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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 2h

Madra Salach – Ribbon Factory | Songs You Must Hear No.1131 The Dublin six-piece returns with their first new music since their debut EP. 'Ribbon Factory' pushes them towards something darker, more urgent and punk-inflected. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/eytf5...

Madra Salach – Ribbon Factory | Songs You Must Hear No.1131

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 18h

Domi Hawken – BABADABA | Songs You Must Hear No.1130 London-based indie/alternative artist Domi Hawken has been releasing a new song every month in 2026, building an increasingly diverse catalogue of dark, guitar-driven music along the way. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/EucQ-...

Domi Hawken – BABADABA | Songs You Must Hear No.1130

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 23h

KNIVES – VERMILLION | Slump’s Songs You Must Hear No. 1129 Bristol’s KNIVES bring together post-punk, hardcore, noise, rap and electronic influences, with their saxophone-driven sound giving the band an extra edge. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/p4a2c...

KNIVES – VERMILLION | Slump’s Songs You Must Hear No. 1129

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

mercury – Roar Of The Heliac Goat | Slump’s Songs You Must Hear No. 1128 mercury returns with her first new music of 2026, and “Roar Of The Heliac Goat” is a seriously atmospheric blast of indie rock, grunge and distorted guitars. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/AMnCU...

mercury – Roar Of The Heliac Goat | Slump’s Songs You Must Hear No. 1128

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SlumpLife’s Top 5 Most Viewed Videos – September 2026 #SlumpLife #Top5 #MostViewed #NewMusic #AlternativeMusic #RockMusic #IndieMusic #MusicDiscovery #YouTubeShorts #Shorts youtube.com/shorts/nPdFD...

SlumpLife’s Top 5 Most Viewed Videos – September 2026 🎵

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hudson Freeman – Fell Ass Backwards | Songs You Must Hear No.1127 Fell Ass Backwards' has already made an impression in Freeman’s live sets, and it's successfully transitioned to a recorded version without losing any of its fire and soul. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/vu_NB...

Hudson Freeman – Fell Ass Backwards | Songs You Must Hear No.1127

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GANS – MY GOD IS A STRANGER | Songs You Must Hear No.1126 Their self-titled second album is out 26 February 2027. Martin 'Youth' Glover (Killing Joke) produced it, working with Dan Crook. They're touring the UK in October, with many dates already sold out. #recommended youtube.com/shorts/dIPHY...

GANS – MY GOD IS A STRANGER | Songs You Must Hear No.1126

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Perfect Circle – To Whom It May Concern | Songs You Must Hear No.1125 If you’re into alternative rock, progressive rock and music that sits somewhere between beautiful and unsettling, this one deserves your attention. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/_slQv...

A Perfect Circle – To Whom It May Concern | Songs You Must Hear No.1125

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Archive – Not In My Name | Songs You Must Hear No.1124 This is the title track from their forthcoming new album, 'Not In My Name', due out on 19th March 2027. It's a lengthy track with some lovely twists and turns. It's also lyrically brilliant. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/2CE2U...

Archive – Not In My Name | Songs You Must Hear No.1124

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cursive - Wounded Animal | Songs You Must Hear No.1123 Written for Tim Kasher’s psychological horror film 'Who’s Watching', the track transforms an instrumental theme from the film into a full-band Cursive song that plays at the end credits. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/MgLfs...

Cursive - Wounded Animal | Songs You Must Hear No.1123

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Keo – Be Happy | Songs You Must Hear No.1122 Taken from Keo’s debut album 'Put A Smile On For Me', released September 25, 2026. The London-based four-piece blends ’90s alternative rock, grunge and melodic guitar-driven songwriting. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/M0stR...

Keo – Be Happy | Songs You Must Hear No.1122

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

De Staat – DE STAAT || Weird Wonderful Dystopian Groove Thang De Staat's DE STAAT is a gloriously strange collision of heavy guitars, electronic textures, infectious grooves and huge theatrical swagger. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/8qbgf...

De Staat – DE STAAT || Weird Wonderful Dystopian Groove Thang

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tender Youth – Turning Torso | Post-punk album replaces guitar with violin Tender Youth’s Turning Torso is a dark, restless collision of post-punk tension, art-rock experimentation and atmospheric textures. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/BCOHi...

Tender Youth – Turning Torso | Post-punk album replaces guitar with violin

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Ocean – Solaris | An Essential Post-Metal Album 🎧 It’s huge, atmospheric, heavy and surprisingly adventurous. If you’re into progressive metal, post-metal, post-rock or music that refuses to stay in one lane, 'Solaris' deserves your attention. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/bsjOi...

The Ocean – Solaris | An Essential Post-Metal Album 🎧

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Swell - What I Always Wanted | Classic Songs You Must Hear #30 Released on 1997's album 'Too Many Days Without Thinking', “What I Always Wanted” captures the distinctive, understated sound of San Francisco alternative/indie rock band Swell. #classicsong #recommended youtube.com/shorts/_RYtU...

Swell - What I Always Wanted | Classic Songs You Must Hear #30

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shedfromthebody – Dawn Lungs | Songs You Must Hear #1121 A haunting blend of doomgaze, alternative metal, heavy guitars and ethereal atmosphere. If you’re into dark, atmospheric and heavy music, Shedfromthebody deserves your attention. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/5MzpJ...

Shedfromthebody – Dawn Lungs | Songs You Must Hear #1121

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tankerlow – Slagroom | Noise Rock’s Beautifully Ugly New Album 'Slagroom' is a harsh, unsettling collision of noise rock, industrial textures and strange electronic details — but beneath the ugliness lies something unexpectedly beautiful. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/zcE2r...

Tankerlow – Slagroom | Noise Rock’s Beautifully Ugly New Album

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1120 Mira Disconnect - Wires UK alternative rock / post-hardcore quartet Mira Disconnect are releasing their new EP, 'Entangled', on 4 November 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/XoChz...

Songs You Must Hear No.1120 Mira Disconnect - Wires

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1119 tankerlow - FORMULA BABY tankerlow released a final single prior to the launch of their new album, 'SLAGROOM', which drops on 25 September on Danger Collective Records. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/lj0m4...

Songs You Must Hear No.1119 tankerlow - FORMULA BABY

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1118 The Fierce & The Dead - Loungeside Loungeside' is the opening track of their latest (and brilliant) album, 'Regional Theatre'. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/1zJtG...

Songs You Must Hear No.1118 The Fierce & The Dead - Loungeside

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Zvilnik - We're Joining A Cult (live at The Ferret, Preston, 17th September 2026) Zvilnik opening for Erotic Secrets of Pompeii. They brought together art, humour, and memorable tunes in a 30-minute set that turned me into a fan. @zvilnik.bsky.social youtu.be/ymUS6pM5iOw

Zvilnik - We're Joining A Cult (live at The Ferret, Preston, 17th September 2026)

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1117 Oxymorrons - Bombs Over Gaza Their new single is inspired by OutKast’s 2000 hit 'B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)' and also gives a big nod to the early 00s classic 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool. #newmusic #recommended www.youtube.com/shorts/Q72Fb...

Songs You Must Hear No.1117 Oxymorrons - Bombs Over Gaza

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1116 The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Glow In The Dark Skin Taken from their upcoming album, 'Howls From The Holographic Heart', which drops on 16 October 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/XxyNo...

Songs You Must Hear No.1116 The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Glow In The Dark Skin

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1115 Claud - I Owe You This is taken from the new LP 'Me and the Music', which drops 23 October 2026. Claud co-produced it with John Congleton (Alvvays, St. Vincent). #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/uQjqi...

Songs You Must Hear No.1115 Claud - I Owe You

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: Playgrounded - A Flower To Water Mixing post-rock, electronic music and prog-metal. A brooding atmospheric record to lose yourself in. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/2QCZo...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Playgrounded - A Flower To Water

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1114 Badvril - Wish You Would This stunning song is from Badvril's upcoming album, 'Lethal', which drops on 16 October 2026. All the preview tracks have been great, so it's worth putting that date in your calendar. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/5RvsD...

Songs You Must Hear No.1114 Badvril - Wish You Would

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Witch Tongue Suplex (live at The Ferret, Preston, 17th September 2026) The first live performance of this new song by the magnificent Erotic Secrets of Pompeii. #livemusic #newmusic youtu.be/GX7UFbgkGBc

Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Witch Tongue Suplex (live at The Ferret, Preston, 17th September 2026)

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1113 Clæmus - Prototype Clæmus, from Wellington, New Zealand, have a knack of combining some memorable vocal melodies with some powerful and technical progressive metal. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/t6UNI...

Songs You Must Hear No.1113 Clæmus - Prototype

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1112 The Ocean - Milk Of My Dreams The trance-inducing, EDM-influenced 'Milk Of My Dreams' is the last track chosen to preview the new album, 'Solaris', due out on 25 September 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/hwWRm...

Songs You Must Hear No.1112 The Ocean - Milk Of My Dreams

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1111 Dead Air - Fallout Flex This is their first new release since their critically acclaimed EP, 'World Wide Villainy,' dropped in March. Not so much re-entering the room, as kicking the door clean off its hinges. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/IKJMb...

Songs You Must Hear No.1111 Dead Air - Fallout Flex

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1110 pip - the price of a helicopter This is taken from the band's new EP, 'what are you looking at?'. It's their second EP following 2023's 'Are We There Yet?' #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/ZC7T7...

Songs You Must Hear No.1110 pip - the price of a helicopter

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1109 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Juice A Jumbo Jet The song is about "eating too much cardboard on a Concorde" and comes with a dazzling animated video by Mike Wyatt (Attack Animation). #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/IQUTN...

Songs You Must Hear No.1109 Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Juice A Jumbo Jet

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1108 Coilguns - Everything We Love, We Destroy This is a welcome blast of noise, energy and intensity from the Swiss noise-rock outfit. It's also the title track of their fifth studio album, due on 6 November 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/fph5K...

Songs You Must Hear No.1108 Coilguns - Everything We Love, We Destroy

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1sr Amendment? Land of the Free? variety.com/2026/music/n...

Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ Speech

Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of Ed Sheeran's U.S. Loop Tour.

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: Moon Destroys - OMNI "Weighty guitar work provides plenty of doom and sludge heft, but an impressive melodic instinct runs through these songs." #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/fWV0t...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Moon Destroys - OMNI

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1107 Tooth & Dagger - Tooth & Dagger The band are gearing up to release their debut album, 'Digital Venom', which seems to be a dystopian future sci-fi concept album. Stay tuned for more details. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/THwQs...

Songs You Must Hear No.1107 Tooth & Dagger - Tooth & Dagger

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun ‘Who Loves The Sun’ is a bruising, claustrophobic record that finds beauty in discomfort. The Oklahoma quartet balance abrasive noise rock with unsettling grooves. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/WnsQo...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Chat Pile - Who Loves The Sun

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Black Foxxes - The Diving Bell Live at The Ferret, Preston, 28th August 2026 They finished their intense Glastonferret headlining set with an epic 15-minute-plus version of 'The Diving Bell' from their 2020 self-titled album. #livemusic #concertfootage #alternativerock youtu.be/SrGM73o7ZjM

Black Foxxes - The Diving Bell (Live at The Ferret, Preston, 28th August 2026)

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Cortney Dixon - If You Love Somebody, Don't F••k It Up (The Eagle Inn, Salford, 10 June 2026) 'If You Love Somebody....' is the kind of song that puts you in mind of The Runaways and The Go-Gos. It sounds like it should have been on the soundtrack of every 80s movie. youtu.be/NI8k-Opv86Y

Cortney Dixon - If You Love Somebody, Don't F••k It Up (The Eagle Inn, Salford, 10 June 2026)

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

America - this is the country all people around the world would look up to with endless respect. Not whatever it is that your country is doing currently. Michael Massaroli would be so proud of his son. ❤️❤️

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1106 Sour Widows - Lucky Star 'Lucky Star' is from the duo's sophomore album, 'Sigil', which is out on 23 October via Julia's War Recordings. FFO: indie rock infused with elements of slowcore, bedroom rock, grunge, and folk #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/nh7u_...

Songs You Must Hear No.1106 Sour Widows - Lucky Star

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: The Fierce & The Dead - Regional Theatre For the full review, go to my Post at: youtube.com/post/Ugkx5xU... TF&TD’s new album follows the 2023 SlumpLife Album of the Year winner, ‘News From The Invisible World’. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/F0XmH...

Slump's Album Recommendations: The Fierce & The Dead - Regional Theatre

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1105 SWERVV - TURMOIL SWERVV is a new grungegaze / nu gaze band from South Wales featuring former members of the instrumental post-rock band FORT and a current member of Guilty Party. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/hOl2X...

Songs You Must Hear No.1105 SWERVV - TURMOIL

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TV Face - Boots Pocket Coffin (Live at Yes, Manchester, 3rd September 2026) From their album 'Wolf Rents Bark', which is well worth listening to. Especially if you like your post-punk served with a side of Tom Verlaine-style angular guitar. #livemusic #postpunk #noiserock youtu.be/L7mbxocEg6w

TV Face - Boots Pocket Coffin (Live at Yes, Manchester, 3rd September 2026)

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1104 Moon Destroys - INVASION The Miami outfit of guitarist Juan Montoya (ex-Torche) and Evan Diprima (Royal Thunder) on drums has been joined by Zach Amster of Abrams on vocals and guitar. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/Uy0hY...

Songs You Must Hear No.1104 Moon Destroys - INVASION

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1103 Bleach Lab - Falling 'Falling' is their first self-penned release since the majestic 'Close to the Flame' EP last July. It's another example of the band's ability to capture intense feelings within the dreamiest indie-pop. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/foZJd...

Songs You Must Hear No.1103 Bleach Lab - Falling

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Songs You Must Hear No.1102 yeemz - Brace for Impact yeemz developed her signature style of playing the cello like a guitar, after she couldn’t bring her ukulele to college. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/16S_8...

Songs You Must Hear No.1102 yeemz - Brace for Impact

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: Asava - Mahjong For Fans of: #alternativerock #alternativemetal #altrock #altmetal #progmetal #atmosphericmetal youtube.com/shorts/kppzc...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Asava - Mahjong

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Slumplife - Best music outside the mainstream @slumplife.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Slump's Album Recommendations: A Tota So - I Told You So For Fans of: #alternativerock #postrock #posthardcore #grunge youtube.com/shorts/xffCy...

Slump's Album Recommendations: A Tota So - I Told You So

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