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Youth Valley Releases Dark Post-Punk Single ‘Cerberus’
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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…

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
Charlotte Cornfield Releases ‘Lost Leader’ Featuring Christian Lee Hutson
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Charlotte Cornfield Releases ‘Lost Leader’ Featuring Christian Lee Hutson

Canadian singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield has released ‘Lost Leader,’ a new single featuring Christian Lee Hutson,…

Updated about 1 month 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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BEST NEW TRACKS: NO WORDS – I’D TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR YOU
Motel Void

BEST NEW TRACKS: NO WORDS – I’D TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN FOR YOU

This week we’re venturing into slightly less familiar territory. After a shoegaze track from South …

motelvoid.com · Mar 26, 2026
shoegaze
BEST NEW TRACKS: CHEONG NAN – NOSTALGIA
Motel Void

BEST NEW TRACKS: CHEONG NAN – NOSTALGIA

Honestly, I’m not very familiar with many artists from South Korea – especially not within the shoe…

motelvoid.com · Mar 26, 2026
shoegaze
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
I Care If You Listen Playlist

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…

icareifyoulisten.com · Mar 26, 2026
folk
Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World
Pitchfork Album Reviews

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
Pitchfork Best New Albums

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
Snowcuffs share new song ‘Cold Memories’.
Mix It All Up

Snowcuffs share new song ‘Cold Memories’.

Shoegaze and dream-pop collide on this new single bringing together themes of disconnection with fu…

mixitallup.com · Mar 25, 2026
shoegaze
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
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
Single: Bliss Abyss – wrecked
Start Track

Single: Bliss Abyss – wrecked

Bay area music scene mainstay Peter Wallner, known for his work with Deafheaven and as a member of …

start-track.com · Mar 25, 2026
punk
The Best Performances of 2026's Love Rocks NYC » PopMatters
PopMatters

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…

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.
GetMusic - Latest Releases

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)”
It's All Indie Playlist

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…

www.blogger.com · Mar 23, 2026
folk
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
GetMusic - Latest Releases

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
GetMusic - Latest Releases

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
Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches
GetMusic - Latest Releases

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
Pitchfork The Pitch

Lelo’s New Freaky-Ass Detroit

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Mee…

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?

We’ve covered a number of singles from the collaboration between Jordan Whitlock and Matt Bauer‘s M…

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

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
Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox
Various Small Flames

Wendy Eisenberg - Vanity Paradox

Born from a process of self-confrontation they liken to “a personal exorcism,” Wendy Eisenberg‘s la…

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