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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…
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…
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demi ton :: cheveu gris - sous la terrasse - demi ton :: cheveu gris weaves slowly burning rock, caught between post‑rock tension, sculpted noise, and visceral math‑rock.
This isn’t a “side project” but the meeting of three fragments of the French independent scene—post…
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
Keren Abreu is a singer-songwriter whose music is a multilingual blend of folk lyricism, pop melodi…
Haywire – “Hang Up The Telephone”
Boston hardcore punk band Haywire releases a new music video for ‘Hang Up The Telephone’ that featu…
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…
Three Music Thingz with DI LEO
Oouuuuoooouuu, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians f…
New Release ‘Electric Rebound’ from Ricardo Formoso
Fusing the freedom of jazz with the drive of progressive rock, this record delivers dynamic rhythms…
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…
Afro House Drops: FERROLD, Oezden, Mady Minton and danny khas
If you’re a regular EKM reader, you’ll know by now that we love to bring you features that outline …
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…
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…
Juanma Trujillo — A Cantaclaro in Barcelona | The Tonearm
‘Música Para Quinteto: Live at Jazz Cava’ captures Juanma Trujillo's Barcelona quintet at full burn…
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 …
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…
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…
Plush Life — The Soft Resistance of Green-House
Olive Ardizoni and Michael Flanagan of the LA-based electronic duo Green-House talk imaginary video…
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
The label spotlights artists who crafted visionary music blending free improvisation, jazz, prog ro…
Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters
Ben Wendel has played with groove-oriented rhythms, electronics, and unusual instrumentation, as if…
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…
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…
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…
3 New Emotional Deep Melodic Songs You Need to Hear Right Now
Today we are pleased to bring you another three must-hear tracks to brighten up your day and your p…
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…