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The brief · issue #004

A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING

Jul 8 – Jul 14 · Issue 004: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.

This edition added 174 artists to the board, including 36 in Hyperpop and 25 in Electronic. Those are additions to Preamp’s coverage, not a verdict on which scenes are growing fastest. Among the 6 featured movers, Kyla had the largest weekly listener increase at +10.7%.

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.
1KylaMetal134,285 → 148,637+10.7%called Jul 7 @ 134,285▶
2SabiElectronic106,907 → 115,378+7.9%called Jul 1 @ 100,805▶
3Panda Bear & Sonic BoomShoegaze5,383 → 5,668+5.3%called Jul 1 @ 5,383▶
4Mary In The JunkyardIndie100,517 → 105,053+4.5%called Jul 2 @ 96,294▶
5Mike DHip-Hop11,602 → 12,075+4.1%called Jul 4 @ 11,472▶
6Fat DogPost-Punk103,642 → 107,228+3.5%called Jul 2 @ 103,518▶
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New discoveries

Artists added during this edition’s week. Open a profile to hear more and investigate the available signals.
“Criminal Instinct”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 14 at 10,211 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 10,211Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“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
“Initiate”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Jul 9 at 26,512 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 26,810Sources 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
“Morgan”Pop
Newly heard
First heard Jul 12 at 118,929 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 118,929Sources bandcamp + blog▶ 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
“Jtc”Electronic
Newly heard
First heard Jul 13 at 5,773 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,773Sources kexp▶ Hear it
174 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 166 on the wire. First-heard dates and starting listener counts stay on the record.
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Worth a closer look

Listening and social following measure different things. These gaps invite a closer look; they do not establish quality, authenticity or future growth.

More listeners than Instagram followers

8485Hyperpop251.6k listeningIG 36.2k▲ 7×
SabiElectronic115.4k listeningIG 19.1k ✓▲ 6×
Mary In The JunkyardIndie105.1k listeningIG 33.7k ✓▲ 3×
First Day BackMath Rock107.3k listeningIG 38.4k▲ 3×
Westside CowboyCountry99.7k listeningIG 48.2k▲ 2×

More Instagram followers than listeners

Angine de PoitrineMath RockIG 1.0M179.3k listeners6×
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Scene pulse

New additions during this edition’s week. Artist percentages are growth since their original call, not weekly change.
Math Rock1 new · 7 climbing▲ First Day Back +4.0%
Shoegaze8 new · 4 climbing▲ Panda Bear & Sonic Boom +5.3%
Post-Punk18 new · 5 climbing▲ Fat Dog +3.6%
Indie10 new · 4 climbing▲ Mary In The Junkyard +9.1%
Punk8 new · 11 climbing▲ A Heartwell Ending +3.0%
Metal12 new · 7 climbing▲ Kyla +10.7%
Doom2 new · 10 climbing▲ Marble Sky +4.8%
Rock8 new · 3 climbing▲ Spacemoth +7.2%
Electronic25 new · 2 climbing▲ Sabi +14.5%
Dance2 new · 4 climbing▲ not even noticed +2.7%
Pop24 new · 2 climbing▲ Catherine Moan +1.9%
Hip-Hop9 new · 1 climbing▲ Mike D +5.3%
Country11 new · 1 climbing▲ Westside Cowboy +2.7%
Hyperpop36 new · 5 climbing▲ Kuru +3.2%

KEEP FOLLOWING
THE THREAD

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