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Horse Lords Unveil Vocal-Driven Album, Share New Tracks
Experimental rock band Horse Lords have announced their new album ‘Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!’ set for release…
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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Gelli Haha: “Klouds Will Carry Me to Sleep”
Experimental pop star Gelli Haha’s fanciful new single is the dream journey of a lifetime.
Inside the Miraculous Return of Neurosis
Neurosis, an influential metal band, has returned after a 10-year hiatus with a new album and a new…
Album: Bleak Streak – Peak Bleak
This article introduces the album ‘Peak Bleak’ by Bleak Streak, reflecting on the pervasive sense o…
REVIEW: MAXIME DANGLES & TOMMY RIZZITELLI – SONARS
Sonars is a new record born out of the collaboration between drummer and composer Tommy Rizzitelli …
Single: Desk Job. – Maybe Someday
The artist reflects on how growing up with a funeral director father who helped families through gr…
Mother Raspberry - MacDonald’s Futures - This is the best family reunion we’ve ever had
This is the best family reunion we’ve ever had Originally recorded in the Spring of 2003, Macdonald…
All Clouds Bring Not Rain
UK experimental pop band MEMORIALS is releasing a new album as spring arrives. The announcement cel…
Louie Cameron reveals his dreamy new cut, “Canina Canoona”
Louie Cameron releases his second single “Cantina Canoona,” a dreamy psych-pop track blending Ameri…
TINKICKER fuse Progressive Metal, Hard Rock and dark tales of toxic relationships, family trauma and emotional poison on “The Forbidden Fruit”
Danish progressive metal band TINKICKER releases their new EP ‘The Forbidden Fruit’ on March 27, 20…
Jana Pochop - Powerlines - Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio.
What does the desert sound like? For her self-produced EP Powerlines (March 25), Jana Pochop litera…
Youth Valley release post-punk/shoegaze crossover ‘Cerberus’.
Digging deep into personal struggles and raw confession, this latest track is the most raw, bitters…
Experimental keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran gives you something to reflect on with Don’t Trust Mirrors - Chicago Reader
Kelly Moran Sun 4/5 at Constellation The post Experimental keyboardist and composer Kelly Moran giv…
Spotlight - Against I
Fredrik, the Swedish vocalist behind Against I, channels empathy and raw emotion into Blackened Dea…
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
Keren Abreu curates a playlist celebrating queer and musical inspiration for March 26, 2026. The pl…
Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World
On their surprise-released first album in 10 years, the psychedelic Bay Area metal veterans launch …
Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World
On their surprise-released first album in 10 years, the psychedelic Bay Area metal veterans launch …
Haywire – “Hang Up The Telephone”
Boston hardcore punk band Haywire releases a new music video for ‘Hang Up The Telephone’ that featu…
Sonora Pines are back with brand new track ‘TFM’.
A playful, garage-rock/punk-leaning offering which sees the band kick things up a notch.
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…
Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drops a new album of heavy winds - Chicago Reader
Emily Rach Beisel Fri 4/10 at 8:30 pm The post Experimental bass clarinetist Emily Rach Beisel drop…
21st Century Archetype - Unplugging - Futuristic bass boosted Rapcore/Nu Metal from the gloomy East-European slums
“Unplugging” is a 40-minute sonic exploration that deconstructs nostalgia, technology, and modern m…
Three Music Thingz with DI LEO
Oouuuuoooouuu, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians f…