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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…
Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’
Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus,’ a moody new single that blends shoegaze, post-punk, and 1980s influences reminisc…
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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…
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…
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…
Ivan Reash - Slavery - Cinematic classical folk ambient and noise around a powerful and emersive theological conept
Ivan Reash's ‘Slavery’ is a monumental four-hour-forty-minute album exploring the Biblical concept …
Acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond plays sci-fi-themed fingerstyle blues at escape velocity - Chicago Reader
Welsh-raised acoustic guitarist Gwenifer Raymond, now based in Brighton, England, performs a distin…
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 &…
Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox
Wendy Eisenberg has released a new single titled ‘Vanity Paradox’ from their upcoming self-titled a…
Pete Scales - ‘Blue Without You’ | Obscure Sound
Pete Scales’ recently released album ‘Blue Without You’ features twelve folk tracks representing hi…
Chris Marksberry - “Bolt of Lightning” | Obscure Sound
Chris Marksberry releases “Bolt of Lightning,” the first single from his upcoming sophomore album T…
Lucille Two release new single ‘What’s In My Mind?’.
Lucille Two has released a new single titled ‘What's In My Mind?’ The track is a hazy, emotionally-…
Tour news: Djo / Pond, Viagra Boys, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Widowspeak, Ann Wilson, Ella Mai, more
This article announces multiple concert tours and festival appearances across various artists and g…
Tour news: Djo / Pond, Viagra Boys, Winnipeg Folk Fest, Widowspeak, Ann Wilson, Ella Mai, more
This article announces upcoming tour dates and festival appearances for numerous artists across var…
Natalie Wildgoose Shares New Single ‘River Days’: Listen
Lo-fi folk musician Natalie Wildgoose releases a new single called ‘River Days’ that draws comparis…
Chiodos Book 2026 North American Tour │ Exclaim!
Post-hardcore band Chiodos has announced a 2026 North American tour with Canadian stops in six majo…
Fentanyl Announce New Self-Titled Album: Hear ‘Cobrar El Dolor’
Bay Area heavy hardcore artist Kenneth Turner, formerly of Foghorn, has launched a new project call…
Shedric - The Misadventures of Theodore Thump (self-released)
Shedric's latest release ‘The Misadventures of Theodore Thump’ successfully bridges his solo bluesy…
Youth Valley: cerberus
Youth Valley's ‘cerberus’ explores underground music and pop culture through an existential lens. T…
Dead Churches taps into universal themes with catchy sonics on ‘Fear and Faith’
Dead Churches releases their debut EP ‘Fear and Faith’, featuring six diverse tracks that explore u…