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Bandcamp's Best Music Releases for March 2026
Bandcamp has released its curated guide to the essential music releases across multiple genres for March 2026. The coll…
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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3RU - Ilúvatar - techno as cosmogony, rhythm as world-building.
3RU (a new techno project from Brooklyn producer Yurk) releases debut EP ‘Ilúvatar,’ featuring five…
‘Chasing Shadows’ and the Ancestral Frequencies of Nubiyan Twist
Tom Excell discusses the creation of Nubiyan Twist's fifth album ‘Chasing Shadows,’ which blends Af…
Shinichi Atobe: Silent Way
On his first album for his own Plastic & Sounds label, the Japanese producer sounds pricklier t…
Deep Dive: Any Guy, Strawberry Skies, African Grooves, and a Lo-fi Hip-Hop Vibe - The Static Dive
The Deep Dive playlists feature new releases across multiple genres including indie pop, classical,…
Youth Valley release post-punk/shoegaze crossover ‘Cerberus’.
Youth Valley has released ‘Cerberus’, their most raw and bittersweet single to date. The track blen…
Delete Everything! - MSD73 - DA1 (DE04) - F*ck AI sh*t and listen to these three techno bangers!
Delete Everything releases MSD73 - DA1 (DE04), a three-track techno EP featuring jet engine-inspire…
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…
demi ton :: cheveu gris - sous la terrasse - demi ton :: cheveu gris weaves slowly burning rock, caught between post‑rock tension, sculpted noise, and visceral math‑rock.
demi ton :: cheveu gris is a collaborative project uniting three fragments of the French independen…
LUKAS R - Superhuman - All the 2000s music placed in a modern context
LUKAS R's album ‘Superhuman’ is a contemporary R&B and soul/pop project that draws inspiration …
Ana Tijoux / DJ Dacel: 97 EP
The Franco-Chilean conscious hip-hop icon reunites with collaborator DJ Dacel for a mixtape-inspire…
Haywire – “Hang Up The Telephone”
Boston hardcore punk band Haywire releases a new music video for ‘Hang Up The Telephone’ that featu…
21st Century Archetype - Unplugging - Futuristic bass boosted Rapcore/Nu Metal from the gloomy East-European slums
21st Century Archetype's album ‘Unplugging’ is a 40-minute exploration blending 90s nu-metal, 2000s…
The Violent Youth, “tsvety” | I Die: You Die
The Violent Youth's latest release ‘tsvety’ features depressive Euro post-punk sound. The album rep…
Hip-Hop Rapper HotelEarth Releases Empowering New Single “Divine Feminine”
Hip-hop artist HotelEarth has released a new single titled ‘Divine Feminine’ across all streaming p…
The New Ways Drops The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct
The New Ways has released The Danceables Collection on Dysfunct, an underground House and Techno al…
Claudia Balla shares the cinematic new cut, “The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)”
Claudia Balla releases ‘The Old Magnolia (Dramatic Version)’, a cinematic single following her sixt…
billy woods and Mickey Diamond Take a Bite Out of “Peter and the Wolf” » PopMatters
billy woods and Mickey Diamond collaborate on ‘Peter and the Wolf’, creating an underground hip-hop…
Kim Gordon Is at the Height of Her Powers on ‘Play Me’ » PopMatters
Indie rock icon Kim Gordon releases ‘Play Me’, an album where she confronts contemporary world issu…
j.demar - fallow fields - The shape of what's missing, held in the light that remains.
j.demar's album ‘fallow fields’ is an experimental work blending post-rock and post-punk elements w…
Lelo’s New Freaky-Ass Detroit
Alphonse Pierre's Off the Dome column features an interview with Detroit up-and-comer Lelo, explori…
God Knows and MuRli: Ireland’s Hip-Hop Gamechangers
Irish hip-hop duo God Knows and MuRli discuss their creative partnership and artistic evolution. Th…
When Hip-Hop's the LOX Reclaimed Their Power and Respect » PopMatters
The article examines how hip-hop group the LOX, consisting of Jadakiss, Styles P, and Sheek Louch, …
Rare Kreature - Noises Beyond - Noises Beyond is an ‘80s horror-inspired exploration of darkwave and post-punk that flits between morose and campy vibes for a uniquely cinematic experience.
Rare Kreature's fourth album ‘Noises Beyond’ is an ‘80s horror-inspired darkwave and post-punk reco…