The brief · issue #024
A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING
Sep 15 – Sep 21 · Issue 024: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.
This edition added 302 artists to the board, including 50 in Electronic and 36 in Hip-Hop. Those are additions to Preamp’s coverage, not a verdict on which scenes are growing fastest. Among the 6 featured movers, Adult DVD had the largest weekly listener increase at +19.3%.
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.| 1 | Adult DVD | 19,331 → 23,063 | +19.3% | ▶ |
| 2 | Diary | 5,396 → 5,652 | +4.7% | ▶ |
| 3 | Eden Aurelius | 5,451 → 5,675 | +4.1% | ▶ |
| 4 | Curió Curió | 8,774 → 9,096 | +3.7% | ▶ |
| 5 | Showing Teeth | 27,764 → 28,654 | +3.2% | ▶ |
| 6 | The Tubs | 30,310 → 31,230 | +3.0% | ▶ |
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New discoveries
Artists added during this edition’s week. Open a profile to hear more and investigate the available signals.“New World Man”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Sep 21 at 6,607 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
“Straw Man Army”Post-Punk
Newly heard
First heard Sep 20 at 9,551 listeners, surfaced through blog + kexp. On the board now.
“Missing Link”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Sep 18 at 40,553 listeners, surfaced through blog + neighbor. On the board now.
“Spiral Xp”Shoegaze
Newly heard
First heard Sep 19 at 5,275 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
“Leak”Doom
Newly heard
First heard Sep 18 at 5,330 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
“Somesurprises”Shoegaze
Newly heard
First heard Sep 19 at 5,578 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
“Meth Drinker”Doom
Newly heard
First heard Sep 18 at 5,589 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
“Забавные игры”Post-Punk
Newly heard
First heard Sep 18 at 5,674 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
302 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 294 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
| Occult X | 31.8k listening | IG 1.1k | ▲ 29× |
| Delto | 58.8k listening | IG 2.1k | ▲ 29× |
| Spool | 86.5k listening | IG 3.7k | ▲ 24× |
| (DOLCH) | 40.9k listening | IG 2.2k | ▲ 18× |
| Dylan Henner | 82.7k listening | IG 4.8k | ▲ 17× |
More Instagram followers than listeners
| Roses | IG 9.1M ✓ | 30.9k listeners | 296× |
| Yemi Alade | IG 16.6M ✓ | 64.5k listeners | 257× |
| Zee Nxumalo | IG 1.3M ✓ | 6.6k listeners | 203× |
| Focalistic | IG 2.7M ✓ | 14.8k listeners | 182× |
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Scene pulse
New additions during this edition’s week. Artist percentages are growth since their original call, not weekly change.KEEP FOLLOWING
THE THREAD
Explore the full board, revisit an earlier edition, or follow a scene into your next discovery.
One brief a week, in your inbox. Movers, new arrivals and a pulse from across the scenes.