THE BRIEF · ISSUE #025 · ONE A WEEK LIVE · ALWAYS SCANNING · EVERY SCENE
The brief · issue #025

A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING

Sep 21 – Sep 27 · Issue 025: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.

This edition added 205 artists to the board, including 32 in Electronic and 31 in Pop. Those are additions to Preamp’s coverage, not a verdict on which scenes are growing fastest. Among the 6 featured movers, Criminal Instinct had the largest weekly listener increase at +7.0%.

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.
1Criminal InstinctPunk10,211 → 10,930+7.0%called Jul 14 @ 10,211▶
2CystMetal10,995 → 11,692+6.3%called Jul 15 @ 6,151▶
3Adult DvdIndie22,374 → 23,528+5.2%called Aug 6 @ 21,570▶
4Ribbon SkirtShoegaze10,781 → 11,205+3.9%called Jul 4 @ 10,721▶
5Untitled (Halo)Shoegaze109,451 → 112,501+2.8%called Aug 28 @ 108,969▶
6Curió CurióDance9,096 → 9,344+2.7%called Jul 24 @ 5,794▶
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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.
Listeners 6,607Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Combust”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Sep 25 at 23,255 listeners, surfaced through blog + neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 23,301Sources blog + neighbor▶ Hear it
“Danz CM”Pop
Newly heard
First heard Sep 27 at 27,504 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 27,504Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Sour Widows”Indie
Newly heard
First heard Sep 23 at 27,520 listeners, surfaced through blog + kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 27,520Sources blog + kexp▶ Hear it
“Lydia Loveless”Country
Newly heard
First heard Sep 22 at 49,521 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + blog. On the board now.
Listeners 49,521Sources bandcamp + blog▶ Hear it
“Phantom Handshakes”Shoegaze
Newly heard
First heard Sep 25 at 59,865 listeners, surfaced through bandcamp + neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 59,896Sources bandcamp + neighbor▶ Hear it
“Duality”Electronic
Newly heard
First heard Sep 22 at 5,377 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,377Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Sloucher”Indie
Newly heard
First heard Sep 26 at 6,267 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 6,267Sources kexp▶ Hear it
205 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 197 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 XShoegaze31.8k listeningIG 1.1k▲ 29×
DeltoHyperpop58.8k listeningIG 2.0k▲ 29×
Phantom HandshakesShoegaze59.9k listeningIG 2.5k▲ 24×
SpoolShoegaze86.7k listeningIG 3.7k▲ 24×
Hollow ShipRock99.4k listeningIG 4.4k▲ 22×

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 Rock5 new · 12 climbing▲ First Day Back +15.9%
Shoegaze10 new · 13 climbing▲ WillyRodriguezWasTaken +10.0%
Post-Punk12 new · 32 climbing▲ Adult DVD +19.3%
Indie17 new · 26 climbing▲ Mary In The Junkyard +30.2%
Punk13 new · 23 climbing▲ Diary +12.1%
Metal17 new · 34 climbing▲ Cyst +90.1%
Doom8 new · 21 climbing▲ Dimscûa +13.6%
Rock13 new · 12 climbing▲ Twisted Teens +45.9%
Electronic32 new · 24 climbing▲ Eden Aurelius +8.4%
Dance3 new · 29 climbing▲ Curió Curió +61.3%
Pop31 new · 25 climbing▲ Nirosta Steel +12.8%
Hip-Hop17 new · 16 climbing▲ Sparklmami +6.0%
Country12 new · 10 climbing▲ Westside Cowboy +24.9%
Hyperpop15 new · 31 climbing▲ egobreak +16.4%

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