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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Cosmanic: We Have to Use, From the Delusion EP NEW!
Cosmanic keeps a quiet, steady catalog going with Delusion, a six-track EP out October 28. We Have to Use closes it.
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Bad Valentines: Finding Company in the November Shadows NEW!
Helsinki five-piece Bad Valentines find comfort in the darkness on November Shadows, the first single from their debut album due in 2027.
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Krill: A Decade Later, Secret Language NEW!
Boston cult indie-rockers Krill return after a decade away with Secret Language, out November 13 via Exploding in Sound.
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Lady Susan Turn Teenage Revenge Into a Six-Video Puzzle NEW!
Montreal quartet Lady Susan pair debut EP Teenage Revenge with six interconnected videos, starting with the attention-economy anthem Attention.
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no.Persona: _Runner Is Two Minutes of Motion NEW!
A prolific self-released project with almost no press trail. Start with the submitted single _Runner, 2:15 of forward motion.
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thrown: UNWANTED and Unignorable NEW!
Stockholm nu-metalcore four-piece thrown return with UNWANTED, 11 tracks in 21 minutes of metallic hardcore and nu-metal bounce, out now on Arising Empire.
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Khyl_LemmeHearThat: $200 Jeans, Straight From the Engineer's Chair NEW!
Recording engineer Khyl Harris, as Khyl_LemmeHearThat, put out one single as a primary artist: $200 Jeans with Jae Daytona and Chris Alan, out May 2023 and closing in on 100,000 Spotify plays.
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Koalra: The Softie Leads a New EP From Portland's Prolific Noise Rockers NEW!
Portland noise rockers Koalra, seven albums deep since 2019, release The Softie today as the first single from their five-song Slides EP, out December 18 on Gigantic Noise Records.
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.