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Bandcamp's February 2026 Best Music Roundup
Bandcamp has released its comprehensive monthly music guides for February 2026, covering essential releases across mult…
Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic’ Gets Lukewarm Critical Reception
Bruno Mars’ first album in a decade, ‘The Romantic’, is receiving largely negative reviews from critics. While reviewer…
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97 Sound Signal - Refraction Choir - Deep aquatic ambient music.
97 Sound Signal releases ‘Refraction Choir’, an album of deep aquatic ambient music. The release is…
James Blake: Trying Times
On his first self-released album, the producer and songwriter draws from pop music and classic R&am…
8 live music highlights from St. Patrick's Festival | Nialler9
St. Patrick's Festival 2024 showcases diverse live music programming spanning multiple genres. The …
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…
Arima Ederra: A Rush to Nowhere
The Los Angeles singer-songwriter’s second album is bolder and darker than her debut, refining her …
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…
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…
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…
Metal extremo e indie experimental en nuevos singles - La Caverna
New singles feature extreme metal and experimental indie from US artists. Lyric Noel collaborates w…