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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…
Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…
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When Tough Guys Fugazi Rumbled Through My Warehouse » PopMatters
A personal recollection of an unexpected encounter with the post-hardcore punk band Fugazi at the a…
The Early Mine a Gritty, Post-Rock Ambient Vibe » PopMatters
The Early's album ‘I Want to Be Ready’ showcases the band's exploration of post-rock and ambient te…
Interview: Liam Creamer (Ken Park)
Liam Creamer, performing as Ken Park, pursued a music career with family support and relocated acro…
That’s How We Make It Our Home: Will Oldham Selects 13 Valiant Records from Louisville, Kentucky | The Quietus
Will Oldham, born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1970, curates a selection of 13 records from the local…
Bringers of Disease: Sacred Heart of the Abyss
Bringers of Disease presents their album ‘Sacred Heart of the Abyss,’ exploring underground music a…
Alimba - The Universe - The Universe is a Space Ambient album inspired by real celestial objects.
Alimba's album ‘The Universe’ is a Space Ambient release inspired by real celestial objects, with i…
Mortlach - Another Death at the Castle - 22-minute track that blends a Morricone soundtrack with hypnotic dungeon synth
Chicago-based dungeon synth artist Mortlach releases ‘Another Death at the Castle,’ a 22-minute sin…
Gregory Scheckler - Sky Stories - slow, beautiful, pensive music relying on semi-modular and modular synthesizers, electric and acoustic percussion, and field recordings of birds and wind, all set to quick or gradual, expansive changes.
Gregory Scheckler's ‘Sky Stories’ is an ambient album featuring modular synthesizers, acoustic and …
The Black Crowes Deliver a Ton of Swagger » PopMatters
The Black Crowes continue their signature sound of hard, bluesy rock complemented by acoustic eleme…
The Ambient Events Moment Is Real
A new wave of ambient music events is emerging that moves beyond traditional club settings and chil…
Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC for March
Noel Gardner's March punk and hardcore music column reviews new releases including the album Draüma…
Okkyung Lee + Explore Ensemble – Signals | The Quietus
South Korean cellist, improviser, and composer Okkyung Lee collaborates with London's Explore Ensem…
IOWA
The composer and producer casts a bleary eye upon the American Midwest on a chilling, starkly beaut…
Mike Lotito delivers his exciting new single, “Cut Loose”
Austin-based indie/alternative artist Mike Lotito releases his new single ‘Cut Loose,’ an upbeat in…
‘Slow Stories’ Combines Brian Eno's Music with Bette A.'s Ambient Fiction » PopMatters
Slow Stories is a collaborative project between musician Brian Eno and writer Bette A., combining E…
Beck West - Pizza by Wire No 1 - Music for eating a slice while time stands still.
Beck West presents ‘Pizza by Wire No 1,’ an ambient soundscape that mirrors the improvised, unhurri…
New Age Doom featuring H.R. – Angels Against Angels | The Quietus
New Age Doom collaborates with Bad Brains frontman H.R. on their album Angels Against Angels, creat…
Ambient Sunday supplemental: Atkal Atkala – Aftur
This is a supplemental Ambient Sunday post featuring Atkal Atkala, an artist from Riga, Latvia. The…
Hanemoon - Untitled - Hanemoon are one of the finest purveyors of jangly riff resonance is jangle-pop modernity
Berlin-based artist Hans Forster and his band Hanemoon have released ‘Untitled’ on South Africa's S…
Ambient Sunday: Yuriko Imaoka – Warm, Soft
Yuriko Imaoka, a Japanese artist active since 2019, creates delicate ambient music centered around …
Nicola Olla - Dissolution - “Recommended if you like soundtracks for non existent movies or series.” (TheNewNoise.it)
Nicola Olla releases ‘Dissolution’ through Blue Spiral Records, his latest ambient album following …
Jack Cramer - Chair - An ambient EP.
Jack Cramer releases ‘Chair,’ an ambient EP featuring four tracks created from field recordings cap…