indie
Indie music features a sampling of maverick musicians that favor the DIY approach to music making.
Zoë Evans — Truly Hits Different
Zoë Evans isn’t trying to be loud—she’s trying to be felt. And that’s exactly why her music lingers. With the release of her latest EP Truly, Zoë steps into a space that feels both intimate and quietly magnetic. Five tracks, just fourteen minutes, and somehow it feels like you’ve read a chapter of her life that she didn’t fully intend to explain. That’s the pull. She doesn’t overstate, she doesn’t overproduce, and she definitely doesn’t chase trends. Instead, she leans into mood, into subtle tension, into the kind of storytelling that sits somewhere between late-night thoughts and early-morning clarity.
By mysoundMusic6 months ago in Beat
Thomas Duxbury Confronts Sleepless Isolation on “Already Dead”
Hamilton, Ontario songwriter Thomas Duxbury continues to sharpen the identity of his project New Mother Nature with “Already Dead,” a brooding, blues-leaning garage rock track that leans fully into unease. Following earlier singles “Istanbul” and “She Never Knows,” the new release deepens the emotional palette ahead of the band’s forthcoming album, due May 19, 2026. Where those songs hinted at a restless creative voice, “Already Dead” commits to it, tracing the edges of insomnia, anxiety, and the quiet dislocation that can follow.
By Chris Adams6 months ago in Beat
Bang Bang Jet Away Let “Mishima” Speak for Itself Without Explaining a Thing
Bang Bang Jet Away didn’t approach “Mishima” like a statement that needed decoding or a theme that required framing, and that decision shapes everything about how the track lands. From the outset, there is no attempt to guide the listener toward a fixed interpretation or to smooth the edges of what the title already brings into the room. Instead, the song begins in a way that feels already in motion, as if it has been unfolding elsewhere before you ever press play, and your arrival is incidental rather than central to its existence.
By Chris Adams6 months ago in Beat
Carried by Time: Raffaele Scoccia Explores Flow and Reflection on "La Rivière des Choses"
There’s a tendency in contemporary piano music to frame introspection as stillness, to equate reflection with quiet, space and a kind of suspended calm. And while Raffaele Scoccia has explored that territory before, particularly in his recent work, his latest release La Rivière Des Choses takes a different path.
By Whitney Miller6 months ago in Beat
Folk, But Not As You Know It - Bruce Rosenblum's New Album "Never Too Late"
Singer songwriter music is not always known for stretching its boundaries. At its most predictable, it can lean heavily on familiar chord progressions, well-worn themes and an earnestness that rarely strays into new territory.
By Whitney Miller6 months ago in Beat
Raymnd’s Nostalgia In The Form of A Depression Finds Its Moment
Raymnd isn’t chasing trends—he’s building moods you can get lost in. Out of Minneapolis, he’s been quietly shaping a sound that lives somewhere between dream pop haze and late-night introspection. The kind of music that doesn’t just play in the background—it pulls you in slowly, wraps around your thoughts, and lingers long after it ends.
By mysoundMusic6 months ago in Beat
Andrew Spice Revisits His Debut with Pretty Demons (Remastered 2026) and the Lead Single “Unafraid”
With Pretty Demons (Remastered 2026), Andrew Spice revisits his acclaimed 2003 debut with renewed clarity and resonance. Rooted in piano-driven indie songwriting, the album captures the emotional turbulence of coming-of-age as a queer person in the late 1990s; a time when finding belonging often meant confronting hostility, isolation, and fear. Upon its original release, Pretty Demons received raves from publication after publication: “so sensitive it will break your heart” (The Varsity), “a genuine talent whose lyrics are carefully wrought poems” (NOW Magazine), “manages to put his finger on our collective hearts” (The Toronto Star). The album was also nominated for Outstanding Debut Recording at the OutMusic Awards. Now, more than two decades later, its themes of love, loss, identity, and survival remain strikingly relevant.
By Chris Adams6 months ago in Beat
Wayward Sparrow Releases Self-Titled Single Ahead of Upcoming Album "Devil by my Side"
Songs come from all kinds of places. Some are carefully constructed over time, some arrive quickly and almost fully formed and others begin with something much simpler - an idea, a style or the desire to try something and see where it leads.
By Whitney Miller7 months ago in Beat
Tracing Light and Shadow - Improvisational Pianist Mario Mattia's Latest Release "Origin"
The premise of "Origin" is deceptively simple: a solo piano improvisation, recorded in a single sitting, without stated intention. Yet what emerges is not spontaneity in its rawest sense, but something more curious - a form discovering itself mid-gesture, coherence surfacing from within the act rather than preceding it.
By Whitney Miller7 months ago in Beat
