THE BRIEF · ISSUE #020 · ONE A WEEK LIVE · ALWAYS SCANNING · EVERY SCENE
The brief · issue #020

A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING

Aug 25 – Aug 31 · Issue 020: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.

This edition added 92 artists to the board, including 33 in Metal and 22 in Dance. Those are additions to Preamp’s coverage, not a verdict on which scenes are growing fastest. Among the 6 featured movers, Maquina. had the largest weekly listener increase at +8.0%.

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.
1Maquina.Rock10,991 → 11,872+8.0%called Jul 12 @ 10,562▶
2Witch Club SatanMetal20,109 → 21,039+4.6%called Jul 5 @ 20,109▶
3MoløElectronic13,339 → 13,870+4.0%called Jul 26 @ 13,339▶
4Twisted TeensRock27,793 → 28,879+3.9%called Jul 6 @ 19,935▶
5WormMetal83,205 → 86,123+3.5%called Jul 5 @ 83,205▶
6HulderMetal39,358 → 40,215+2.2%called Jul 12 @ 38,628▶
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New discoveries

Artists added during this edition’s week. Open a profile to hear more and investigate the available signals.
“Aluminum”Shoegaze
Newly heard
First heard Aug 26 at 16,899 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 16,913Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Stella Lefty”Country
Newly heard
First heard Aug 29 at 199,760 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 199,760Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Nightfell”Metal
Newly heard
First heard Aug 30 at 5,825 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,825Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Epicentre”Dance
Newly heard
First heard Aug 31 at 5,887 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,887Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Black Doldrums”Shoegaze
Newly heard
First heard Aug 29 at 6,067 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 6,067Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Cindy Wilson”Pop
Newly heard
First heard Aug 25 at 6,229 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 6,229Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Elanor Moss”folk
Newly heard
First heard Aug 30 at 7,884 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 7,884Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Carlo Onda”Post-Punk
Newly heard
First heard Aug 29 at 8,173 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 8,173Sources kexp▶ Hear it
92 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 84 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

purity filterDance203.0k listeningIG 10.6k▲ 19×
Portraits Of TracyHip-Hop250.0k listeningIG 27.1k▲ 9×
AnikaPost-Punk221.6k listeningIG 25.5k ✓▲ 9×
DummyShoegaze89.2k listeningIG 12.3k ✓▲ 7×
GbElectronic31.3k listeningIG 5.0k▲ 6×

More Instagram followers than listeners

RosesPopIG 9.1M ✓30.9k listeners296×
Yemi AladeHip-HopIG 16.6M ✓64.5k listeners257×
Zee NxumaloDanceIG 1.3M ✓6.6k listeners203×
FocalisticDanceIG 2.7M ✓14.8k listeners182×
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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 Rock0 new · 8 climbing▲ First Day Back +12.2%
Shoegaze5 new · 5 climbing▲ WillyRodriguezWasTaken +7.3%
Post-Punk3 new · 19 climbing▲ Man/Woman/Chainsaw +22.4%
Indie0 new · 14 climbing▲ Mary In The Junkyard +26.2%
Punk5 new · 18 climbing▲ The Linda Lindas +9.0%
Metal33 new · 24 climbing▲ Cyst +41.1%
Doom2 new · 19 climbing▲ Dimscûa +7.8%
Rock0 new · 9 climbing▲ Twisted Teens +44.9%
Electronic8 new · 20 climbing▲ Sabi +35.3%
Dance22 new · 16 climbing▲ not even noticed +6.9%
Pop5 new · 16 climbing▲ Magi Merlin +9.8%
Hip-Hop5 new · 8 climbing▲ Sparklmami +4.4%
Country1 new · 5 climbing▲ Westside Cowboy +16.3%
Folk2 new · 3 climbing▲ Grace Cummings +3.6%
Hyperpop1 new · 22 climbing▲ egobreak +12.1%

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THE THREAD

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