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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Black Corollas: Shoegaze for Late Night Drives NEW!
Black Corollas are a brand new Indonesian shoegaze band making music for late night drives and empty parking lots. Start with 'Drift, Repeat', the quiet aftermath of drifting apart.
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Quintin Essix: Late-Night R&B for the After Dark Hours NEW!
Quintin Essix makes dark, late-night R&B, and his new single 'Day One Survivor' (out October 16, 2026) is two and a half minutes of slow, close, after-dark romance.
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YUMMM: Matty Bedrosian's Bedroom-Pop Shapeshifter SILLYPUTTY NEW!
Matty Bedrosian's YUMMM shapeshifts between lo-fi bedroom pop, guitar-driven alt-rock, and meditative slowcore on SILLYPUTTY, out November 13, 2026. Start with the new single 'Yarrow'.
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Garnz: Three Songs, Seven Minutes, No Introduction Yet NEW!
Garnz is a brand-new artist with a private three-track demo set and no public footprint yet. Thinking about us is the track to know.
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CILC: NOSEBLEEB!!! and the Art of Arriving Unexplained NEW!
CILC is a brand-new DIY artist with two streaming tracks and no bio anywhere. NOSEBLEEB!!! is the place to start.
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Commoner: Phoenix Newcomers Face the Former Self NEW!
Phoenix emo quartet Commoner release their debut album Former Self on November 13 via Pure Noise Records, a record about the versions of ourselves, and each other, that we leave behind.
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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.
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.