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The Music Blogs That Still Matter
The 10 best music blogs of 2025: Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus, and more. Real human curation that beats Spotify's algorithm every time.
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🥁 Nightmares on Wax | You Wish - Nightmares on Wax’s “You Wish” - how George Evelyn chopped a Judy Clay sample in two hours to create a downtempo classic that hit #1 on Beatport eight years after release. 👇
Nightmares on Wax | You Wish
Nightmares on Wax’s “You Wish” - how George Evelyn chopped a Judy Clay sample in two hours to create a downtempo classic that hit #1 on Beatport eight years after release.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Nightmares on Wax | You Wish - Nightmares on Wax’s “You Wish” - how George Evelyn chopped a Judy Clay sample in two hours to create a downtempo classic that hit #1 on Beatport eight years after release. 👇
🥁 Megadeth | Ride The Lightning - Megadeth's "Ride the Lightning" cover - Dave Mustaine reclaims the Metallica song he co-wrote 42 years earlier on his band's 2026 final album. 👇
Megadeth | Ride The Lightning
Megadeth's "Ride the Lightning" cover - Dave Mustaine reclaims the Metallica song he co-wrote 42 years earlier on his band's 2026 final album.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Megadeth | Ride The Lightning - Megadeth's "Ride the Lightning" cover - Dave Mustaine reclaims the Metallica song he co-wrote 42 years earlier on his band's 2026 final album. 👇
🥁 Patrick Watson | Know That You Know - Patrick Watson’s “Know That You Know” - Montreal singer-songwriter crafted a seven-minute meditation on letting go with cinematic orchestration on his breakthrough Love Songs For Robots album. 👇
Patrick Watson | Know That You Know
Patrick Watson’s “Know That You Know” - Montreal singer-songwriter crafted a seven-minute meditation on letting go with cinematic orchestration on his breakthrough Love Songs For Robots album.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Patrick Watson | Know That You Know - Patrick Watson’s “Know That You Know” - Montreal singer-songwriter crafted a seven-minute meditation on letting go with cinematic orchestration on his breakthrough Love Songs For Robots album. 👇
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #6 | Beyond Borders Edition - New music discoveries from Iceland to Pakistan: Sólstafir, Arooj Aftab, Glass Beams, plus The Prodigy, David Bowie's essentials, and Krautrock's history. 👇
Music Discovery Digest #6 | Beyond Borders Edition
New music discoveries from Iceland to Pakistan: Sólstafir, Arooj Aftab, Glass Beams, plus The Prodigy, David Bowie's essentials, and Krautrock's history.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #6 | Beyond Borders Edition - New music discoveries from Iceland to Pakistan: Sólstafir, Arooj Aftab, Glass Beams, plus The Prodigy, David Bowie's essentials, and Krautrock's history. 👇
🥁 UNKLE | Lonely Soul - UNKLE’s “Lonely Soul” featuring Richard Ashcroft, how a Mo’ Wax label boss and DJ Shadow created the nine-minute trip-hop epic that became the benchmark for Psyence Fiction in 1996-1998. 👇
UNKLE | Lonely Soul
UNKLE’s “Lonely Soul” featuring Richard Ashcroft, how a Mo’ Wax label boss and DJ Shadow created the nine-minute trip-hop epic that became the benchmark for Psyence Fiction in 1996-1998.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 UNKLE | Lonely Soul - UNKLE’s “Lonely Soul” featuring Richard Ashcroft, how a Mo’ Wax label boss and DJ Shadow created the nine-minute trip-hop epic that became the benchmark for Psyence Fiction in 1996-1998. 👇
🥁 Sólstafir | Fjara - Sólstafir’s “Fjara” - how Iceland’s post-metal band created their biggest hit with a haunting song about betrayal and endings, featuring a striking music video shot at Skógafoss waterfall in 2011. 👇
Sólstafir | Fjara
Sólstafir’s “Fjara” - how Iceland’s post-metal band created their biggest hit with a haunting song about betrayal and endings, featuring a striking music video shot at Skógafoss waterfall in...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Sólstafir | Fjara - Sólstafir’s “Fjara” - how Iceland’s post-metal band created their biggest hit with a haunting song about betrayal and endings, featuring a striking music video shot at Skógafoss waterfall in 2011. 👇
🥁 Glass Beams | Rattlesnake - Glass Beams’ “Rattlesnake” from their debut EP Mirage, how the masked Melbourne trio created a serpentine psych-funk finale that would help launch one of music’s most mysterious viral phenomenons. 👇
Glass Beams | Rattlesnake
Glass Beams’ “Rattlesnake” from their debut EP Mirage, how the masked Melbourne trio created a serpentine psych-funk finale that would help launch one of music’s most mysterious viral phenomenons.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Glass Beams | Rattlesnake - Glass Beams’ “Rattlesnake” from their debut EP Mirage, how the masked Melbourne trio created a serpentine psych-funk finale that would help launch one of music’s most mysterious viral phenomenons. 👇
🥁 Essential Albums: The Prodigy | The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy’s “The Fat of the Land” (1997) - the breakbeat masterpiece that brought rave culture to MTV, sold 10+ million copies, and changed electronic music forever. 👇
Essential Albums: The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
The Prodigy’s “The Fat of the Land” (1997) - the breakbeat masterpiece that brought rave culture to MTV, sold 10+ million copies, and changed electronic music forever.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Essential Albums: The Prodigy | The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy’s “The Fat of the Land” (1997) - the breakbeat masterpiece that brought rave culture to MTV, sold 10+ million copies, and changed electronic music forever. 👇
🥁 Katatonia | July - Katatonia’s “July” from The Great Cold Distance, how the Swedish masters of melancholy crafted a paradoxically uplifting anthem about heat, violence, and abandonment in 2006. 👇
Katatonia | July
Katatonia’s “July” from The Great Cold Distance, how the Swedish masters of melancholy crafted a paradoxically uplifting anthem about heat, violence, and abandonment in 2006.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Katatonia | July - Katatonia’s “July” from The Great Cold Distance, how the Swedish masters of melancholy crafted a paradoxically uplifting anthem about heat, violence, and abandonment in 2006. 👇
🥁 Norrda | Remedy - Norrda’s “Remedy” - how a Turkish trio living on three continents created a melancholic electroacoustic masterpiece blending Eastern percussion, Northern melancholy, and Western guitars in 2007. 👇
Norrda | Remedy
Norrda’s “Remedy” - how a Turkish trio living on three continents created a melancholic electroacoustic masterpiece blending Eastern percussion, Northern melancholy, and Western guitars in 2007.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Norrda | Remedy - Norrda’s “Remedy” - how a Turkish trio living on three continents created a melancholic electroacoustic masterpiece blending Eastern percussion, Northern melancholy, and Western guitars in 2007. 👇
🥁 Essential Albums: Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts - Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts, the comeback album that proved ambient music could chart while staying true to its hypnotic roots. 👇
Essential Albums: Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts, the comeback album that proved ambient music could chart while staying true to its hypnotic roots.
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January 25, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Essential Albums: Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts - Carbon Based Lifeforms - Derelicts, the comeback album that proved ambient music could chart while staying true to its hypnotic roots. 👇
🥁 Sleep Token | Emergence - Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart records and earned a Grammy nomination in 2025. 👇
Sleep Token | Emergence
Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart records and earned a Grammy nomination in...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Sleep Token | Emergence - Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart records and earned a Grammy nomination in 2025. 👇
🥁 Kerala Dust | The Bay - Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier in 2025. 👇
Kerala Dust | The Bay
Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier in 2025.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Kerala Dust | The Bay - Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier in 2025. 👇
🥁 Arooj Aftab | Aey Nehin - A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a lover who never arrived. 👇
Arooj Aftab | Aey Nehin
A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a lover who never arrived.
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January 18, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Arooj Aftab | Aey Nehin - A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a lover who never arrived. 👇
🥁 Artist Spotlight: David Bowie’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🌟 - Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention revealed. 👇
Artist Spotlight: David Bowie’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🌟
Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention revealed.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Artist Spotlight: David Bowie’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🌟 - Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention revealed. 👇
🥁 Chartreuse | Offerings - Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most melancholic meditation on solitude and survival in 2025. 👇
Chartreuse | Offerings
Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most melancholic meditation on solitude and survival in 2025.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Chartreuse | Offerings - Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most melancholic meditation on solitude and survival in 2025. 👇
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #5: The Best of The Sound Vault 2025 Edition - The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you searched most. 👇
Music Discovery Digest #5: The Best of The Sound Vault 2025 Edition
The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you searched most.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #5: The Best of The Sound Vault 2025 Edition - The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you searched most. 👇
🥁 Leifur James | Smoke In The Air II - Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's 2025 release. 👇
Leifur James | Smoke In The Air II
Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's 2025 release.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Leifur James | Smoke In The Air II - Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's 2025 release. 👇
🥁 Essential Albums: The Clash - London Calling - London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all time. 👇
Essential Albums: The Clash - London Calling
London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all time.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Essential Albums: The Clash - London Calling - London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all time. 👇
🥁 RÓIS | Caoine - Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024. 👇
RÓIS | Caoine
Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🥁 RÓIS | Caoine - Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024. 👇
🥁 nuriveben | Innocent Fallacy - Turkish-born London producer Nuri Özlü crafted a 7-minute ambient meditation during the first pandemic lockdown in July 2020, breaking down innocent fallacies through organic electronics. 👇
nuriveben | Innocent Fallacy
Turkish-born London producer Nuri Özlü crafted a 7-minute ambient meditation during the first pandemic lockdown in July 2020, breaking down innocent fallacies through organic electronics.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:33 AM
🥁 nuriveben | Innocent Fallacy - Turkish-born London producer Nuri Özlü crafted a 7-minute ambient meditation during the first pandemic lockdown in July 2020, breaking down innocent fallacies through organic electronics. 👇
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #4 | The Neo-Classical Piano Edition - Neo-classical piano history and bedroom studios democratised classical music through streaming, creating the movement that gave us 2 billion Sleep streams and viral “Valse.” 👇
Music Discovery Digest #4 | The Neo-Classical Piano Edition
Neo-classical piano history and bedroom studios democratised classical music through streaming, creating the movement that gave us 2 billion Sleep streams and viral “Valse.”
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December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #4 | The Neo-Classical Piano Edition - Neo-classical piano history and bedroom studios democratised classical music through streaming, creating the movement that gave us 2 billion Sleep streams and viral “Valse.” 👇
🥁 Music Review Submissions: How to Actually Get Coverage - Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage. 👇
Music Review Submissions: How to Actually Get Coverage
Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Music Review Submissions: How to Actually Get Coverage - Learn how to get your music reviewed by independent blogs and magazines. Practical submission tips, email templates, and realistic expectations for DIY artists seeking press coverage. 👇
🥁 Janet & Jak Esim Ensemble | Yo Era Ninya - A five-century-old Sephardic love song about betrayal became Istanbul's most haunting preservation of Ladino culture through a fretless guitar virtuoso and decades of archival obsession. 👇
Janet & Jak Esim Ensemble | Yo Era Ninya
A five-century-old Sephardic love song about betrayal became Istanbul's most haunting preservation of Ladino culture through a fretless guitar virtuoso and decades of archival obsession.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Janet & Jak Esim Ensemble | Yo Era Ninya - A five-century-old Sephardic love song about betrayal became Istanbul's most haunting preservation of Ladino culture through a fretless guitar virtuoso and decades of archival obsession. 👇
🥁 Nekropsi | Efsane - Nekropsi's "Efsane" - how Istanbul's progressive rock pioneers transformed from thrash metal to create a 6-minute Middle Eastern-inflected masterpiece that defined Turkish experimental music in 1996. 👇
Nekropsi | Efsane
Nekropsi's "Efsane" - how Istanbul's progressive rock pioneers transformed from thrash metal to create a 6-minute Middle Eastern-inflected masterpiece that defined Turkish experimental music in 1996.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Nekropsi | Efsane - Nekropsi's "Efsane" - how Istanbul's progressive rock pioneers transformed from thrash metal to create a 6-minute Middle Eastern-inflected masterpiece that defined Turkish experimental music in 1996. 👇