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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…
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…
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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…
Delete Everything! - MSD73 - DA1 (DE04) - F*ck AI sh*t and listen to these three techno bangers!
The new techno release arrives pulsating from the very first second blablabla … this is what a sh…
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…
I Went to a Hip-Hop Streamer Convention and All I Got Was This Piece of Content
Alphonse Pierre's Off the Dome column covers a wide range of hip-hop culture topics. This week's pi…
First Floor #305 – Maybe Ask the Kids What They Think
Examining the generational taste gap, plus a round-up of the latest electronic music news and a fre…
ListN Up Playlist: Keren Abreu (March 26, 2026)
Keren Abreu curates a playlist celebrating queer and musical inspiration for March 26, 2026. The pl…
Ana Tijoux / DJ Dacel: 97 EP
The Franco-Chilean conscious hip-hop icon reunites with collaborator DJ Dacel for a mixtape-inspire…
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…
Fire-Toolz – “Balam =^..^= Says IPv09082024 Strawberry Head”
Fire-Toolz, a Chicago-based experimental electronic producer, has released a lead single titled ‘Ba…
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…
Jolanda Moletta Has Better Taste Than I Do
A guest recommendation from the Italian vocalist, composer, multimedia artist and self-described “o…
New Drum and Bass: Moleman – Between Worlds
Some spaced drum and bass is today’s offering courtesy of Moleman. Moleman is a melodic drum and ba…
HEKLA at salon wellenmaschine / Thursday, 2.4.2026 — Digital in Berlin
Icelandic Theremin Musician Hekla Magnúsdóttir is a rare specialist of the theremin, a notoriously …
Jex Ayla reveals the new tune, “Battlefront”, featuring German producer Michel Jaensch
Jex Ayla’s “Battlefront”, featuring German producer Michel Jaensch, is a cinematic dark-pop triumph…
Dryft: Actacrume
Dryft's album ‘Actacrume’ is an underground music release that explores existential themes through …
Looned - Flowering Delirium - Noise/ambient, creating a contrast of tranquility and harshness, woven from a vision of dark surrealism.
Noise/ambient, creating a contrast of tranquility and harshness, woven from a vision of dark surrea…
Hip-Hop Rapper HotelEarth Releases Empowering New Single “Divine Feminine”
Rising star in the Hip-Hop scene, HotelEarth, is thrilled to announce the release of his latest sin…
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…
Mike Zellers - Healing - Creating this music brought me some peace and I hope listening to it will bring you peace.
This recording was very important to me. I was experiencing grief and recovering from physical issu…