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EXPOSED VOCALS Opinion Editorial How one rapper’s “Free Palestine” turned a stadium tour inside out in a single week — and why every artist who walked was right to. By The Exposed Vocals Editorial…
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Substance Abuse revisits the cult underground hip-hop album Overproof with a reshaped twentieth-anniversary edition featuring MF DOOM, Kool Keith,…
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Harry Kappen’s “Good Samaritans” centers the quiet people who help without applause, contrasting genuine service with social-media performance.
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Ananda Xenia Shakti and Love Power the Band trace “Devotion” to a silent retreat in India and a difficult…
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Doug Kistner’s Studio D’Lux brings Liberty DeVitto, Keith Howland, Jason Scheff, Tom Scott, Reagan Richards and Ron Nevison together…
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The final 2026 Independent Music Awards nominees recognize artists alongside labels, campaigns, record stores, directors, catalog teams, and the…
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PravdaFest gathered a cross-generational independent roster at Fitzgerald’s, turning one day in Berwyn into a living history of Chicago…
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New Hampshire’s Deer Leap will release the eight-song Routines on September 18, their first full-length since 2016 and a…
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Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan is launching Feral Twin with Oso Oso’s sixth album, An Exchange of Information, positioning…
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Vancouver noise-punk band PISS will release you made me / skin on linen on October 30 through Sub Pop…
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Bureau B gives four surviving members of Faust’s 1971–74 lineup four separate albums—and turns a shared history into four…
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The Essex band’s single and video put digital pressure at the center of its next chapter.
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All Things Go expands its 2026 DC and New York lineups with Remi Wolf, Sierra Ferrell, underscores and Ethel…
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An Exposed Vocals artist spotlight on Jethro’s VHS, the personal solo statement that moved the Lagos-based artist beyond The…
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An Exposed Vocals album spotlight on Shatner’s Enlightenmental and its sci-fi-tinted Leeds power pop.
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An Exposed Vocals artist spotlight on Psyvera’s dreamy blend of psychedelic pop, R&B, house and world-music color.
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Boguslaw Balcerak’s Crylord announce Birds of Steel, a 12-track power-metal album pairing neo-classical guitar with a stark modern-warfare concept.
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Phil Vincent previews Passive Aggressive, an October album spanning heavy guitars, reflective melodic rock and a pair of CD-exclusive…
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Blind Illusion announce Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre, a limited vinyl document of their 2025 Berkeley performance…
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Tommy Arch pairs country-soul warmth with slow-blues heartbreak on a straight-to-tape double A-side recorded at Newcastle’s Polestar Studios.
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Karim Panzetta blends atmospheric pop and R&B on “Not Made for Loving You,” a breakup song about accepting that…
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Melbourne duo Mystic Tea Party introduce “ANGELITE,” a self-produced trip-hop and alternative-pop single from their forthcoming debut album Slipstream.
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Pam Ross turns a moonlit encounter into a country-rock single on “Lost in Heaven,” blending Americana warmth, Southern-rock energy…
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prettyboyshav pairs “cuckoo” with a 16mm boxing film that puts New York’s South Asian creative community at the center…
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