#independent — Public Fediverse posts

"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

“Fables” from Threnody, now available for Pre-Order on http://nihtgengapress.com, along with my two other volumes of poetry.

Thank you for supporting an independent poet! 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

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NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDayhttps://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117220732775069039

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

NOW PLAYING == The Ralph Nader Show 8/29/26 Episode 653 - The People's Historian - Galvanizing #LaborDay

https://youtu.be/S2kEDJg23ng?si=_S7i2KydQISiPWqx

#news #uspol #politics #consumer #RalphNader #history #corporatecrime #SteveSkrovan #DavidFeldman #HannahFeldman #independent #activism #greenparty #education #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist #SupportPublicMedia

#MissKittyPolitics #AI #Research #Independent #News is where I want to get most of my information. Even #AlJazeera has slept terribly. I post out of #Guardian and #Times from mainstream and that's it on purpose. Others may leak in, like #Politico once in a while. But #Indie news! Boop boop 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

10 Independent Pro-Democracy C...

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.

Petition launched to save independent matcha stand operating from a Leeds front garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1920413/petition-launched-to-save-independent-matcha-stand-operating-from-a-leeds-front-garden/ #BestMatchaInLeeds #coffee #coffees #Council #FAMILYBUSINESS #FamilyRun #garden #independent #IndependentCafe #IndependentShop #IndependentShops #indie #IndieCafe #IndieCafes #IndieShop #IndieShops #LeedsCityCentre #LeedsCityCouncil #LeedsMatcha #Leeds #LGI #LittleWoodhouse #matcha #MatchaPlace #MatchaShed #MatchaShop #MatchaSite #MatchaSpot #sips #SipsMatcha #SmallBusiness #yorkshire

Stardust Odyssey Review: Love, Magic, and a Goodbye Written in the Stars
Amaris Coleman and Hanaasartistry’s Stardust Odyssey blends college romance, magical realms,...
https://comiccrusaders.com/reviews/stardust-odyssey-comic-review/
#Amaris Coleman #comic book reviews #Comic Crusaders #coming of age comics #fantasy romance comics #graphic novels #Hanaasartistry #independent comics #Indie Comics #LGBTQ comics #magical realism #queer comics #romance comics #Stardust Odyssey #transgender stories

https://www.fogolf.com/1318247/harry-kane-describes-surreal-golf-trip-with-donald-trump-2/ Harry Kane describes ‘surreal’ golf trip with Donald Trump #Donald #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpGolf #EnglandFootballTeam #Footballer #Golf #HarryKane #Independent #indy #news #PalmBeach #president #SurrealExperience #TheIndependent #trump #TrumpGolf

An overview of today's supreme court rulings

The supreme court ruled that Donald Trump’s firing of #Federal #Reserve governor
Lisa Cook was unconstitutional,
in a landmark ruling that limits a president’s authority over the central bank.
In its opinion, the court said that Trump does not have the constitutional authority to fire a Fed governor without cause.
The ruling is a major win for the central bank, which has spent the last year under attack from the White House.

But, in a separate case, the justices ruled that Trump can #fire leaders of #independent #agencies or commissions,
ending 90 years of court precedent that curbs executive power.
That case centered on Rebecca Slaughter, whom Trump fired as Federal Trade Commission member in March last year over email,
telling her that keeping her as a commissioner would be “inconsistent with [the] administration’s priorities”.

The court handed Trump another loss, refusing to hear his bid to overturn a $5m verdict in favor of E Jean #Carroll
in a case in ⁠which a jury found ⁠him liable for #sexually #abusing the former magazine columnist and then #defaming her.
The 2023 jury verdict and a $5m civil judgment remain in place.

The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order.
There were no noted dissents.

The supreme court sided against national Republicans and the Trump administration to allow #mail-in #ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more than a dozen states.
The Republican National Committee had challenged a Mississippi state law allowing mailed ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of election day, so long as they were postmarked by election day.
The court’s liberal justices pointed to federal laws that allow for grace periods, while noting that a ruling here could also implicate early voting, another common practice.

The court also refused to revive a $300m #defamation lawsuit filed against #CNN over its coverage of a prominent attorney’s remarks made while defending Trump during his 2020 impeachment.
Alan Dershowitz said CNN aired only a portion of the comment made during his defense of the president,
distorting his meaning to make him look like he’d “lost his mind”.
The network said that multiple outlets had interpreted his remarks in a similar way, and Dershowitz couldn’t show CNN was trying to mischaracterize what he said.
The court’s majority declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order.

And finally, the supreme court threw out a judicial decision ⁠involving a Virginia man’s challenge to a #geofence #warrant used by police to access cellphone location data near a crime scene leading to his conviction for armed robbery.
The justices threw out ⁠a lower court’s ruling against ⁠defendant Okello Chatrie, who had argued he was subjected to an illegal search
and that evidence in his case should be excluded.
The court agreed that a search had occurred, but sent the case back to a lower court to conduct further analysis.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jun/29/supreme-court-donald-trump-administration-us-politics-latest-news-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@OklaBot This ⬆️ news from #Oklahoma once again shows that #politicians, and more importantly their handlers (aka #Lobbyists ), do NOT want you to be politically #Independent.

That tells you they fear #PrimaryFromTheCenter #StrategicVoting more than anything else. So…

*Just do it!*

#MATH #USpol

"this wonderful compilation and celebration of some of the talented women to be found in ambient music studios around the world."
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/gentle-voices-vol-1-cloud-collecting-echo-blues-ambient

Playlist Companion:
https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #womensday #music #independent #alternative #artist

#Buddhist #Humanist #Independent #NOKings Fascism Oligarchs EVER! USA 3=Branches of Gov PREVENTS it😍 #DNC is MUTE on #Peace Deals & Chicago Violence yet protest to keep criminals? #gaslighting or #ignorance ? Not into Hate/Anti. #hitsongs #music #coolsongs #enjoylife www.youtube.com/@FemalesLive

FemalesLive

#Buddhist #Humanist #Independent #NOKings Fascism Oligarchs EVER! USA 3=Branches of Gov PREVENTS it😍 #DNC is MUTE on #Peace Deals & Chicago Violence yet protest to keep criminals? #gaslighting or #ignorance ? Not into Hate/Anti. #hitsongs #music #coolsongs #enjoylife www.youtube.com/@FemalesLive

FemalesLive

"the drums tighten and snap, the vocals chopped like chicken by the razor edged synths and there's even some D&B nods for those that know"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/oliver-night-run-like-the-river-feat-trev-tru-thoughts

Find Night in the End of Week Freak Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/end-of-week-freak

#bruk #brokenbeat #independent #artist #bass #music #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

‘This Is Not The End’ by John Hartley. Paperback and ebook widely available, 50%off at Smashwords during July.

Soundtrack on Spotify.

#newfiction #summerreading #independent #writingcommunity #Tynemouth #Newcastle #bookstodon #scribesandmakers

重盛さと美 – ラーメンアーメン (feat. 友達) #neown #tunecorejapan https://www.yayafa.com/2338949/ #03Performance #AmazonMusic #AmazonMusicStudioTokyo #AmazonStudio #CityPop #COLORS #FirstTake #HipHop #independent #IndependentAF #It'sLive #JPOP #japan #KPOP #LIVE #MUSIC #MusicShow #MV #NEOWN #Performance #PERFORMANCEVIDEO #Pop #RB #rnb #STAGE #TheGolden #TuneCore #TuneCoreJapan #インディーズ #インディペンデント #ゴールデン #ザゴールデン #シティーポップ #ステージ #チューンコア #チューンコアジャパン #ナタリー #ネオン #パフォーマンス #ヒップホップ #ファーストテイク #ミュージックステーション #ライブ #重盛さと美 #音楽

Here's some avant-garde electronic music I wrote. Enjoy. 🙂

https://phracker.bandcamp.com/track/deeper

#Music #Musician #Musicians #Electronic #ElectronicMusic #FediMusic #Musodon #AvantGarde #Experimental #ExperimentalElectronic #ExperimentalMusic #MIDI #MIDIMusic #BandCamp #Indie #IndieArtist #IndieMusician #Independent #IndieMusic #IndieElectronic #SupportMusic #SupportArtists #Retro #RetroAesthetic #RetroMusic #RetroGaming #RetroGame #GameMusic #Fast #FastMusic #FastBeat #Beat #Beats #Instrumental

These #portraits, along with Sargent's general #approach to his #subjects, especially #women, emphasized his #appreciation of #strong, #independent, and often #nonconventional #figures, including those from the #LGBTQ #community.

Walkers are Welcome Town - Crickhowell

Crowned as the UK’s Best High Street, Crickhowell is an ideal base for exploring the surrounding area. Crickhowell is a small market town with a thriving High Street with independently owned and family-run shops where you’ll find a friendly, personal touch and plenty of local produce.

https://walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-towns-c-d/waw/401

#WalkersAreWelcome #Crickhowell #Independent #MArketTown #FamilyRun #Friendly #Walking #Wales #Cymru

THE MAGIC of #PreferentialVoting.

Australia has preferential voting so a person can make their #vote transfer to another candidate at FULL VALUE.

We just tallied quotas of minor parties that were good enough to be placed ahead of #majorParties and Greens.

The quota was exceeded in EVERY state!

So if everyone who voted for quality #minorParties numbered as many quality parties as they could, we'd have 12 #independent minorParty #Senate member in parliment.

Your preferences matter!

#auspol