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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…
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…
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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…
Sunset Phase - Abstract Strike - A dissociating outsider house album filled with atmospheric fantasy, club nostalgia and life melancholia
Sunset Phase releases ‘Abstract Strike’, a new outsider house album created during a difficult emot…
Paper Sister – Dreamy
Austin-based band Paper Sister delivers a psychedelic sound that features woozy, jangling musical t…
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…
Upupayāma are back with psychedelic wonder ‘Mystic Chords of Memory’.
Upupayāma returns with their new track ‘Mystic Chords of Memory’, a psychedelic and funky compositi…
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…
Antoin Gibson returns with her huge new single, “Venom-laced Tears”
Antoin Gibson, a London-based artist, has released her new single ‘Venom-laced Tears,’ a cinematic …
The new Roadhouse Magazine comes with an OK Cool option - Chicago Reader
The latest issue of Roadhouse Magazine features an OK Cool option alongside new local music release…
Acid Techno with: Alynment – Dr. Seuss (Original Mix)
Alynment, a Pittsburgh-based producer known for House and Drum & Bass, releases an acid techno …
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…
Upset The Rhythm is One Big, Weird, Wonderful Family
Upset The Rhythm is a UK-based collective and independent record label that has become known for ch…
Modeselektor Invent a New Kind of Greatest Hits » PopMatters
German electronic duo Modeselektor releases a new LP that reimagines their greatest hits with an in…
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…
Martin A Parker - Bunny's Lament - Bunny’s Lament is an imaginary soundtrack for fragmented lives, to characters that have never existed, imaging the way they might react to situations familiar, dramatic, impossible.
Martin A Parker's ‘Bunny's Lament’ is an imaginary soundtrack that scores music for fictional chara…
WTP - Dust Devil [Paper-Cuts] ~ Bolting Bits
WTP releases their 11th album ‘Duality’ on Paper-Cuts label, featuring 6 tracks that blend downtemp…
Fugazi, “Albini Sessions”
Fugazi's ‘Albini Sessions’ represents a legendary lost recording session that serves as the final d…