THE BRIEF · ISSUE #031 · ONE A WEEK LIVE · ALWAYS SCANNING · EVERY SCENE
The brief · issue #031

A WEEK OF MUSIC
WORTH EXPLORING

Oct 13 – Oct 19 · Issue 031: new discoveries, artists gathering momentum, and a few places to follow your curiosity.

This edition added 81 artists to the board, including 20 in Hip-Hop and 15 in Electronic. 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 +11.4%.

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.
1Adult DVDPost-Punk23,528 → 26,211+11.4%called Jul 1 @ 19,331▶
2Rip MagicPost-Punk21,566 → 23,308+8.1%called Jul 6 @ 20,242▶
3SliftRock91,234 → 94,603+3.7%called Jul 1 @ 90,190▶
4Westside CowboyIndie122,122 → 126,495+3.6%called Jul 3 @ 97,092▶
5300SkullsAndCountingPunk13,354 → 13,769+3.1%called Oct 2 @ 11,940▶
6Crown MagnetarMetal35,741 → 36,744+2.8%called Sep 11 @ 35,653▶
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New discoveries

Artists added during this edition’s week. Open a profile to hear more and investigate the available signals.
“Pan-Amerikan Native Front”Metal
Newly heard
First heard Oct 18 at 5,079 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,079Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Burning Lord”Punk
Newly heard
First heard Oct 16 at 5,250 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 5,253Sources neighbor▶ Hear it
“Miles Nautu”Hip-Hop
Newly heard
First heard Oct 17 at 5,485 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 5,485Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“Trizzac”Hip-Hop
Newly heard
First heard Oct 16 at 7,013 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 7,014Sources neighbor▶ Hear it
“ugly ozo”Indie
Newly heard
First heard Oct 15 at 7,317 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 7,339Sources neighbor▶ Hear it
“Oyster”Electronic
Newly heard
First heard Oct 17 at 8,028 listeners, surfaced through kexp. On the board now.
Listeners 8,028Sources kexp▶ Hear it
“K Wata”Electronic
Newly heard
First heard Oct 16 at 8,051 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 8,070Sources neighbor▶ Hear it
“dopesmoke”Hip-Hop
Newly heard
First heard Oct 16 at 9,015 listeners, surfaced through neighbor. On the board now.
Listeners 9,017Sources neighbor▶ Hear it
81 artists entered the board this week. These 8 are a starting point; explore the other 73 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 XShoegaze31.9k listeningIG 1.1k▲ 29×
DeltoHyperpop58.9k listeningIG 2.0k▲ 29×
Phantom HandshakesShoegaze60.2k listeningIG 2.5k▲ 24×
SpoolShoegaze87.2k listeningIG 3.7k▲ 24×
Hollow ShipRock99.5k 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 Rock3 new · 13 climbing▲ First Day Back +18.7%
Shoegaze7 new · 20 climbing▲ WillyRodriguezWasTaken +12.2%
Post-Punk4 new · 43 climbing▲ Adult DVD +35.6%
Indie6 new · 39 climbing▲ Mary In The Junkyard +34.3%
Punk6 new · 38 climbing▲ 300SkullsAndCounting +15.3%
Metal5 new · 53 climbing▲ Cyst +108.5%
Doom2 new · 29 climbing▲ Dimscûa +18.8%
Rock0 new · 21 climbing▲ Twisted Teens +77.5%
Electronic15 new · 41 climbing▲ TOMORA +14.7%
Dance1 new · 41 climbing▲ Curió Curió +61.3%
Pop6 new · 45 climbing▲ Nirosta Steel +12.8%
Hip-Hop20 new · 47 climbing▲ Laila! +6.5%
Country6 new · 11 climbing▲ Allison Russell +5.2%
Hyperpop0 new · 48 climbing▲ egobreak +20.0%

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