indie

Indie music features a sampling of maverick musicians that favor the DIY approach to music making.

Am I lost or just afraid?
Verse 1 I know you don’t think about me now, And this heart hurts so much, but I can’t allow. How does this heal, when I don’t know
By Ina Zeneli10 months ago in Beat
Broken Bonds, But Bonds Still
Dreamy shoegaze intro with layered guitars, synth and fretless bassline, and snare-heavy drums Verse 1 (Dreamy shoegaze guitars, ethereal vocals that hang back in the mix a la My Bloody Valentine and softer snare-heavy drums)
By Paul Stewart10 months ago in Beat
Brooks John Martin Reveals his Most Honest Work Yet on Self-Titled Album
Brooks John Martin's self titled album, out now, marks a defining moment in the singer songwriter's career. Though it's his fifth full release, the Cedar Falls, Iowa based singer songwriter strips away the masks of past monikers like Toast, The Blue Danes, and Frank Hansen, and embraces his most personal and unfiltered work yet.
By Whitney Miller10 months ago in Beat
Self-Pity
Chorus Getting lost in Self-Pity, Living with the scars, Of another’s pain- It ain’t pretty… And you can’t tell a soul,
By Donnie Barlow10 months ago in Beat
Bloom of Life
You see my face now aging, Within the looking-glass - The Bloom of Youth is fading, Fading, Fading to the past. Girlish virtues once so soft,
By Taylor Rigsby10 months ago in Beat
Drums of Liberation
Beat the drums for liberation The dark will fade when the sun awakes Boom the drums toom-tah toom-tah For the dawn of liberation
By Judah LoVato10 months ago in Beat
Phantom Embrace. Top Story - March 2025.
So I couldn't figure out what I could possibly write a song about. I'm not a song writer, I'm a poet. So I looked through my poems because I mean, that's all I got is a lot of poems and I found one I thought might make a good song. If anyone ever said I would be writing a song out of a poem. I would have laughed them out of the room. But that is exactly what I did. I took a poem I wrote that was originally about someone missing the one they love so desperately that they dreamed them up at night and the pillows and sheets became their body and hands touching. Wound up in these sheets all night, the imagination got carried away and the recreated their lover over and over each night ... So, this song is based on that poem called "Ghost" as listed below:
By ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTY10 months ago in Beat
An interview
Verse 1: Did you get any sleep last night? I thought I saw from the corner of my eye? Did you have a dream or a terrible fright?
By Ada Zuba10 months ago in Beat
Group Therapy. Runner-Up in Harmonic Verses Challenge. Content Warning.
Chorus (Group Leader) Welcome to group therapy… Grab a seat, And gather round… Adjust your seats, For hearing and clarity…
By Donnie Barlow10 months ago in Beat
Add In Some Trumpets!. Top Story - March 2025.
Okay, here we go, picture it: Something like you’d see in a picture show, a musical, something silly with live actors so that it doesn't go exactly the same as every other time.
By Amos Glade10 months ago in Beat
notes on anora: poetry + prose.. Content Warning.
notes on anora: some prose. this piece will explore themes and bounds of the film anora (2024). consider this your spoiler alert.
By KRR10 months ago in Beat
Siren's "Arrow" Strikes Straight to the Heart
With their latest single “Arrow”, Siren delivers a love story wrapped in the rich, melodic rock textures they’ve become known for.
By Whitney Miller10 months ago in Beat