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The New Eves - Red Brick (Official Video)

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 2d

🦅 “Red Brick” is the rippling collage of urban folklore, feminist punk, and outsider art. #TheNewEves handled everything; songwriting, performance, filming, editing, making this a fully DIY creation. #indie #newmusic #art

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YouTube video by TheNewEvesVEVO

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 5d

👍 The songwriting of multi-instrumentalist #Melle is described as 'close and familiar, like he’s sitting next to you'. Currently perfecting his second album 'Before I Lose It' due in January...this is “At My Worst” featuring #Philine 👋 #indie #pop #folk #newmusic

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For this particular song, Melle’s gentle delivery pairs beautifully with Philine’s airy harmonies.

He deserves to receive praise for his honesty and emotional clarity. His real name is Melle IJsbrand Boddaert, a Dutch singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Leiden, Netherlands.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 7d

✍️ Singer-songwriter #PeteMurray and new album "Longing" marks a powerful return to independence, with the title track capturing the emotional depth and musical warmth that have defined his career. #Acousticrock #folk #Australia 🎸

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Longing

Elizabeth Moen -- "Songbird"

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 9d

✍️ “ just a songbird outside your window.” “I wish I could speak in whatever language you do”... the framework when people do care but can’t quite communicate it. #ElizabethMoen #Songbird #indie #folk #soul 🐦
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YouTube video by Flat Black Studios

TWEN - Allnighter [Official Music Video] (2025)

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 13d

✍️ “everybody want me but my lover”...a trumpet-laced lament; the lead single from his upcoming album 'Pain & the people around me'...a nod to vintage decadence and excess from #DeemSpencer #indie #lo-fi #jazz #pop #newmusic 🌠

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Deem spun the beat repeatedly at a friend’s house, searching for the right words. The hook came first, channeling ’50s–’70s pop heartbreak.

This track is a dreamy, jazz-inflected beat featuring Will Evans on trumpet.

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 14d

👋 Nashville-based indie rock duo Twen and new single "Allnighter" from their upcoming album Fate Euphoric, set to release November 4, 2025 #newmusic #twen
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YouTube video by twen band TV

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 15d

🦇 Mica Tenenbaum voices ~ Second Sleep ~ as a metaphor for wanting to retreat into dreams rather than face reality i.e. “Time to toughen up...” "Sun's coming up, Put the coffee on, and shutter on out the door" #MagdalenaBay #indie #art #altpop #newmusic #video

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Magdalena Bay is the Los Angeles-based duo of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin. They met as teenagers in Miami, originally playing together in a progressive rock band before pivoting to their signature dreamy synth-pop vibes.

New single released 26th of September 2025.

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 16d

👍 New York based duo #Phantogram with "Earthshaker"... some cryptic imagery for your day. 🦉 #indie #altpop
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Earthshaker

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 19d

👍 “Maybe ordinary suits THE GHOULS”... a poetic jab at conformity, suggesting that the undead thrive in the mundane. #Midlake convenes with benevolent rock and roll ghosts. #indie #folk #altrock #progressiverock #denton

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Midlake is an American folk rock band from Denton, Texas, formed in 1999. The band consists of Eric Pulido, McKenzie Smith, Scott Lee, Eric Nichelson, Jesse Chandler, and Joey McClellan.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 20d

🏍️ From the heart of 'Concrete Rhythms', the album housing of “Streetlights & Shadows” from #AerisIllume #newmusic #experimental #pop
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Streetlights & Shadows

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 21d

#DAFFO ...aka Gabi Gamberg, describes #newmusic track as a reflection on the habit of hiding truths from others, believing it’s for their benefit. Poetic lines especially the refrain “I can’t say what I mean / So I let it out sideways…” #indie #folk #rock open.spotify.com/track/4mUgLu...

“Sideways” is the final single from DAFFO’s debut album Where the Earth Bends.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 22d

✍️ “I’m not the one you’re looking for / But I’ll be here when you arrive.” ~ #FINE is part of a growing wave of Danish artists pushing the boundaries of indie and experimental pop. "Portal" is the latest release 💥 #indie #altpop #dreampop open.spotify.com/track/7LYCoM...

Portal

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 23d

👋 Their sound is described “as familiar as your favorite pair of Wranglers while as fresh as the morning Rocky Mountain air”. 2025 track “Sugar” was recorded live as part of the Sendero Sessions. #Marfa #Americana #popcountry open.spotify.com/track/1xqp03...

The sessions highlight their vocal blend and acoustic instrumentation, giving fans a front-row seat to their evolving artistry.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 26d

👋 From her upcoming album 'LIAR (Love Isn’t A Right)'...“I see a morning, I see a beautiful sky”... a recurring line that anchors the song’s optimism amid sorrow. #TanitaTikaram describes a meditation on the frightening normalisation of violence. #PoeticPop 👍
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Tanita describes the song as extreme inequality and the authoritarian government. Yet she finds hope in how people form communities to challenge these forces. “The idea that we can be better I find deeply moving,” she says.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 27d

“I don’t write by genre...I write honest songs,”~ #Tristen Gaspadarek describes herself as “refining unpopularity since 1982”. Her new single 'Skin of Our Teeth' is streaming. "We were loving ‘til we fell asleep on the soft warm bed of the wilderness.” #indie 👍
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For anyone who’s ever felt unseen but kept creating anyway just like me.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 28d

🎙️ For the fans of smooth sultry jazz 🎙️ #AllisonYoung records her version of the Sinatra classic “I Fall In Love Too Easily”. The song was also covered by artists like Chet Baker, Miles Davis, and Billie Holiday. #indie #jazz #folk #newmusic
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Allison Young is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist known for blending vintage jazz stylings with modern indie-folk.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · 29d

👋 “I’ve been selling myself so short / Well, I’m not selling anymore”. From their latest album '21st Century Fiction', “Wake Me Up” is a cleansing...about shaking off numbness and reclaiming self-worth. #indie #rock #altrock 🎸
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Formed in 2014 from Reading, Berkshire, England. Fronted by Matt Thomson ( vocals, guitar ).

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 22

👍 This track is a meditation on craftsmanship, solitude, and the beauty of imperfection. The autumnal season has arrived. #SethKauffman #FloatingAction #newmusic #indie

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Floating Action is the musical moniker of Seth Kauffman, a North Carolina-based multi-instrumentalist and producer known for crafting genre-blurring, lo-fi grooves that blend indie rock, soul, dub, folk, and psychedelia.

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 20

👋 Been haunted by “Faces in the Firelight” for weeks. #ShanaCleveland turns these moments into reveries. Maybe we see a burn pile, a dark field, or a flicker of life. #indiefolk #PsychFolk

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Shana Cleveland is a poetic force in the indie folk and psych scene—best known as the frontwoman of La Luz and for her solo work.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 19

👋 indie rock band #Cusp returns with "Follow Along". Maybe you feel too much and say too little? Immersed in the city’s rich indie scene, they found new energy and cohesion. #indie #altpop #altrock #Chicago

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Cusp is a five-piece indie rock band originally from Rochester, NY, now based in Chicago. Their lineup includes Bender, Gaelen Bates (guitar), Matt Manes (bass), Tommy Moore (drums, percussion, vocals), and Tessa O’Connell (synths, piano, vocals).

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 18

“I just wasn’t made up for these times/But I don’t care as long as you are mine.” ~ #DeanBlunt & #EliasRønnenfelt: A joint pair of wings. A well in drought. Modern alienation and fragile intimacy. #Newmusic track “Tears on His Rings and Chains” #artpop #avant-garde open.spotify.com/track/7DigNx...

London's Roy Chukwuemeka Nnawuchi blends high art and street culture, often with biting satire.

UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 17

“You cast me skimming like a stone…” “Now I’m healing / Now I’m free / What’s your secret?” #MarkWilliamLewis is steeped in poetry and abstraction. #newmusic #indie #rock #folk ~skeletons coupling ~ 👍
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His debut LP Living earned critical acclaim from Pitchfork, and in 2025, he became the first artist signed to A24 Music for a non-soundtrack album.

Mark William Lewis is a London-born singer-songwriter.

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UnitedSongBird @unitedsongbird.bsky.social · Sep 16

🎉 Impossible to label, impossible to ignore. "Sky Writing" feels like friendship, freedom, and the kind of sunrise that makes you believe in magic again. #FadeEvare #experimental #indie #trip-hop #ambientPop 😎
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“Written from a text message. Sung like a memory is what it feels like to be young, exhausted, and grateful.” ~ Fade Evare