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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Sadie Miller: 'Superstar' Takes the Strut NEW!
Los Angeles ambient pop singer, songwriter, and producer Sadie Miller released Superstar in 2026, a sassy, spacey single about self-obsession, following her album Internet (2022) and the 2025 single August.
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Adios Fatso: Ninety Seconds Against the Machines NEW!
Boston punk trio Adios Fatso released Ai Is Taking Your Soul on October 16, 2026, the first single from their upcoming album The Sequel. Short songs, serious commentary, a bridge quoting the Pope.
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Dad Joke: Brisbane Dadcore, Hooks Included NEW!
Dad Joke is the one-man Brisbane project of Brendon Reed, self-described Dadcore. His single Getaway reached streaming November 4, 2026 after an October Bandcamp release, the latest of sixteen Bandcamp releases.
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VAN RAVEN: 'Before the STORM' and the Fastest Apprenticeship in Tasmania NEW!
Tasmania-based Dutch musician Denise van den Berg, recording as VAN RAVEN, released Before the STORM on October 31, 2026. Alt rock with goth and doom influences, ahead of her debut album SECRETS.
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carmine moth: 'belgian method' and the Surreal Geography of Fourteen Daggers NEW!
Santa Fe poet carmine moth released Fourteen Daggers on October 14, 2026 through his own Cane Corso Records and Dead Orchard imprint. Belgian method, its second track, is outsider rap as surreal dispatch.
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Radie Peat: 'No Human Tongue Can Tell' Is a Decade in the Singing NEW!
Radie Peat's debut solo album No Human Tongue Can Tell is out November 13, 2026 on Rough Trade Records: nine traditional songs and murder ballads produced by John Spud Murphy, already Clash's 9 out of 10 and musicOMH's Album of the Week.
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Effi: A Debut Single Built on Plato NEW!
Boston art-rock singer-songwriter Effi released her debut single Soul Lovers (Quartet) on October 2, 2026 via Revivalhouse Records, a breakup song on the Aristophanes split-souls myth. Her second single, Outsider (Quartet), is out November 13, 2026.
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Dizzlephunk: 'Goin' Down' and the Road to Locked and Loaded NEW!
Orlando DJ, bassist, and producer Dizzlephunk (Wyatt Becker) bends funk, hip hop, soul, and electronic music into one low-end-heavy groove on Goin' Down, the July 31, 2026 single closing his album Locked and Loaded.
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.