UP NEXT
The music we're discovering.
Finding a new artist is still one of the best parts of listening to music.
Up Next is where we meet independent and emerging artists, hear the stories behind what they're making, and share the music that makes us want to keep listening.
This isn't about predicting who's going to be big next. It's simply about finding interesting music — and giving the people making it a little more room to tell their story.
Hear something you like? Follow the rabbit hole.
Up Next is where we meet independent and emerging artists, hear the stories behind what they're making, and share the music that makes us want to keep listening.
This isn't about predicting who's going to be big next. It's simply about finding interesting music — and giving the people making it a little more room to tell their story.
Hear something you like? Follow the rabbit hole.
UP NEXT
A seven-minute middle finger to big tech, AI and the slow death of independent music. Art d’Ecco has plenty to say, and somewhere between the screaming saxophone, biting lyrics and glorious chaos, he might just make you question how you listen to music.
Read the full story: The Death of Indie — Art d’Ecco Isn’t Going Quietly
Read the full story: The Death of Indie — Art d’Ecco Isn’t Going Quietly
Some songs begin with someone else’s story. Then one day, they sound like your own.
Meet Hamilton singer-songwriter Lydia Stephen and discover how heartbreak, memory and connection find their way into her music.
READ LYDIA’S STORY →
Meet Hamilton singer-songwriter Lydia Stephen and discover how heartbreak, memory and connection find their way into her music.
READ LYDIA’S STORY →
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You don't need to know what you're looking for. Pick a story, have a listen and see where it takes you.
Sid SpungenThe punk who was afraid to sing.
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Thus LoveWhy music discovery is hard the ever in the streaming era.
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ZoonAn album that helps you make sense of the past.
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Fighting FrogsCheap guitars, dirty sound and Hamilton rock.
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Blonde DiamondBig hooks, sharp edges and a band worth turning up.
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They Owe UsHow much great music are we missing?
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The FamilySometimes the best discoveries come completely out of nowhere.
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Azure RoseAn album built over a decade, whenever life left room for music.
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Jacob ChungNew music discovered one song at a time.
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ArianZIndependent music with something different to say.
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More From Up Next
Boko Yout – GUSTO
Noise rock, post-punk and experimental chaos from one of the most unpredictable new artists we've discovered.
L.A. Sagne – The Strange Familiar
Amsterdam garage punk and post-punk that feels new while tapping into something strangely familiar.
Deeper – Auto-Pain
Chicago post-punk and the 2020 album that became inseparable from isolation, uncertainty and lockdown.
Noise rock, post-punk and experimental chaos from one of the most unpredictable new artists we've discovered.
L.A. Sagne – The Strange Familiar
Amsterdam garage punk and post-punk that feels new while tapping into something strangely familiar.
Deeper – Auto-Pain
Chicago post-punk and the 2020 album that became inseparable from isolation, uncertainty and lockdown.
Let’s Tell Your Story
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Up Next is about discovering independent and emerging artists — the music they’re making, the stories behind it, and the people making it happen.
Vinyl Vibes isn’t a traditional review site. We’re more interested in the story: where the music came from, what shaped it and why someone should stop and listen.
If that sounds like you, get in touch.
→ CONTACT VINYL VIBES
Up Next is about discovering independent and emerging artists — the music they’re making, the stories behind it, and the people making it happen.
Vinyl Vibes isn’t a traditional review site. We’re more interested in the story: where the music came from, what shaped it and why someone should stop and listen.
If that sounds like you, get in touch.
→ CONTACT VINYL VIBES
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New discoveries are only part of the story.
Sometimes the music worth finding is something we’ve known for years — or something we somehow missed the first time around.
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→ BACK TO WHY WE LISTEN
Sometimes the music worth finding is something we’ve known for years — or something we somehow missed the first time around.
→ EXPLORE DEEP CUTS
→ BACK TO WHY WE LISTEN
