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Best New Albums and Singles of 2023

Best New Albums and Singles of 2023 At Independent Music Promotions, we are constantly curating the best new albums and singles from both the mainstream and the underground. In 2023 we’ve already been blessed with a shopping list of incredible albums, EP’s and single releases. Whether you’re an ‘all genres’ type of person or hyper-specific...

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Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over Musicians?

Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over Musicians? I’m please to present an insightful guest post on Artificial Intelligence in the Music Industry by Ramiro from GearAficionado. Artificial Intelligence has been creating some anxiety amongst musicians and labels, but as Ramiro says, we may not need to worry. Since ChatGPT stormed into the scene in late 2022,...

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Indie Rock Visionary Red Bird Rising Pays Tribute to Ukraine with “My Revolution”

Indie Rock Visionary Red Bird Rising Pays Tribute to Ukraine with “My Revolution” Indie Rock musician RED BIRD RISING has paid tribute to Ukraine and condemned Russia with their latest release. The greatest writing comes from urgent need, and it is just such a palatable sense of urgency that motivated musician, songwriter and producer Diedrich...

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When Your “Kid A Mnesia Scarry Edition” Vinyl Finally Arrives

By ELI JACE > For nine months it was lost at sea. Stuck on a box pile in a shipping container somewhere off-dock in Europe was my copy of Radiohead’s Kid A Mnesia — “the Scarry Edition.” Probably on top of identical packages. All trapped in transit in some perfect storm of backlogged pandemic loot colliding...

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Art Rock Band Cosmopolis To Donate Bandcamp Proceeds to Benefit Ukraine

Art Rock Band Cosmopolis To Donate Bandcamp Proceeds to Benefit Ukraine Post-Punk Art Rock band Cosmopolis’s new release takes us through a dark musical odyssey as they ride the crest of the late 60’s cultural wave as hope and possibility gave way to an evil combination of crime, corruption and military might. The haunting new single “Nixon-Manson” will be...

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Jon C. Ireson’s Top Albums of 2021

Jon C. Ireson’s Top Albums of 2021 With the entirety of 2021 lived under the thumb of the pandemic, this year was again focused on recorded music. Aside from ill-advised super-spreader events in the southern states during the summer and a slew of cancelled/restricted shows in the fall, the live music scene was crippled once...

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Jon Anderson of Two Story Melody on How to Promote Indie Music

Jon Anderson of Two Story Melody on How to Promote Indie Music Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and interview someone I admire in the music industry for their practical, no-nonsense approach, Jon Anderson, founder of Two Story Melody. Jon introduces independent musicians to the public in proper context by telling their stories....

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Shawna Virago’s “High Road No. 6” Music Video to Premiere at San Francisco Transgender Film Festival

Shawna Virago’s “High Road No. 6” Music Video to Premiere at San Francisco Transgender Film Festival Transgender Music Pioneer and cult solo folk punk/alt country artist Shawna Virago‘s new music video “High Road No. 6”, out now via Tranimal Records, will see it’s festival premiere at the upcoming San Francisco Transgender Film Festival taking place...

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Charlie Watts: The Backbone of Rock n Roll

Charlie Watts: The Backbone of Rock n Roll The passing of the inimitable Charlie Watts, the Wembley Whammer, is a huge blow to rock n roll and the music community at large. Charlie was the anchor of the world’s quintessential rock n roll band. (Arguments over The Beatles vs. The Stones will go on forever....

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Bandcamp Holds Second Juneteenth Fundraiser Next Friday

By ELI JACE > Next Friday, June 18th, Bandcamp is set to lend a helping hand, as they often do. For their second annual Juneteenth fundraiser, when you purchase any music through the site, every cent will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which helps to promote racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and...

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Daft Punk Explode into the Sunset

Daft Punk Explode into the Sunset After 28 years of bringing house music to the masses, Daft Punk announced their dissolution with a dramatic video post. Featuring excerpts from their 2006 film Electroma, the video entitled ‘Epilogue’ shows the helmeted French duo walking off into the desert. Bot 1 activates a self-destruct sequence on Bot...

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Monday Night Football Returns with help from Little Richard and Butcher Brown

By ELI JACE > Tonight Monday Night Football returns to ESPN with a doubleheader for its 50th season. Many things will be different this year, but when the NFL’s pre-kickoff festivities get underway a new jam will charge up the night. Little Richard’s “Rip It Up (Feat. Butcher Brown)” will be the new starting bell...

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