New independent music, worth your time
Pixanami Indie Music Blog is a home for music without a marketing budget. We find independent artists (bedroom producers, basement-show bands, local scenes and self-released records) and write about what makes them worth hearing. Everything we feature is made by people.
Every artist spotlight is researched, edited and approved by a person, and written to get you to the music, with links to where you can listen and support the artist directly. Alongside music, we cover the art and culture that grows up around independent scenes.
Latest spotlights
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Ono Kimono: 'Sexy Creep' and the Alternate Timeline NEW!
Ono Kimono is the Las Vegas solo project of Justin Roll, making vintage-equipment psychedelic pop and funk. Sexy Creep, a dark psych-funk groove, is the centerpiece single of his album Full Send, released August 21, 2026.
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Rosemonde: Three Songs, No Bio, Straight Out of Atlanta NEW!
Rosemonde is an Atlanta artist who appeared on SoundCloud on November 7, 2026 with three tracks posted the same day: Lilac Garden, Cut Tongue, and Purples and Blues. No bio, no genre tags, just the songs.
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Neeve Rose: 'Bloody Bouquet' Is Dark Pop With Thorns NEW!
Rochester singer-songwriter and bedroom producer Neeve Rose released the dark pop single Bloody Bouquet on November 6, 2026. It is already the center of a remix compilation due February 14, 2027.
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Cosmic Joke: Hardcore Pop-Punk for the Suburban Decay NEW!
LA's Cosmic Joke play hardcore like pop-punk, and Suburban Decay, their Revelation Records debut, packs 12 snotty singalongs into 22 minutes. Digital out now, vinyl November 13.
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Myra Lee’s 'Capture The Flag' Holds Tight to Live One-Take Intimacy and Raw Emotion NEW!
Recorded live over two days in a basement studio, Myra Lee’s debut album 'Capture The Flag' captures the unvarnished immediacy of a young band wrestling with grief, sexuality, and memory. The trio’s guitar-driven sound, inspired by ’90s indie rock and named after a Cat Power album, blends scraping guitars and plain vocals with a rhythm section that grounds without overwhelming.
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LIANZI’s ‘I Want What They Have’ Turns Dancefloor Satire into Intimate Longing NEW!
San Francisco-based art-pop artist LIANZI blends shimmering electronic textures with a cinematic, fashion-inflected aesthetic. Her July 10, 2026 single I Want What They Have, first announced as a planned EP, explores longing and comparison culture. She won the 2025 John Lennon Songwriting Contest Song of the Year for Big Gulp.
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Lara Snow’s Emotional Pop: Navigating Heartache and Dreamy Soundscapes NEW!
Tel Aviv-born, Berlin-based Lara Snow blends dreamy synths and punchy beats with vulnerable lyrics about love and loss. From the 2020 debut EP Delete Forever to 2025 and 2026 singles including Someone Else's Man and In Rainbows, she is building toward a still-forthcoming debut album.
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Darkpines: Zach Dow’s Electronic Indie Music That Moves Between Intensity and Intimacy NEW!
Darkpines, the project of Zach Dow, crafts music that resists easy genre labels, blending electronic rhythms, alternative textures, and cinematic moods. With releases like the 2023 self-titled album and the Potter County-inspired "The POCO Pack," Dow balances emotional vulnerability with energetic production, creating a deeply human and restless sound.
What you'll find here
- Artist spotlights: who they are, what they sound like, and the songs to start with.
- New releases: singles, EPs and albums from artists releasing on their own terms or on small labels.
- Local scenes: the venues, collectives and communities where new music starts.
- Art & culture: visual art, design and DIY culture connected to independent music.
Submit your music
Are you an independent artist? Send us a link to a song, along with your artist name and the song title.
We listen to every submission, and the ones that click with us may be featured. We only feature human-made music, so please don't send fully AI-generated songs.
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Questions
What is Pixanami Indie Music Blog?
An online music blog that spotlights independent artists. We write about new music, local scenes, and the art and culture around them, with links so you can listen and support artists directly.
How do I get my music featured?
Use the submission form. All we need is a link to the song, your artist name and the song title. We can't reply to everyone, but every submission gets a listen. We only feature music made by people.
What counts as "independent"?
Artists who release music themselves or through small labels, without major-label backing. Genre doesn't matter: indie rock, hip-hop, electronic, folk, experimental and everything in between.
Do you feature AI-generated music?
No. We only feature music made by people. Artists use all kinds of tools, and that's fine, AI-assisted mixing or mastering included, but we don't write about songs that are fully AI-generated. If you're submitting, we kindly ask that you send only human-made music.
How do you choose who to write about?
We dig through new releases, local show listings, small labels, community radio and artist submissions, and write about the music that stands out to us.