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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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Post-Punk Art Rock Group Cosmopolis Channel Chaos on Scathing “Parasite”

Post-Punk Art Rock Group Cosmopolis Channel Chaos on Scathing “Parasite” Forward-thinking Post-Punk Art Rock collective Cosmopolis cook a bitches brew of unfiltered, scathing lyricism, gutsy social commentary, and swaths of Gothic Rock, Post-Rock, Prog, Electronica and Lofi sounds on new single “Parasite”. Cosmopolis don’t just inhabit a uniquely dark and enigmatic space along the musical spectrum; the revel in...

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1st Base Runner Emerges As 2022’s Musical Anti-Hero On Gothic, Post-Rock EP

1st Base Runner Emerges As 2022’s Musical Anti-Hero On Gothic, Post-Rock EP “Light Roars” is the 3rd official EP offering from Award-Winning Austin, TX Experimental Post-Rock Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer 1st Base Runner. Following up the acclaimed releases “Seven Years of Silence” and “Ellis” (which charted on the NACC Radio Top 200 for 6 + weeks upon it’s release), “Light Roars” enhances...

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The Best, Most Ground-Breaking Music Videos of 2022

The Best, Most Ground-Breaking Music Videos of 2022 This year has been a grand one for innovative music videos. 2022, with it’s incessant political and cultural unrest, unruly pandemics, unprovoked violence and authoritative over-stepping, has unsurprisingly also birthed some of the best art and music videos, including some of the best, most ground-breaking music videos....

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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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Post-Punk Collective Cosmopolis Lead Us Down the late 60’s Rabbit Hole with Unnerving “Nixon-Manson” Single

Post-Punk Collective Cosmopolis Lead Us Down the late 60’s Rabbit Hole with Unnerving “Nixon-Manson” Single Post-Punk Art Rock group 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...

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Who Says There’s No Good Music Anymore? Here Are The 50 Best Albums of the 2010’s

Anyone who quips that there’s no good music anymore needs to open up and let it in. Music is more daring, experimental and free than ever, and the artists who fearlessly explore are often rewarded with appreciation from the music loving community. From edgy late-in-life releases like Bowie’s ‘blackstar’ to mind-expanding opuses like Kamasi Washington’s...

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IMP presents: Top Ten Releases of the Year

2014 has very easily been the best year for music, at least since The White Stripes were still active. Spoon, Ryan Adams, TV On The Radio, Aphex Twin and Interpol all returned with strong releases after a few quiet years. Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Pink Floyd all added to their...

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Live Music Roundup – Jane’s Addiction, Katatonia, Devin Townsend Project, Swans

It was a busy week for me on the live circuit in Vancouver, and I’d like to post a few brief comments giving credit where credit is due, some objective facts and some the nearly unavoidable subjective experience. First in line was Jane’s Addiction at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre August 29th. As a fan of...

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