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bed wrote a manifesto before they wrote a look

The Tokyo four-piece send journalists a written document called the Unified Vision. The blacked-out shades, the Matrix-green flyers and the strobe-blind live set all descend from it, which is the correct order to do this in and almost nobody does.

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Sleep lineup change: Al Cisneros joined by Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover
Al Cisneros welcomes Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover as Sleep release 'The Morrisist' ahead of their album Hemispheres.

Sleep unveil new lineup with single 'The Morrisist'

Sleep have added Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover and shared single 'The Morrisist' ahead of Hemispheres — no credited imagery or video accompanies the release.

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A 2026 snapshot through six Bandcamp releases that map the city's club subgenres.

Gqom — Durban’s Taxi-Rave Sound in 2026

Six Bandcamp releases in 2026 show gqom branching from sgubhu (idombolo) to iSqinsi and uThayela.

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Running Back issues a two‑volume archive of Tony Humphries’s KISS FM Mastermixes, with a bonus 90‑minute Mastermix.

Tony Humphries: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years on Running Back

Running Back releases Tony Humphries’s Kiss FM Zanzibar Years — archival KISS FM mixes plus a 90‑minute Mastermix. Stream it on Running Back’s Bandcamp.

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Organ-forward, mod-punk energy compressed into ten short, furious songs.

Perennial — Modernism

Perennial's Modernism landed September 18, 2026 on Ernest Jenning/Safe Suburban Home; the Connecticut trio serve an organ-forward, mod-meets-post-hardcore blast.

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How Greenlandic artists blend drum-dance, field recordings and electronics to carry Kalaallisut identity beyond the islands.

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Greenlandic artists fold drum-dance and field recordings into electronic music to carry Kalaallisut identity beyond the islands.

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Sleep lineup change: Al Cisneros joined by Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover

Sleep unveil new lineup with single 'The Morrisist'

Al Cisneros welcomes Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover as Sleep release 'The Morrisist' ahead of their album Hemispheres.
Cover for Tony Humphries — Kiss FM Zanzibar Years compilation

Tony Humphries: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years on Running Back

Running Back issues a two‑volume archive of Tony Humphries’s KISS FM Mastermixes, with a bonus 90‑minute Mastermix.
Perennial — Modernism album art

Perennial — Modernism

Organ-forward, mod-punk energy compressed into ten short, furious songs.
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Angela Autumn — Believer

A sophomore record that shifts the 'Rose of Appalachia' from old‑time roots into psych‑tinged country and folk.
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The duo’s fifth album, made with Durham friends, answers the age’s anxieties with buoyant, genre-hopping pop.

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Sleep unveil new lineup with single 'The Morrisist'Al Cisneros welcomes Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover as Sleep release 'The Morrisist' ahead of their album Hemispheres. Gqom — Durban’s Taxi-Rave Sound in 2026A 2026 snapshot through six Bandcamp releases that map the city's club subgenres. Tony Humphries: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years on Running BackRunning Back issues a two‑volume archive of Tony Humphries’s KISS FM Mastermixes, with a bonus 90‑minute Mastermix. Perennial — ModernismOrgan-forward, mod-punk energy compressed into ten short, furious songs. bed wrote a manifesto before they wrote a lookTokyo, Japan · industrial rave-rock Greenland music: resilience, drums and modern reachHow Greenlandic artists blend drum-dance, field recordings and electronics to carry Kalaallisut identity beyond the islands. She has worn the same uniform since 2020, and took it off for the coverBerlin, Germany · pop Angela Autumn — BelieverA sophomore record that shifts the 'Rose of Appalachia' from old‑time roots into psych‑tinged country and folk. Sylvan Esso: Ow ∞ — a bubbly tonicThe duo’s fifth album, made with Durham friends, answers the age’s anxieties with buoyant, genre-hopping pop. She trained as a visual artist, so she makes the images tooCopenhagen, Denmark · experimental pop The band takes its own photos, designs its own sleeves, and makes a perfume for each recordBerlin, Germany · shoegaze "Every dirty thing is pretty. Every pretty thing is dirty."Brighton, UK · grunge-pop Erykah Badu & The Alchemist: NTS Live Session by Yasser AbubekerAn intimate courtyard film that frames the duo’s new album with smoky, slow-zoom cinematography and a spare live setup. They shot an alien in Kosovo from behind a bush, on a long lensMaastricht, Netherlands · cosmic disco Clay, puppets and airbrush gradients, made in her own studioTottenham, London · punk-rap Magazine cut-outs, a comic, and Lady Gaga's "Telephone" on the moodboardNorth London · electro club-pop
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