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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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Why do music blogs still matter when Spotify knows everything? The answer is in this article. thesoundvault.info/p/the-music-...
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
🥁 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. 👇
🥁 Sofie Birch | Humidity (feat Nana Pi) - Sofie Birch's "Humidity" featuring Nana Pi - how the Copenhagen ambient composer created a meditation on wholeness that appeared on two albums and defined her dreamlike synthesizer aesthetic. 👇
Sofie Birch | Humidity (feat Nana Pi)
Sofie Birch's "Humidity" featuring Nana Pi - how the Copenhagen ambient composer created a meditation on wholeness that appeared on two albums and defined her dreamlike synthesizer aesthetic.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Sofie Birch | Humidity (feat Nana Pi) - Sofie Birch's "Humidity" featuring Nana Pi - how the Copenhagen ambient composer created a meditation on wholeness that appeared on two albums and defined her dreamlike synthesizer aesthetic. 👇
🥁 Artist Spotlight: Mogwai’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🎸 - Discover Mogwai's 10 most essential tracks from Young Team to Rave Tapes - "Mogwai Fear Satan," "Like Herod," and why Glasgow's post-rock pioneers remain unmatched. 👇
Artist Spotlight: Mogwai’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🎸
Discover Mogwai's 10 most essential tracks from Young Team to Rave Tapes - "Mogwai Fear Satan," "Like Herod," and why Glasgow's post-rock pioneers remain unmatched.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Artist Spotlight: Mogwai’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🎸 - Discover Mogwai's 10 most essential tracks from Young Team to Rave Tapes - "Mogwai Fear Satan," "Like Herod," and why Glasgow's post-rock pioneers remain unmatched. 👇
Why do music blogs still matter when Spotify knows everything? The answer is in this article. thesoundvault.info/p/the-music-...
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
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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December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Why do music blogs still matter when Spotify knows everything? The answer is in this article. thesoundvault.info/p/the-music-...
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
#MusicSky #MusicDiscovery #MusicBlogs #IndependentMusicians #IndependentBloggers
🥁 God Is An Astronaut | Tempus Horizon - God Is An Astronaut’s “Tempus Horizon” from Far From Refuge - how Irish post-rock trio crafted their most patient instrumental journey at Quill Lane Studios between 2006-2007. 👇
God Is An Astronaut | Tempus Horizon
God Is An Astronaut’s “Tempus Horizon” from Far From Refuge - how Irish post-rock trio crafted their most patient instrumental journey at Quill Lane Studios between 2006-2007.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 God Is An Astronaut | Tempus Horizon - God Is An Astronaut’s “Tempus Horizon” from Far From Refuge - how Irish post-rock trio crafted their most patient instrumental journey at Quill Lane Studios between 2006-2007. 👇
🥁 The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #2 | Iceland Edition - Iceland Edition: Complete musical history from 1980s punk to Oscar-winning composers. Björk, Sigur Rós, múm, plus discoveries. Beyond algorithms. 👇 thesoundvault.info/p/the-sound-...
The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #2 | Iceland Edition
Iceland Edition: Complete musical history from 1980s punk to Oscar-winning composers. Björk, Sigur Rós, múm, plus discoveries. Beyond algorithms.
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December 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #2 | Iceland Edition - Iceland Edition: Complete musical history from 1980s punk to Oscar-winning composers. Björk, Sigur Rós, múm, plus discoveries. Beyond algorithms. 👇 thesoundvault.info/p/the-sound-...
🥁 Amiina | Rugla - Amiina’s “Rugla” - 4 Icelandic women created an enchanting soundscape with musical saws, kalimbas, and wine glasses for their 2007 debut album Kurr, recorded partly at Sigur Rós’ Sundlaugin studio. 👇
Amiina | Rugla
Amiina’s “Rugla” - 4 Icelandic women created an enchanting soundscape with musical saws, kalimbas, and wine glasses for their 2007 debut album Kurr, recorded partly at Sigur Rós’ Sundlaugin studio.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Amiina | Rugla - Amiina’s “Rugla” - 4 Icelandic women created an enchanting soundscape with musical saws, kalimbas, and wine glasses for their 2007 debut album Kurr, recorded partly at Sigur Rós’ Sundlaugin studio. 👇
🥁 Árstíðir | Ró - Árstíðir’s “Ró” - the instrumental that taught Iceland’s vocal harmony masters when silence speaks louder than words. How a crowdfunded album created this breathtaking guitar and violin meditation. 👇
Árstíðir | Ró
Árstíðir’s “Ró” - the instrumental that taught Iceland’s vocal harmony masters when silence speaks louder than words. How a crowdfunded album created this breathtaking guitar and violin meditation.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 Árstíðir | Ró - Árstíðir’s “Ró” - the instrumental that taught Iceland’s vocal harmony masters when silence speaks louder than words. How a crowdfunded album created this breathtaking guitar and violin meditation. 👇
🥁 The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #1 | Welcome Edition - Fresh music discoveries, deep dives into beloved tracks, and essential albums. The Sound Vault's biweekly digest for escaping algorithmic recommendations. 👇
The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #1 | Welcome Edition
Fresh music discoveries, deep dives into beloved tracks, and essential albums. The Sound Vault's biweekly digest for escaping algorithmic recommendations.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 The Sound Vault Music Discovery Digest #1 | Welcome Edition - Fresh music discoveries, deep dives into beloved tracks, and essential albums. The Sound Vault's biweekly digest for escaping algorithmic recommendations. 👇
Music Discovery Digest #4 | The Neo-Classical Piano Edition will be live tomorrow! open.substack.com/pub/thesound...
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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 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Music Discovery Digest #4 | The Neo-Classical Piano Edition will be live tomorrow! open.substack.com/pub/thesound...
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These are the Essential Albums of 2025.
The Best Albums of 2025: Essential Releases
The 12 key albums of 2025.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These are the Essential Albums of 2025.
🥁 Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum - Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012. 👇
Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum
Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum - Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012. 👇
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #3 | Post-Rock Odyssey Edition - A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 👇
Music Discovery Digest #3 | Post-Rock Odyssey Edition
A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🥁 Music Discovery Digest #3 | Post-Rock Odyssey Edition - A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. 👇
🥁 The Prodigy | Breathe - The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996. 👇
The Prodigy | Breathe
The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 The Prodigy | Breathe - The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996. 👇
🥁 What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds - What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations. 👇
What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds
What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds - What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations. 👇
3rd in the series. There is a lot about #post-rock musicians, songs and history.
#musicsky #Mogwai #ExplosionsInTheSky #GodIsAnAstronaut #SigurRos #Slint #GodspeeedYouBlackEmperor #MONO #WeLostTheSea #InstrumentalRock #Crescendo #DynamicMusic
#musicsky #Mogwai #ExplosionsInTheSky #GodIsAnAstronaut #SigurRos #Slint #GodspeeedYouBlackEmperor #MONO #WeLostTheSea #InstrumentalRock #Crescendo #DynamicMusic
A guide to post-rock and instrumental rock: origins, key albums, top artists, and a curated playlist featuring Mogwai, Sigur Rós, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. buff.ly/B6G4GfR
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
3rd in the series. There is a lot about #post-rock musicians, songs and history.
#musicsky #Mogwai #ExplosionsInTheSky #GodIsAnAstronaut #SigurRos #Slint #GodspeeedYouBlackEmperor #MONO #WeLostTheSea #InstrumentalRock #Crescendo #DynamicMusic
#musicsky #Mogwai #ExplosionsInTheSky #GodIsAnAstronaut #SigurRos #Slint #GodspeeedYouBlackEmperor #MONO #WeLostTheSea #InstrumentalRock #Crescendo #DynamicMusic
🥁 Murat Esmer | The Great Dictator - Listen now | My 2020 electronic take on Charlie Chaplin's 1940 speech from The Great Dictator - giving timeless anti-fascist words the background music they deserve for our current moment. 👇
Murat Esmer | The Great Dictator
Listen now | My 2020 electronic take on Charlie Chaplin's 1940 speech from The Great Dictator - giving timeless anti-fascist words the background music they deserve for our current moment.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Murat Esmer | The Great Dictator - Listen now | My 2020 electronic take on Charlie Chaplin's 1940 speech from The Great Dictator - giving timeless anti-fascist words the background music they deserve for our current moment. 👇
🥁 What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds - What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations. 👇
What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds
What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations.
thesoundvault.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🥁 What Is World Music? Your Gateway to Global Sounds - What is world music? Beyond the problematic label lies a universe of authentic cultural sounds. Discover how to navigate global music traditions beyond algorithmic recommendations. 👇
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Iceland Edition: Complete musical history from 1980s punk to Oscar-winning composers. Björk, Sigur Rós, múm, plus discoveries. Beyond algorithms. buff.ly/Dr49GSD
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Iceland Edition: Complete musical history from 1980s punk to Oscar-winning composers. Björk, Sigur Rós, múm, plus discoveries. Beyond algorithms. buff.ly/Dr49GSD
🥁 The Prodigy | Breathe - The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996. 👇
The Prodigy | Breathe
The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996.
thesoundvault.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🥁 The Prodigy | Breathe - The Prodigy’s “Breathe” - how a six-month instrumental loop, Jim Davies’ sampled guitar, and a Belgrade performance 11 months before release created their best-selling UK single in 1996. 👇
🥁 Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum - Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012. 👇
Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum
Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012.
thesoundvault.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🥁 Minor Empire | Dostum Dostum - Minor Empire's "Dostum Dostum" - how Istanbul's electronic music collective blended Turkish folk traditions with downtempo beats to create their signature cross-cultural sound in 2012. 👇
🥁 Mooncake, Ian Urbina | Somalia - Russian post-rock pioneers transformed investigative journalism about Somali piracy into atmospheric instrumental music for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project in 2020. 👇
Mooncake, Ian Urbina | Somalia
Russian post-rock pioneers transformed investigative journalism about Somali piracy into atmospheric instrumental music for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project in 2020.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🥁 Mooncake, Ian Urbina | Somalia - Russian post-rock pioneers transformed investigative journalism about Somali piracy into atmospheric instrumental music for The Outlaw Ocean Music Project in 2020. 👇