THE BRIEF · ISSUE #002 · ONE A WEEK LIVE · ALWAYS SCANNING · EVERY SCENE
The brief · issue #002

A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING

Jul 5 – Jul 11 · Issue 002: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.

This edition added 178 artists to the board, including 36 in Hyperpop and 20 in Post-Punk. Those are additions to Preamp’s coverage, not a verdict on which scenes are growing fastest. Among the 6 featured movers, Mary In The Junkyard had the largest weekly listener increase at +6.1%.

Start with one of the artists below, then follow their scene or open the full record. Weekly change and change since the call are shown separately.

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Movers this week

Change in listeners during this edition’s week. Call-day figures are shown separately.
1Mary In The JunkyardIndie98,992 → 105,053+6.1%called Jul 2 @ 96,294▶
2SabiElectronic104,879 → 111,235+6.1%called Jul 1 @ 100,805▶
3KylaMetal134,285 → 142,230+5.9%called Jul 7 @ 134,285▶
4SpacemothRock8,584 → 8,975+4.5%called Jul 2 @ 8,584▶
5BonesawMetal36,092 → 37,148+2.9%called Jul 1 @ 35,308▶
6Westside CowboyCountry97,092 → 99,749+2.7%called Jul 3 @ 97,092▶
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New discoveries

Artists added during this edition’s week. Open a profile to hear more and investigate the available signals.
“Balvanera”Post-Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 11 at 12,822 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 12,822Sources bandcamp + kexp▶ Hear it
“Letterbombs”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 6 at 14,125 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 14,131Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Initiate”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 9 at 26,512 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 26,512Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Gilla Band”Doom
Newly heard
First heard Jul 8 at 90,953 listeners, surfaced through blog + kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 90,953Sources blog + kexp▶ Hear it
“Jim Legxacy”Hip-Hop
Newly heard
First heard Jul 7 at 242,130 listeners, surfaced through blog + kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 242,130Sources blog + kexp▶ Hear it
“Diary”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 9 at 5,043 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,050Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Telek”Country
Newly heard
First heard Jul 11 at 5,077 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,077Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Halogens”Math Rock
Newly heard
First heard Jul 7 at 5,489 listeners, surfaced through chart. On the board now.
Listeners 5,489Sources chart▶ Hear it
178 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 170 on the wire. First-heard dates and starting listener counts stay on the record.
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Worth a closer look

More Instagram followers than listeners. A gap invites a closer look; it does not establish quality, authenticity or future growth.
Angine de PoitrineMath RockIG 1.0M177.8k listeners6×
06

Scene pulse

New additions during this edition’s week. Artist percentages are growth since their original call, not weekly change.
Math Rock4 new · 4 climbing▲ First Day Back +3.0%
Shoegaze6 new · 2 climbing▲ WillyRodriguezWasTaken +1.6%
Post-Punk20 new · 1 climbing▲ Getdown Services +1.6%
Indie11 new · 2 climbing▲ Mary In The Junkyard +9.1%
Punk8 new · 5 climbing▲ A Heartwell Ending +2.4%
Metal11 new · 6 climbing▲ Kyla +5.9%
Doom4 new · 7 climbing▲ Marble Sky +3.7%
Rock10 new · 3 climbing▲ Spacemoth +4.5%
Electronic19 new · 2 climbing▲ Sabi +10.3%
Dance3 new · 2 climbing▲ not even noticed +2.1%
Pop18 new · 2 climbing▲ Alewya +1.9%
Hip-Hop13 new · 0 climbingquiet week
Country16 new · 1 climbing▲ Westside Cowboy +2.7%
Hyperpop36 new · 3 climbing▲ Kuru +2.5%

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