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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (December 29, 2020): Best of 2020!

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Nerhys 2 Comments Call Me Malcolm, Hot Mulligan, Janus Stark, New Music, New Music From The Inbox, NOBRO, Super Whatevr, The Dirty Nil

Janus Stark Song: “Crucify All the Leaders”Album: Angel In The FlamesBand location: Peterborough, EnglandWhy I like it: Energetic punk.Listen: Hot

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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (August 18, 2020): Other Half, All Things Blue, Saturday’s Heroes, & More!

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Nerhys 0 Comments All Things Blue, JEEN., Mad Wave, New Music, New Music From The Inbox, Other Half, Saturday's Heroes, The Dirty Nil

Other Half Song: “Sameness Without End”Album: SingleBand location: Norwich, EnglandWhy I like it: Aggressive post-hardcore.Watch: All Things Blue Song: “White

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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition! (Sept. 24, 2019): Lucie Tiger, True Moon, Javva, & More!

September 24, 2019September 21, 2019 Nerhys 0 Comments Helga, Javva, Lucie Tiger, New Music, New Music From The Inbox, The Dirty Nil, True Moon, Wildlife

Artist: Lucie TigerSong: “Baby Don’t You Go”Album: SingleArtist location: Sydney, Australia Why I like it: Relaxing folk. Listen: Artist: True

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AJoMT’s Mat picks the best albums of 2018

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment Album of the Year, Best Albums, Best Of, Best of 2018, Best Records, Born Ruffians, BOSSIE, Dizzy, Doja Cat, IDLES, Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, Little Junior, MGMT, New Music From The Inbox, Snail Mail, The Dirty Nil, Tokyo Police Club

Because late is better than never, right? 2018 to me felt like the year of new emotion. It seems like

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The best music of the year so far as chosen by the writers of A Journal of Musical Things (Part 2)

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AJR, CHVRCHES, Hillsburn, Peach Kelli Pop, Popes of Chilltown, Pusha-T, River Whyless, The Dirty Nil, The Longshot, Weezer

More best-of-the-year-so-far picks from the people who contribute to this site. Matthew Kahansky, Curator of Tuesday “New Music from the

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (June 12, 2018): The Dirty Nil, Avantist, Neck Deep, and more!

June 12, 2018June 10, 2018 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Avantist, Charlie Looker, Dog Collective, Neck Deep, New Music From The Inbox, The Babe Rainbow, The Dirty Nil

Artist: The Dirty Nil Song: “Bathed In Light” Album/EP: Master Volume Classic stadium-filling rock dragged kicking and screaming into the modern

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Need Some Seasonal Listening? Dine Alone Records Released Their 2017 Summer Sampler

July 23, 2017July 23, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment City and Colour, Dine Alone Records, Indie, New Swears, Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs, Summer Sampler 2017, The Dirty Nil, The Flatliners, The New Pornographers, Toronto

When was the last time somebody made you a mixtape? OK, a label sharing a promotional sampler may not be

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Here are the 2017 Juno Winners from Saturday Night’s Gala

April 1, 2017April 2, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2017, Coldplay, Drake, Gord Downie, Grimes, Jazz Cartier, July Talk, Juno Awards, Kaytranada, Leonard Cohen, Mandroid Echoes, Sarah McLachlan, Strumbellas, The Dirty Nil, Tragically Hip, Winners

Last time I looked, there are 2,419 different categories for the Junos. Okay, I exaggerate. There are around 40, only

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New Music From The Inbox, 25 July 2016: The Dirty Nil, Great American Canyon Band, Elephant Stone, Limestone Chorus, Mark Allen-Piccolo

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Juliette Jagger 0 Comments Elephant Stone, Great American Canyon Band, Juliette Jagger, Limestone Chorus, Mark Allen-Piccolo, New Music From The Inbox, The Dirty Nil

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: The Dirty Nil “Zombie Eyed” Album/EP: Higher Power Full of fuzz, guts, and punk rock

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Dine Alone Records’ 2016 Summer Sampler is Here

July 2, 2016July 2, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Black Mountain, BRONCHO, City and Colour, Diarrhea Planet, Dine Alone Records, Dune Rats, DZ Deathrays, Hannah Georgas, Heyrocco, Little Scream, Lucius, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Monster Truck, Music Band, Oh Pep!, Say Yes, Sego, SOLIDS, The Cult, The Dandy Warhols, The Dirty Nil, The Lumineers, Tokyo Police Club, Vanessa Carlton, Vanishing Life, Violent Soho, Wintersleep

Powerhouse indie label Dine Alone Records has just released the 2016 edition of their annual summer sampler. It features 26

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This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 01 April 2016

April 1, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments BRONCHO, Eric Bachman, Frontier Folk Nebraska, Laura Sauvage, Night Moves, Purple, Say Yes, SWMRS, The Dirty Nil, The World is a Beautiful Place, White Demin

I like all these songs. No April Fool’s crap from me. Thanks to Mediazoic for the hosting. SWMRS, “Drive North,”

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