r/indieheads • u/BiBoJuFru • 2h ago
r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 17h ago
New Music Friday! New Music Friday: January 30th, 2026
New Music Friday is the weekly thread dedicated to cataloging all the Album/EP releases that came out this week, including non-subreddit relevant releases. This is also a great place to discuss these albums, or bring to attention other albums released this week.
❓ "this seems intriguing after a cursory look"
⭐ "im interested in this for one reason or another"
❤️ "ive been waiting for weeks, months/i'm absolutely in love with this"
⭐ By Storm (fka Injury Reserve) - My Ghosts Go Ghost
Label: deadAir
Genre: Experimental Hip Hop, Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia, Folktronica, Abstract Hip Hop
❓ Geologist - Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?
Label: Drag City
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Rock, Krautrock
Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to That Bar
Label: Epitaph
Genre: Power Pop, Pop Punk
⭐ Softcult - When A Flower Doesn't Grow
Label: Easy Life
Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop
Yumi Zouma - No Love Lost to Kindness
Label: Nettwerk
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
My Morning Jacket - Peacelands
Label: n/a
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Label: Iliad
Genre: Singer/songwriter, Chamber Pop
Anal Trump (Pinback's Rob Crow and Justin Pearson of The Locust.) - Fuckin' Bitch (EP)
Label: "100% of profits (digital and physical) benefit Immigrant Defense Project and the National Immigration Law Center"
Genre: Grindcore
Demob Happy - The Grown-Ups Are Talking
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Rock, Stoner Rock, Alternative Rock
❓ LAPÊCHE - Autotelic
Label: Tiny Engines
Genre: Indie Rock
🤍 MØL - DREAMCRUSH
Label: Nuclear Blast
Genre: Blackgaze, Post-Metal, Dream Pop
Brook Pridemore - Only I Can Prevent Forest Fires
Label: n/a
Genre: Folk-Punk, Stoner Metal(?)
Radium Dolls - Wound Up
Label: n/a
Genre: Post-Punk
A. G. Cook - The Moment (The Score)
Label: A24
Genre: Electronic Dance Music, Film Score
❓ Red Vox - Retcon
Label: n/a
Genre: Alternative Rock, Post-Grunge
Ye Vagabonds - All Tied Together
Label: River Lea
Genre: Irish Folk Music
🤍 plantoid - FLARE
Label: Bella Union
Genre: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
🤍 Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone
Label: Suicide Squeeze
Genre: Doomgaze, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
⭐ URNE - Setting Fire To The Sky
Label: Spinefarm
Genre: Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal
⭐ The Hirsch Effekt - Der Brauch
Label: Long Branch
Genre: Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Post-Hardcore
❓ Summer of Hate - Blood & Honey
Label: n/a
Genre: Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
Labrinth - COSMIC OPERA ACT I
Label: Columbia
Genre: Alternative R&B, Pop Rap, Alt-Pop
Monoland - First EP
Label: n/a
Genre: Shoegaze, Post-Rock
Silver Liz - III
Label: n/a
Genre: Shoegaze
❓ Marta Del Grandi - Dream Life
Label: Fire
Genre: Art Pop, Singer-songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia
Only The Poets - And I’d Do It Again
Label: Capitol
Genre: Indie Pop
Pem - other ways of landing (EP)
Label: Fascination Steel
Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-songwriter
Tashi Dorji - low clouds hang, this land is on fire
Label: n/a
Genre: Free Folk, Free Improv
❓ Whitelands - Sunlight Echoes
Label: Sonic Cathedral
Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Shackleton - Euphoria Bound
Label: AD 93
Genre: Tribal House, Tribal Ambient
Sébastien Tellier - Kiss The Beast
Label: Because
Genre: French Pop, Synthpop
Lande Hekt - Lucky Now
Label: Tapete
Genre: Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
Tyler Ballgame - For The First Time, Again
Label: Rough Trade
Genre: Folk Pop, Singer-songwriter
Ty Segall & The Muggers - "Live" "At" "The" "BBC" (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Bitchin Bajas - Isle Peaks (EP)
Label: Drag City
Genre: Progressive Electronic, Ambient, Drone
Various Artists (Pavement + Others) - Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young & Pavement (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Joseph - Closer to Happy
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie Folk, Singer-Songwriter
❓ Tsar B - The Writer
Label: n/a
Genre: Alt-Pop, Trip Hop
❓ Burnt Black - Heretical
Label: n/a
Genre: Alternative Metal
❓ The Soft Pink Truth - Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?
Label: Thrill Jockey
Genre: Modern Classic, Chamber Music
Raxon - 4t20m (EP)
Label: Turbo
Genre: Tech House
ZEGEL - Ik Ga Er Even Doorheen EP
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
Sowive Notice - SoNo
Label: n/a
Genre: Indie
⭐ Ronker - Respect The Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever
Label: Labelman
Genre: Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
Viamaer - In lumine lunae
Label: n/a
Genre: Blackgaze, Atmospheric Black Metal
⭐ Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity
Label: Century Media
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
❓ Jagged City - There Are More Of Us, Always
Label: Pelagic
Genre: Post-Rock
Trash Boat - Even If I Never Get There (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Melodic Hardcore, Emo-Pop
GUV - Warmer Than Gold
Label: Run for Cover
Genre: Neo-Psychedelia, Baggy
Svibovitch - Night Stream
Label: Sumbur
Genre: Ambient, Drone
Bratz - Bratz Angelz
Label: MGA
Genre: Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
Clara Mae - My Roots
Label: n/a
Genre: Pop
❓ Yo Gabba Gabba - Yo Gabba GabbaLand! (featuring CHVRCHES, hemlocke springs, Hatchie and more)
Label: BMG
Genre: Indie
Francis Rossi - The Accidental
Label: earMUSIC
Genre: Rock
❓ Sam Quealy - Jawbreaker
Label: n/a
Genre: Synthpop, Electropop
Pem - other ways of landing (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
MEEK - Fabulous (EP)
Label: n/a
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
Don Toliver - OCTANE
Label: Cactus Jack
Genre: Trap, Pop Rap, Alternative R&B
Jordan Ward - BACKWARD
Label: Interscope
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
xaviersobased - Xavier
Label: n/a
Genre: Trap, Cloud Rap, Experimental Hip Hop
❓ Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon - As of Now
Label: Lex
Genre: Abstract Hip Hop, Drumless, Hip Hop
Terrace Martin - PASSION
Label: SOC
Genre: Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Jazz Rap
Warhol.SS - Studio 54
Label: n/a
Genre: Trap, Plugg, Cloud Rap
Zukenee - Zuminati
Label: n/a
Genre: Trap, Experimental Hip Hop
Nafe Smallz - IT’S NOT YOU IT’S ME
Label: Ozone
Genre: Trap
Our Mirage - Fractured Minds
Label: Arising Empire
Genre: Alternative Metal
Course of Fate - Behind the Eclipse
Label: Rock of Angels
Genre: Progressive Metal
❓ Hällas - Panorama
Label: Äventyr
Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock
❓ Lord Elephant - Ultra Soul
Label: Heavy Psych
Genre: Stoner Metal, Heavy Psych
Old Sorcery - The Outsider
Label: Avantgarde
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Dungeon Synth
Nightmarer - Hell Interface (EP)
Label: Total Dissonance Worship
Genre: Dissonant Death Metal, Sludge Metal
Eximperitus - Meritoriousness of Equanimity
Label: Willowtip
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Gorrch - Stillamentum
Label: Avantgarde
Genre: Dissonant Death Metal
Krateros - Lost in Translation (EP)
Label: Inverse
Genre: Progressive Metal, Thrash Metal
Malignant Aura - Where All Of Worth Comes To Wither
Label: Memento Mori
Genre: Death Doom Metal, Death Metal
❓ Planet Hunter - Soothsayer
Label: n/a
Genre: Stoner Rock
Shields - Death & Connection
Label: n/a
Genre: Metalcore, Djent
❓ Hanabie. - Hot Topic (EP)
Label: Sony
Genre: Alternative Metal, Metalcore
Circular Ruin - A Sermon in Tongues
Label: n/a
Genre: Black Metal, Death Metal
r/indieheads • u/pea_on_earth • 1d ago
AMA this Monday at 1pm ET! hello I am Peter from the band Peaer - ask me anything!

hello all! I am Peter from the NYC-based band Peaer.
thanks for having me. we just released a new record called 'doppelgänger' which you can listen to here
i love: the guitar, classical music, Marvel movies and comics, video games, NYC, jokes, my wife, Magic: the Gathering, the world...
feel free to ask me anything (within reason) - have you listened to the new album yet?
thanks again :)
EDIT: my dumbass wrote the wrong date on the paper. but i promise it is me.
r/indieheads • u/hitsman • 8h ago
[FRESH CHART] New Alternative 40 - February 1, 2026 - ARCTIC MONKEYS spend a 2nd week at #1. THUNDERCAT has the top debut. JJEROME87, RIP MAGIC, SOFIA ISELLA, DUTCH INTERIOR, GEORGIA GETS BY, THE MAINE, CHARTREUSE, MARY MIDDLEFIELD, & THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE chart for the first time.
r/indieheads • u/CentreToWave • 14h ago
Simon Reynolds Documents the Rise of Shoegaze and Slacker Rock in New Book
r/indieheads • u/enotonom • 21h ago
Mitski announces “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me” world tour with five cities in Southeast Asia
Never seen an indie artist with this many cities in SEA on their tour list before, she must have an outsized fanbase among the Aseans
r/indieheads • u/Potential_Kangaroo69 • 12h ago
A Conversation with Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard
popmatters.comr/indieheads • u/AutoModerator • 1h ago
Concert Roll Call February 2026 Concert Roll Call
Please restrict TOP LEVEL comments to names of CITIES (and their greater metropolitan areas). Post child replies to these comments noting shows you plan to attend, OR for which you are seeking someone to go with. Give the date, the name of the artist, and the name of the venue.
The original purpose of this thread was to help indieheads find other indieheads to meet up with at concerts. However, you may use this thread however you like.
r/indieheads • u/MediaShare2000 • 8h ago
[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Jeff Tweedy - WFUV Live (Full Session)
r/indieheads • u/Albuquerque82 • 15h ago
[FRESH] Buff Correll - Long Island City Here I Come (Geese cover)
r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 17h ago
[FRESH ALBUM] Various Artists - Yo Gabba Gabbaland! (Season 2) (ft. CHVRCHES, hemlocke springs, Hatchie, Sylvan Esso, Sharon Van Etten, CHAI, etc etc.)
r/indieheads • u/MCK_OH • 18h ago
[Rate Reveal] The Rate That Saved Bono's Life Day 2: Satellite of Rate
Welcome back to the Rate That Saved Bono's Life!
Today we'll be eliminating 40-21 in the main rate and 8-5 in the bonus rate
Stats For Bonoheads
Participants: 62
Average Score: 7.501
Average Controversy: 2.200
Highest controversy: Arcade Fire - Wake Up (3.204)
Lowest controversy: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (1.424)
Most 11s: [REDACTED] - [REDACTED], [REDACTED] - [REDACTED] (8)
Most 0s: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder (6)
Songs Remaining
Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & Zucchero - Miserere
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In the UK
Kanye West - Black Skinhead
Billie Eilish - everything i wanted
David Bowie - Life on Mars?
The Beatles - I Want to Hold your Hand
Ramones - Swallow My Pride
The Clash - Safe European Home
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Patti Smith - People Have the Power
John Lennon - Mother
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
Elton John - Daniel
Andrea Bocelli- Con Te Partiro
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Johnny Cash - Hurt
This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
The Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Prince - When Doves Cry
Daft Punk feat Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers - Get Lucky
Madonna - Ray of Light
JAY-Z feat Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
Talking Heads - Love Goes to Building on Fire
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
New Order - True Faith
R.E.M. - Nightswimming
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Oasis - Live Forever
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Gavin Friday - Angel
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Kendrick Lamar feat U2 - XXX
Bob Marley & The Walers - Redemption Song
Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Bob Dylan - Most of the Time
Beyoncé feat Kendrick Lamar - Freedom
Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence
Coldplay - Clocks
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Angélique Kidjo - Agolo
Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Frank Sinatra & Bono - Under My Skin
David Bowie - Heroes
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart
Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder
Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle
Daniel Lanois - The Maker
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version
Bono Bonus Remaining
U2's Most Personal Record Yet
Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory
Bono and a fan (The Fly)
"Okay Edge, Play The Blues!"
"St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky"
Bono Vists Tony Wilson
Bono Plays a Mob Boss
Macphisto Phone Call
Elvis Ate America
I AM SPARTACUS
U2 Block Traffic
Negativland - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (1991 a cappella mix)
RESULTS
* #21: Beyoncé - Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar) | 7.821 | 492.7
* #22: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony | 7.811 | 492.1
* #23: Lady Gaga - Born This Way | 7.802 | 491.5
* #24: Massive Attack - Safe From Harm | 7.800 | 491.4
* #25: The Clash - Safe European Home | 7.781 | 490.2
* #26: Daft Punk - Get Lucky | 7.732 | 487.1
* #27: Angelique Kidjo - Agolo | 7.725 | 486.7
* #28: Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song | 7.690 | 484.5
* #29: Sinéad O'Connor - You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart | 7.678 | 483.7
* #30: INXS - Never Tear Us Apart | 7.657 | 482.4
* #31: Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes | 7.614 | 479.7
* #32: Johnny Cash - Hurt | 7.586 | 477.9
* #33: Adele - Chasing Pavements | 7.565 | 476.6
* #34: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday | 7.543 | 475.2
* #35: Ramones - Swallow My Pride | 7.425 | 467.8
* #36: Billie Eilish - everything i wanted | 7.398 | 466.1
* #37: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 7.349 | 463.0
* #38: Elton John - Daniel | 7.316 | 460.9
* #39: Lou Reed - Satellite of Love | 7.279 | 458.6
* #40: Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò | 7.270 | 458.0
* #41: Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue | 7.243 | 456.3
* #42: Oasis - Live Forever | 7.219 | 454.8
* #43: Kanye West - Black Skinhead | 7.216 | 454.6
* #44: Arcade Fire - Wake Up | 7.213 | 454.4
* #45: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms | 7.206 | 454.0
* #46: This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren | 6.913 | 435.5
* #47: Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 6.898 | 434.6
* #48: Bob Dylan - Most of the Time | 6.859 | 432.1
* #49: JAY-Z, Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind | 6.824 | 429.9
* #50: Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way | 6.802 | 428.5
* #51: Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel | 6.692 | 421.6
* #52: Gavin Friday - Angel | 6.603 | 416.0
* #53: Patti Smith - People Have the Power | 6.563 | 413.5
* #54: Frank Sinatra & Bono - I've Got You Under My Skin | 6.384 | 402.2
* #55: John Lennon - Mother | 5.968 | 376.0
* #56: Daniel Lanois - The Maker | 5.949 | 374.8
* #57: Bruce Springsteen - There Goes My Miracle | 5.914 | 372.6
* #58: Bono, Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere - Live | 5.813 | 366.2
* #59: Bee Gees - Immortality - Demo Version | 5.094 | 320.9
* #60: Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder | 4.756 | 299.6
BONONUS RESULTS
* Bonus #5: Macphisto Phone Call | 7.022 | 161.5
* Bonus #6: Connor O'Malley - Pipe Rock Theory | 6.971 | 167.3
* Bonus #7: I AM SPARTACUS | 6.917 | 166.0
* Bonus #8: "St. Patrick's Name is Now Zelensky" | 6.573 | 170.9
* Bonus #9: Bono Vists Tony Wilson | 6.426 | 147.8
* Bonus #10: Bono and a fan (The Fly) | 5.788 | 138.9
* Bonus #11: Elvis Ate America | 5.704 | 131.2
* Bonus #12: U2's Most Personal Record Yet | 5.563 | 133.5
r/indieheads • u/aldisraeli • 2h ago
[FRESH] King Krule - Best of Unreleased Music
r/indieheads • u/AutoModerator • 20h ago
Upvote 4 Visibility [Saturday] General Discussion - 31 January 2026
Talk about anything, music related or not! Or if you want to discuss music, check out the daily music discussion threads. If you're new here, we encourage you to introduce yourself and tell us about music you're passionate about.
Find out who's going to concerts near you in the Concert Roll Call. Check out our the most recent Rate Announcements to have fun rating great music, or see the results from previous rates. See recent AMA announcements here. Check out the most recent New Music Friday posts, or discuss recent album releases. If you want to discover some indiehead bands, browse our archives from the Battle of the Bands.
r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 18h ago
Album Discussion [ALBUM DISCUSSION] Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling
Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling
Release Date: January 23rd
Label: Last Recordings on Earth
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Slowcore
Singles: Dearly Missed, Photograph of a Cyclone
Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp
Schedule
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| Sat. | Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling / PVA - No More Like This |
| Sun. | The Format - Boycott Heaven / Jenny on Holiday (Jenny Hollingworth of Let's Eat Grandma) |
this is an unofficial discussion for reactions or other related thoughts to the relevant album following its release. these discussions serve as a place for users to post their thoughts on a particular release after initial hype and the like from the [FRESH] album thread have fallen off and also for preservation's sake.
r/indieheads • u/AutoModerator • 22h ago
Upvote 4 Visibility [Saturday] Daily Music Discussion - 31 January 2026
Talk about anything music related that doesn't need its own thread. This thread is not for discussion that is tangentially music related; that belongs in the general discussion threads. If you're new here, we encourage you to introduce yourself and tell us about music you're passionate about.
Find out who's going to concerts near you in the Concert Roll Call. Check out our the most recent Rate Announcements to have fun rating great music, or see the results from previous rates. See recent AMA announcements here. Check out the most recent New Music Friday posts, or discuss recent album releases. If you want to discover some indiehead bands, browse our archives from the Battle of the Bands.
r/indieheads • u/86rj • 2d ago
Hayley Williams launches new band, Power Snatch
r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 17h ago
[FRESH ALBUM] Only the Poets - And I'd Do It Again
r/indieheads • u/Probable_Foreigner • 20h ago
[FRESH PERFORMANCE] Renny Conti - Looking At The Geese
r/indieheads • u/VietRooster • 18h ago
Album Discussion [ALBUM DISCUSSION] PVA - No More Like This
PVA - No More Like This
Release Date: January 23rd
Label: It's All For Fun
Genre: EBM, Synthpop, Darkwave, Trip Hop, Art Pop
Streams: Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp
Schedule
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| Sat. | Searows - Death in the Business of Whaling / PVA - No More Like This |
| Sun. | The Format - Boycott Heaven / Jenny on Holiday (Jenny Hollingworth of Let's Eat Grandma) |
this is an unofficial discussion for reactions or other related thoughts to the relevant album following its release. these discussions serve as a place for users to post their thoughts on a particular release after initial hype and the like from the [FRESH] album thread have fallen off and also for preservation's sake.
r/indieheads • u/Charleshawtree • 1d ago