#independent — Public Fediverse posts

Laundry Day ► I Wanna Love You Babe

https://musicwayatx.com/2026/09/08/laundry-day-%e2%96%ba-i-wanna-love-you-babe/

Laundry Day ► I Wanna Love You Babe

https://musicwayatx.com/2026/09/08/laundry-day-%e2%96%ba-i-wanna-love-you-babe/

Laundry Day ► I Wanna Love You Babe

https://musicwayatx.com/2026/09/08/laundry-day-%e2%96%ba-i-wanna-love-you-babe/

Laundry Day ► I Wanna Love You Babe

https://musicwayatx.com/2026/09/08/laundry-day-%e2%96%ba-i-wanna-love-you-babe/

Laundry Day ► I Wanna Love You Babe

https://musicwayatx.com/2026/09/08/laundry-day-%e2%96%ba-i-wanna-love-you-babe/

DIAMOND IS GONE, SO WHY ARE PUBLISHERS STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR COMICS BACK?
Diamond’s bankruptcy was supposed to be the end of an era. Instead, publishers are still...
https://comiccrusaders.com/the-wepa-report/al-mega-takes/diamond-inventory-fight-publishers-comics/
#Ad Populum #comic book distribution #comic book industry #comic retailers #comics business #consignment inventory #Diamond bankruptcy #Diamond Comic Distributors #independent publishers #Pop King #Sparkle Pop #The WEPA Report

DIAMOND IS GONE, SO WHY ARE PUBLISHERS STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR COMICS BACK?
Diamond’s bankruptcy was supposed to be the end of an era. Instead, publishers are still...
https://comiccrusaders.com/the-wepa-report/al-mega-takes/diamond-inventory-fight-publishers-comics/
#Ad Populum #comic book distribution #comic book industry #comic retailers #comics business #consignment inventory #Diamond bankruptcy #Diamond Comic Distributors #independent publishers #Pop King #Sparkle Pop #The WEPA Report

DIAMOND IS GONE, SO WHY ARE PUBLISHERS STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR COMICS BACK?
Diamond’s bankruptcy was supposed to be the end of an era. Instead, publishers are still...
https://comiccrusaders.com/the-wepa-report/al-mega-takes/diamond-inventory-fight-publishers-comics/
#Ad Populum #comic book distribution #comic book industry #comic retailers #comics business #consignment inventory #Diamond bankruptcy #Diamond Comic Distributors #independent publishers #Pop King #Sparkle Pop #The WEPA Report

DIAMOND IS GONE, SO WHY ARE PUBLISHERS STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR COMICS BACK?
Diamond’s bankruptcy was supposed to be the end of an era. Instead, publishers are still...
https://comiccrusaders.com/the-wepa-report/al-mega-takes/diamond-inventory-fight-publishers-comics/
#Ad Populum #comic book distribution #comic book industry #comic retailers #comics business #consignment inventory #Diamond bankruptcy #Diamond Comic Distributors #independent publishers #Pop King #Sparkle Pop #The WEPA Report

DIAMOND IS GONE, SO WHY ARE PUBLISHERS STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR COMICS BACK?
Diamond’s bankruptcy was supposed to be the end of an era. Instead, publishers are still...
https://comiccrusaders.com/the-wepa-report/al-mega-takes/diamond-inventory-fight-publishers-comics/
#Ad Populum #comic book distribution #comic book industry #comic retailers #comics business #consignment inventory #Diamond bankruptcy #Diamond Comic Distributors #independent publishers #Pop King #Sparkle Pop #The WEPA Report

"It's rare that a singer sounds this distinctive, and good; her voice simultaneously fragile, forceful, aching and artful."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/adam-hill-el-sueno-jazz

Find the pair in the Slow Jazz Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-jazz-playlist

#jazzvocal #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada

"It's rare that a singer sounds this distinctive, and good; her voice simultaneously fragile, forceful, aching and artful."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/adam-hill-el-sueno-jazz

Find the pair in the Slow Jazz Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-jazz-playlist

#jazzvocal #music #alternative #independent #artist #canada

"subwoofer-testing bass, lazy, stripped-back but swinging beats and a taste of Lebanon permeate all the cuts"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/dj-plead-please-beats

Find Plead in the Slow World Playlist. Playlist:https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-world-playlist

#beats #lebanon #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

German Rocket Reaches Orbit in Europe’s First Commercial Launch

Islam Times – German startup Isar Aerospace on Saturday launched its Spectrum rocket into or…
#Europe #EU #a #access #aerospace #and #Arctic #commercial #Continental #efforts #European #europes #first #from #German #in #independent #into #Isar #Islam #its #launch #launched #marking #milestone #Norway #on #orbit #orbital #reaches #Rocket #Saturday #secure #space #Spectrum #Startup #Times #to
https://www.europesays.com/europe/131923/

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

"The album captures the infinite echoes of decades-old music, and weaves the still-resonating creativity into a wondrous, gaseous ambient odyssey."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/vpc-ensemble-life-is-a-strange-loop-ambient

Find VPC Ensemble in the Slow Oddities Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-oddities

#ambient #jazz #music #alternative #independent #artist #newyork

James Kuhoric | VALENTINE BLUFFS MASSACRE: IRON HEART | Comic Crusaders Podcast #753
The mines beneath Valentine Bluffs are open again, but the darkness waiting below has received one brutal...

#James Kuhoric #Valentine Bluffs Massacre #Iron Heart #American Mythology #G.O. Parsons #Andrea Arcari #Roy Allan Martinez #The Miner #horror comics #slasher comics #independent comics #comic book interviews #Comic Crusaders Podcast #Al Mega #My Bloody Valentine #robot horror #automation #new comics 2026

James Kuhoric | VALENTINE BLUFFS MASSACRE: IRON HEART | Comic Crusaders Podcast #753
The mines beneath Valentine Bluffs are open again, but the darkness waiting below has received one brutal...

#James Kuhoric #Valentine Bluffs Massacre #Iron Heart #American Mythology #G.O. Parsons #Andrea Arcari #Roy Allan Martinez #The Miner #horror comics #slasher comics #independent comics #comic book interviews #Comic Crusaders Podcast #Al Mega #My Bloody Valentine #robot horror #automation #new comics 2026

Mixtape 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QkNh-DGpKM

A take on mondo mixtapes: classic movies, tv, ads, toons, genre, psychotronic, vintage, avant-garde, silent, talkie, Hollywood, independent, worldwide.

For the followers of mine on here that are fans of my music -

A few months ago, I started compiling a lot of the B-sides, rarities, compilation tracks, weird abandoned demos, and various other ephemera from the past 20 years or so.

I guess you could call them the “Canada strays”, because it’s all stuff from after I moved to the island, about 20 years ago.

I have put together a nice curated collection of these songs (30 plus!) into one nice little package called Low-Budget Horror, and it’s up and available for download if you’re interested.

It’s “Name Your Own Price”, so feel free to steal it if you want, or you can throw me a few bucks if you like, too.

This is true #indie music; odd and catchy #noisepop , #folk #acoustic stuff , weirdo #electronic and #synth , and abrasive #industrial #alternative rock.

It’s all over the place, but pretty damn cool sounding.

Yours if you’re curious.

-Ape

https://sixcarcollision.bandcamp.com/album/low-budget-horror-b-sides-rarities-2007-2026

#music #art #artrock #retro #vintage #vinyl #independent

For the followers of mine on here that are fans of my music -

A few months ago, I started compiling a lot of the B-sides, rarities, compilation tracks, weird abandoned demos, and various other ephemera from the past 20 years or so.

I guess you could call them the “Canada strays”, because it’s all stuff from after I moved to the island, about 20 years ago.

I have put together a nice curated collection of these songs (30 plus!) into one nice little package called Low-Budget Horror, and it’s up and available for download if you’re interested.

It’s “Name Your Own Price”, so feel free to steal it if you want, or you can throw me a few bucks if you like, too.

This is true #indie music; odd and catchy #noisepop , #folk #acoustic stuff , weirdo #electronic and #synth , and abrasive #industrial #alternative rock.

It’s all over the place, but pretty damn cool sounding.

Yours if you’re curious.

-Ape

https://sixcarcollision.bandcamp.com/album/low-budget-horror-b-sides-rarities-2007-2026

#music #art #artrock #retro #vintage #vinyl #independent

For the followers of mine on here that are fans of my music -

A few months ago, I started compiling a lot of the B-sides, rarities, compilation tracks, weird abandoned demos, and various other ephemera from the past 20 years or so.

I guess you could call them the “Canada strays”, because it’s all stuff from after I moved to the island, about 20 years ago.

I have put together a nice curated collection of these songs (30 plus!) into one nice little package called Low-Budget Horror, and it’s up and available for download if you’re interested.

It’s “Name Your Own Price”, so feel free to steal it if you want, or you can throw me a few bucks if you like, too.

This is true #indie music; odd and catchy #noisepop , #folk #acoustic stuff , weirdo #electronic and #synth , and abrasive #industrial #alternative rock.

It’s all over the place, but pretty damn cool sounding.

Yours if you’re curious.

-Ape

https://sixcarcollision.bandcamp.com/album/low-budget-horror-b-sides-rarities-2007-2026

#music #art #artrock #retro #vintage #vinyl #independent

For the followers of mine on here that are fans of my music -

A few months ago, I started compiling a lot of the B-sides, rarities, compilation tracks, weird abandoned demos, and various other ephemera from the past 20 years or so.

I guess you could call them the “Canada strays”, because it’s all stuff from after I moved to the island, about 20 years ago.

I have put together a nice curated collection of these songs (30 plus!) into one nice little package called Low-Budget Horror, and it’s up and available for download if you’re interested.

It’s “Name Your Own Price”, so feel free to steal it if you want, or you can throw me a few bucks if you like, too.

This is true #indie music; odd and catchy #noisepop , #folk #acoustic stuff , weirdo #electronic and #synth , and abrasive #industrial #alternative rock.

It’s all over the place, but pretty damn cool sounding.

Yours if you’re curious.

-Ape

https://sixcarcollision.bandcamp.com/album/low-budget-horror-b-sides-rarities-2007-2026

#music #art #artrock #retro #vintage #vinyl #independent

For the followers of mine on here that are fans of my music -

A few months ago, I started compiling a lot of the B-sides, rarities, compilation tracks, weird abandoned demos, and various other ephemera from the past 20 years or so.

I guess you could call them the “Canada strays”, because it’s all stuff from after I moved to the island, about 20 years ago.

I have put together a nice curated collection of these songs (30 plus!) into one nice little package called Low-Budget Horror, and it’s up and available for download if you’re interested.

It’s “Name Your Own Price”, so feel free to steal it if you want, or you can throw me a few bucks if you like, too.

This is true #indie music; odd and catchy #noisepop , #folk #acoustic stuff , weirdo #electronic and #synth , and abrasive #industrial #alternative rock.

It’s all over the place, but pretty damn cool sounding.

Yours if you’re curious.

-Ape

https://sixcarcollision.bandcamp.com/album/low-budget-horror-b-sides-rarities-2007-2026

#music #art #artrock #retro #vintage #vinyl #independent

BLACKNUT AND ACCLAIM LEVEL UP CLOUD GAMING WITH FOUR NEW TITLES ARRIVING SUMMER 2026
Acclaim is back in the game, and this time it is not letting a console, download, or dusty piece of hardware...

#Blacknut #Acclaim #Blacknut cloud gaming #Acclaim games #The Prisoning Fletcher’s Quest #Katanaut #GRIDbeat #Basketball Classics #cloud gaming #summer 2026 games #video game news #independent games #retro gaming #arcade games #Gamescom 2026 #subscription gaming #gaming platforms #Comic Crusaders

The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly

A pitbull with a gentle spirit finds new purpose with the help of a ragtag team of dogs.
The post The Junkyard by Bryan Reilly appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/06/18/the-junkyard-by-bryan-reilly/

#bookreview #Independent #MiddleGrade #middlegradefantasy #middlegradefiction

"He also has a well-crafted, cultured line in darker, alternative folk music with devilishly detailed, ancient meets futuristic, path less trodden arrangements"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/finnegan-tui-dusk-alt-folk

Find Tui in the Slow Folk Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#altfolk #folktronica #alternative #independent #artist #london

#purge #diday I discovered the App Jan.
Free and open source for local LLMs / AI . Functionality more like LM Studio than Open LlaMa. Choose between dozens of free models.

https://www.jan.ai #unplugbigtech #ai #ki #independent

"I have to admit a soft spot for eight-minute-long tracks with four-minute-long, mantric, patiently building freak-folk instrumental introductions"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/jesus-is-the-path-to-heaven-the-lord-has-bled-a-line-alt-folk

Find them in the Slow Psyche Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#altfolk #alternative #independent #artist #northcarolina

mondoclassicmixtapes – mixtape 74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGOypZ30xng

(List of clips in description) A take on mondo mixtapes: classic movies, tv, ads, toons, genre, psychotronic, vintage, avant-garde, silent, talkie, Hollywood, independent, and worldwide

"a rhythmic, hypnotic guitar refrain that sucks you in from the off, regular, menacing psyche guitar riffs that punch through the gloom and ratchet up the tension"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/swarme-of-beese-state-of-arkansas-americana

Find Favourite Swarme of Beese in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#Americana #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #austin 

"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/favourite-armchair-mountain-backdrop-alt-folk

Find Favourite Archair in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #independent #music #alternative #artist #rhodeisland 

"Desmet attempts to keep sane by calmly repeating the song title like a mantra, but is enveloped by the orchestra's existential angst."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/ruis-a-dreamwithinadream-alt-pop

Find ru·is in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-pop-playlist

#altpop #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #belgium 

"the winds vanish, leaving our dishevelled conductor alone again with her guitar, thoughts and a lingering ambient drone"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/josephine-illingworth-old-holy-feeling-self-relese-alt-pop

Find Illingworth in the Slow Alt-Pop Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-pop-playlist

#folk #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #london 

Half Shadow - Fruit (Antiquated Future)

"Starting off innocently enough with some straight ahead acoustic guitar picking, "Fruit" takes all of a few seconds before the freak folk flag is raised"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/half-shadow-fruit-freak-folk

Find Half Shadow in the Slow Psyche Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-psyche-playlist

#freakfolk #altfolk #music #independent #alternative #artist #portland

"a singular EP of ambient leaning alt-folk"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/kit-gordan-taber-2025-field-recordings-alt-folk-ambient

Find Gordon in the Slow Folk Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#altfolk #ambient #psychedelic #alternative #music #independent #artist #london

Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025

By Angry Metal Guy

There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!

The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.

Runner(s) Up:

…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.

Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”

#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary

Satomimagae - Taba (RVNG Intl.)

"if you liked any of her previous LPs then you’ll immediately feel right at home, those translucent vocals and softly plucked guitar still melt into what sounds like the ambient soundscapes to your most pleasant dreams."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/satomimagae-taba-rvng-intl

#ambient #folktronic #dreamfolk #ambientpop #folk #japan #independent #artists #slow #music

"an emotion tugging slice of dreamy, forward looking folk noir not noir that deserves your attention". Listen & find out more over at the blog.
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/constant-follower-x-andy-aquarius-almost-time-to-go-last-night-from-glasgow

You can also find the track, plus more deep roots & alt-folk in the Slow Folk Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#folk #altfolk #dreamfolk #scotland #independent #artist #alternative #slow #music

REVIEW: Toe and So Long #1
Toe and So Long #1 is an ambitious, and vibrant fairytale that is full of color and has a light touch in its art. While it is true that its writing does not keep pace, the comic book is cut up through crowdfunding and has quite interesting possibilities with an...
https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/comic-book-previews/review-toe-and-so-long-1/
#Alexis Vivallo #comic book art #Comic book review #independent comics #Indie Comics #vibrant colors #Visual storytelling

A deep spiritual jazz tribute to Pharoah Sanders, classy classic folk, dreamy folk meets alt-pop & a vocal jazz beauty feature today. Get with the independent program before major label music by numbers win the day.

https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/blog/great-new-singles-emerging-artists-from-the-independent-underground-march-8th-2024

All the tracks are available on TSMM's well curated playlists - https://the-slow-music-movement-playlists.sbmt.to/

#music #independent#artists #spiritual #jazz #folk#altpop #dreamfolk#singersongwriter