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#407 – Peder Mannerfelt, Decisive Pink, Lamp of Murmuur, Al Wootton, Úlfúð, Dorothy Moskowitz & the United States of Alchemy

We’re going big, epic even, on this week’s Independent Music Podcast. Starting with a big hitter from Roll the Dice’s Peder Mannerfelt, we touch upon … Read more

#394 – Favourites of 2022, part one

Every year we’re astounded by the onslaught of superb music, and our favourites of 2022 really reflect the global nature of sublime experimental sounds. From … Read more

#384 – Dame Area, Shit & Shine, Ami Dang, Authentically Plastic, Citron Citron, USA Nails

Idiosyncrasies reign on this week’s Independent Music Podcast as we kick off with the blistering sounds of Barcelona’s Dame Area, and back it up with … Read more

#373 – O. G. Jigg, Tasos Stamou, Ko Shin Moon, Poison Zcora, Vādin, St Agnis

We have a lot of abstraction and lo-fi bouncy dance music on this week’s Independent Music Podcast. From the opening obtuseness of Tasos Stamou’s new … Read more

#359 – Yao Bobby & Simon Grab, Corpsegrinder, Congotronics International, Wulffluw XCIV, Société Étrange, Scrounge

Good things come to wait, and we’ve been waiting a long time for the debut LP from the long-standing collaboration between Switzerland’s Simon Grab and … Read more

#322 – Pan Daijing, Ben Vince, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Luis Vasquez, Richard Youngs, Kentaro Hayashi

The usual rollercoaster of sounds on this week’s Independent Music Podcast, from The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez’s stunning step into releasing music under his own name through to delicate experimental folk from Japan.

#308 – Divide and Dissolve, TT The Artist, Micall Parknsun, Dean McPhee , Meril Wubslin, Sarathy Korwar

A fantastic hour of new music this week, although the highlight could well be the sublime cut of Eswatini and South African music from 1989 that’s had a reissue on France’s Nyami Nyami label. That Azumah track is bookended by two fairly gnarly pieces from Canada’s Seum and Australia’s Divide and Dissolve, we also have stunning ambient soundscapes from Chinese debutant Voision Xi, straight-to-disc improvisation from Sarathy Korwar and Upaj Collective, timely social commentary from Micall Parknsun and loads more.

#276 – Meridian Brothers, Dijit, Einstürzende Neubauten, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, King Rambo Sound

Quite a hefty batch of tracks on our usual global excursion. Starting in the Ukraine with some post-punk and travelling swiftly to Haitian voodoo polyrhythms, … Read more

#250 – Liturgy, The Mauskovic Dance Band, Pulled By Magnets, Baby Val & Paco Pack, Luminous Bodies

Over 250 episodes, the Independent Music Podcast has promoted 3,200 independent artists and record labels. On episode 250, we’re doing nothing more than continuing to … Read more

#242 – Innercity Ensemble, YĪN YĪN, Hand & Leg, Mirrored Lips, Somah & Nova

Thank you for continuing to listen and share the podcast, every week we love bringing new music to your ears and this week is no … Read more