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Indie music features a sampling of maverick musicians that favor the DIY approach to music making.
10 Nineties Emo Albums You Should Hear
I'll admit it: I've been a bad emo kid. Like a lot of millennials, I sincerely thought that emo started in the 2000s, when bands like Taking Back Sunday and Aiden appeared on the scene. However, when I did some research, I learned that emo's roots go all the way back to the mid-eighties.
By Kaitlin Shanks5 months ago in Beat
Zauntee – Jesus Called My Name: Why Recovery Is Possible When God Is Love
🎶 Introduction: Please Hear This When Zauntee released Jesus Called My Name, it landed like a lifeline. This wasn’t just another Christian track with polished hooks and predictable choruses — it was a raw testimony set to a beat.
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
Brandon Lake’s Sevens: A Prophetic Anthem of the Jesus Revolution 2.0
Introduction: The Sound of Truth When the first riff of Brandon Lake’s Sevens from his King of Hearts album drops, it doesn’t feel like the start of a worship set — it feels like a revolution. 🔥 The guitars roar, the drums thunder, and the lyrics cut straight to the heart. This isn’t polished background music for Sunday morning; it’s prophetic fire wrapped in heavy rock. And that’s the point. Brandon Lake is stepping into the role of a modern-day prophet, using raw sound and unflinching truth to awaken a generation.
By Sunshine Firecracker5 months ago in Beat
Deni Bonet Unites Hearts Across Continents with All Around The World (Music Is Love)
LISTEN HERE Acclaimed American violinist, singer-songwriter, and genre-defying musician Deni Bonet is set to release her vibrant new single, “All Around The World (Music Is Love),” the fifth track from her forthcoming album Off The Record. A celebratory anthem of music’s unifying power, the song traverses cultures, continents, and hearts, highlighting the ways music bridges differences and inspires connection.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
Jont Channels Timeless Truths on New Single “Walk Right Through”
From a beach hut in Thailand to the wooded trails of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, “Walk Right Through” is Jont’s latest transmission from the deeper currents of human experience—a contemplative, harmony-soaked track that feels both ancient and modern, gentle and unflinching.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
The Bapti$$ Brings Light, Love, and Divine Alignment on Playful New Single “Wear & Tear”
LISTEN IN HERE Following the emotionally stirring My Father’s Sins, The Bapti$$—the spiritual, genre-blending project of veteran artist Joseph LaPlante—returns with a radiant shift in tone on Wear & Tear. Out now, the single is the fourth preview from his just-announced debut LP, Pop Cult(ure), arriving September 26th. Built around a delicate acoustic guitar, thick 808 bass drums, and a nostalgic whistle melody, Wear & Tear exudes lightness and optimism while still keeping LaPlante’s signature sense of purpose intact.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
Allegories Return with Mischievous New Single “Stay Out Of The Basement”
Experimental indie-electronic duo Allegories return with “Stay Out Of The Basement,” a mischievous alt-pop track that balances lush, genre-warped production with a tongue-in-cheek narrative twist. Imbued with intrigue and dark humor, the single imagines a surreal world where a crush’s overly inquisitive parents meet an unexpected and sinister fate—simply because they couldn’t resist snooping while you were making out in the basement.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
Ev. G Explores Memory and Altered Realities on Kaleidoscopic New Single “Way We Remember”
Transportive and oblique, “Way We Remember” is the latest offering from Calgary-based artist Ev. G, a kaleidoscopic track that blurs memory, time, and perception into one hallucinatory whole. Taken from his forthcoming debut album, And Then I Go Up, out September 23, the single leans into asymmetry and psychedelia while pulsing with hypnotic swagger. At once hazy and vivid, it unfolds like a lucid dream in motion, grappling with the slipperiness of memory and the ways we warp time.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
Midnight Channel’s “Celebration” Pushes Jazz to Its Emotional Edge
Midnight Channel, the boundary-pushing Lethbridge-based jazz collective, unleashes their boldest and most emotionally raw track to date with “Celebration.” A turbulent and overwhelming composition that fuses frenzied percussion with spiritual depth, the piece encapsulates both chaos and serenity—an unrelenting storm that somehow resolves into peace.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
CON THE ARTIST Shines with Playful and Poignant New Single “Teach You How To Love”
LISTEN TO “TEACH YOU HOW TO LOVE” HERE South African/Canadian multi-disciplinary CON THE ARTIST returns with his latest single, “Teach You How To Love,” a glittering alt-pop track bursting with wobbly guitars, serotonin-soaked production, and lyrics that balance honesty with cheek. At once playful and poignant, the song explores the emotional learning curve of love—what it means to teach someone not through physicality, but through patience, selflessness, and lived experience.
By Chris Adams5 months ago in Beat
