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Bandcamp's Best Music Releases for March 2026
Bandcamp has released its curated guide to the essential music releases across multiple genres for March 2026. The coll…
Ozzfest Returns in 2027, Ozzy Statue at Hellfest
Sharon and Jack Osbourne have confirmed that the iconic Ozzfest metal festival will return in 2027, starting in England…
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On Their Own Terms: How the AACM Built a New American Music
The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) has spent 50 years redefining jazz…
Preserving the French Underground: A Guide to Souffle Continu
Souffle Continu is a record label dedicated to preserving and spotlighting visionary French undergr…
Ben Wendel's ‘BaRcoDe’ Is Unique and Uniquely Excellent » PopMatters
Ben Wendel's album ‘BaRcoDe’ showcases his creative approach to jazz, prioritizing innovation over …
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…
Scott Ruhs - Shock Raw - WARNING! Chakras are meant to be aligned. Shock Raw will knock them all out of kilter again!
Scott Ruhs releases ‘Shock Raw’, a guitar-based instrumental album that spans rock, jazz, and blues…
Elk Hunter - The Nowhere Ram - A fierce and melodic blend of Blackened Punk and Art Metal that’s as intense as it is unforgettable.
Elk Hunter's album ‘The Nowhere Ram’ delivers a powerful fusion of Blackened Punk and Art Metal, ba…
Floating Nest - Blow Off Steam - A Spanish Progressive Rock/Metal album with psychedelic touches
Blow Off Steam by Floating Nest is a Spanish progressive rock/metal album featuring theatrical fema…
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…
Barbaric Oath — Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance (Caligari)
Barbaric Oath's debut EP ‘Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance’ on Caligari Records delivers death metal with …
KVATHORY - Ardis - your most beautiful nightmarish trip
KVATHORY's album ‘Ardis’ is a black metal release recorded in extreme conditions inside a car durin…
Essential Releases, March 20, 2026
This article presents a curated list of essential music releases from March 20, 2026, spanning dive…
Butter And The Genre Deliver A Rich, Live-recorded Jazz Experience With ‘Music Is Life’
Oklahoma-based jazz collective Butter and the Genre has released ‘Music Is Life’, a live-recorded s…
Beach Cruiser - Thunderbird - Sonic blast from south of Poland.
Beach Cruiser, a Wrocław-based quartet from Poland, released their debut album ‘Thunderbird’ in lat…
Splendidula - Absentia (Feat. Tim Yatras) - Atmospheric black/doom metal featuring guest vocals by Tim Yatras (Austere, Germ).
Splendidula releases ‘Absentia,’ the atmospheric black/doom metal title track from their upcoming f…
Crouch, “Breaking the Catatonic State”
Belgian metal band Crouch, comprised of members from Amenra and Oathbreaker, releases ‘Breaking the…
‘Rock of Pages’ Argues for the High of Literature in the Low of Heavy Metal » PopMatters
‘Rock of Pages’ is a book that argues 1980s heavy metal music contained more literary depth and ima…
Imaginary Space, Real Feeling — Bayeté's Electric Gospel
Bayeté's ‘Seeking Other Beauty’ has been reissued over fifty years after its original creation. The…
Willebrant - Night Daze - a vibe of some kind of extra-dimensional jazz club with the sultry trumpet licks ringing through a space that defies common physics
Night Daze is an experimental jazz album by Willebrant featuring Karl Willebrant on bass and electr…
TIM BOWMAN | singolo | DISTOPIC.IT
Tim Bowman releases a single featuring an enveloping jazz composition that blends emotional depth w…
Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos - Sol (Olindo)
Raúl Monsalve y Los Forajidos’ album ‘SOL’ transcends conventional boundaries, blending Venezuelan …
Jinjer Get Crystal Lake, Entheos for North American Tour │ Exclaim!
Ukrainian metal band Jinjer has announced a North American tour featuring support from Crystal Lake…
LISTEN: Gregory Ackerman’s “Call Me Crazy” Is Refreshing Folk With Soaring Harmonies and Jazzy Undertones - Glide Magazine
Los Angeles-born musician Gregory Ackerman, now based in Amsterdam, is releasing his debut single “…