and experimental music…

bigtakeover.com · Mar 30, 2026
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Big Takeover

Lois Powell + Night Wolf - The Laws Of Life (EscaVolt Records)

“The Laws Of Life” is the fourth collaboration from Lois Powell and Night Wolf. It moves as a dream…

bigtakeover.com · Mar 30, 2026
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The Tonearm

The Unpredictable Feedback of the Natural World

This week: Green-House, Sam Wenc, Nubiyan Twist, Juanma Trujillo, Isabel Pine, and Bellbird. Plus: …

www.thetonearm.com · Mar 29, 2026
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Pitchfork Album Reviews

Full Moon

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record …

pitchfork.com · Mar 29, 2026
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Destroy//Exist

Eric Angelo Bessel: Upstate

Upstate is the new single from experimental artist Eric Angelo Bessel’s new seven-inch EP, Mirror a…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 28, 2026
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Destroy//Exist

BLKE: HEAT

BLKE, a noise and psych rock project formed in London and now based in Berlin, continues to build a…

www.destroyexist.com · Mar 28, 2026
psychedelic