indie

Indie music features a sampling of maverick musicians that favor the DIY approach to music making.

Saint Tone's New Single "Explode" is a Gentle Reckoning with the Past, and a Call to Let Go
Saint Tone’s latest single, “Explode,” is a quiet revelation - a raw and personal ballad that carries the emotional weight of someone finally ready to release what no longer serves them.
By Whitney Miller8 months ago in Beat
🚪 Threshold Music: Soundtracking the Liminal Self
There are places that don’t belong anywhere. Hallways. Waiting rooms. Parking garages at 3AM. They’re in between locations—transitory, uncanny, emotionally unspecific.
By Yokai Circle8 months ago in Beat
📵 The Aesthetic of Disconnection: Why We Romanticize Being Unreachable
You’ve seen the images: A flip phone glowing in the dark A lone figure walking under orange streetlights A hotel room with the curtains drawn
By The Yume Collective8 months ago in Beat
A Formula 1 Playlist To Live Your Racing Dreams
Surprisingly, I wasn’t pulled into Formula 1 because of the new movie. In fact, I haven’t even seen it. Nope. This new found flame is a product of some expertly crafted edits and the TikTok algorithm. I wish I could say I was immune from the influence of social media, alas I am not.
By caito8 months ago in Beat
🕯 Sonic Séance: Channeling the Dead Through Dark Ambient
Dark ambient is often described as haunting—but what if it wasn’t just a vibe? What if it was a method of summoning? Not in the theatrical occult sense, but as a ritual of remembrance—a way to invite the presence of those we’ve lost, or the versions of ourselves that time has buried.
By Yokai Circle8 months ago in Beat
🕯 Shadow Listening: Why the Music You Love Might Be About the Parts You Hide
Some songs feel too intense to explain. Not because they’re loud, but because they hit something inside you you weren’t ready to look at.
By The Yume Collective8 months ago in Beat
Pasion’s Rise: Respect Earned, Not Given
In a music industry saturated with overnight sensations and algorithm-built fame, very few artists earn their stripes the hard way. Pasion; formerly known as Lil Passion, is one of those rare exceptions. He’s not just another bilingual rapper trying to find a lane. He’s already been on the road, built the foundation, and collaborated with some of the most respected names in Latin and West Coast hip-hop. And he’s done it all as an independent artist.
By Pasion8 months ago in Beat
Kyah Baby Raps Like Her Life Depends on It — And Sometimes, It Did
Pain in Every Line: Why Kyah Baby’s Story Hits Harder Than Her Punchlines by NWO Sparrow Rapid Review of Kyah Baby "Everybody Cant Come"
By NWO SPARROW8 months ago in Beat
🪞Hauntology and the Echoes of Forgotten Futures . AI-Generated.
In the fog-drenched halls of dark ambient music, there's a particular kind of ghost that lingers—not just specters of the past, but hauntings from futures we imagined and lost.
By Yokai Circle8 months ago in Beat
Lewi B’s “Grateful” Is a Clean Return With Heavy Bars and Healing Energy
Rapid Review of Lewi B "Grateful" Beats: 8/10 Lyrics: 9/10 Concepts: 5/10 Replay Value: 8/10 Visual Appeal: 10/10
By NWO SPARROW8 months ago in Beat
🚪 Between Worlds: Liminality and Threshold Emotion in Dark Ambient . AI-Generated.
There’s a moment before the dream begins. There’s a breath between the inhale and the exhale. There’s a hallway, a mist, a doorway not yet stepped through.
By Yokai Circle8 months ago in Beat
Lewi B Taps In With Hallway Rick for “Grateful” Visual That Hits Harder Than Expected
Rapid Review of Lewi B "Grateful" Beats: 8/10 Lyrics: 9/10 Concepts: 5/10 Replay Value: 8/10 Visual Appeal: 10/10
By NWO SPARROW8 months ago in Beat