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NEW VIDEO: WEYES BLOOD (USA) – MOVIES

NEW VIDEO: WEYES BLOOD (USA) – MOVIES

Watch the amazing new video for ‘Movies’, the nostalgically ironic new single from Weyes Blood. Natalie Mering, the super talented American artist behind the moniker stars and also directs. Just superb. ‘Movies’ is the third single from Mering’s upcoming...

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FINNISH TRIO OCELOT SHARE HÄMÄRÄ

FINNISH TRIO OCELOT SHARE HÄMÄRÄ

Photo: Sanna Lehto Helsinki art pop trio Ocelot, led by the distinctive vocals of composer and multi-instrumentalist Emilia Pennanen, have released their pensive piano and bass driven new single ‘Hämärä’ (“Twilight”). It’s a track where the title acts both as...

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TĘSKNO TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM, MI

TĘSKNO TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM, MI

Photo Credit: Bartek Wieczorek via K MAG Tęskno (Longing), the Warsaw duo of vocalist Joanna Longić and pianist, composer and arranger Hania Raniszewska have re-released their heart string pulling chamber pop inspired single ‘Kombinacje’ (Combinations) for streaming in the...

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SHAPESHIFTING NEW SINGLE FROM ELLA THOMPSON

SHAPESHIFTING NEW SINGLE FROM ELLA THOMPSON

Melbourne artist Ella Thompson recently released the deeply conceptual musical shapeshifter ‘Snow’, the first single to be lifted from her forthcoming EP Hysteria. It’s vocal mastery at its finest as Thompson ponders the liquidity existing within the often stifled...

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INDIA SWEENEY’S JOYOUSLY DEFIANT WORK OF POP COMPLEXITY

INDIA SWEENEY’S JOYOUSLY DEFIANT WORK OF POP COMPLEXITY

Back in late July, Wollongong based artist India Sweeney dropped her super smart, joyously defiant and personally deep new single, ‘Go Try It’. It’s a track that reflects her battles with depression since her teens and her ongoing determination...

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VIRGIN POOL DEBUTS ON HOLODECK COMP.

VIRGIN POOL DEBUTS ON HOLODECK COMP.

The 30 track compilation from Austin’s Holodeck Records released two weeks back has, much like its equivalent released by Los Angeles label 100% Silk the month before albeit for very different reasons, proven to be this year music gift that...

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LAUREN AUDER’S EXHILIRATING NEW EP + VIDEO

LAUREN AUDER’S EXHILIRATING NEW EP + VIDEO

English born and French raised experimental artist Lauren Auder released his ultra impressive new EP, Who Carry’s You this week and to mark the occasion released a new Kevin Elamrani-Lince shot video for its epic closing track ‘for those who...

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WHAT WE’RE ABOUT

Indie30 is a globally focused independent music blog run by a very small band of music tragic's from Adelaide in Australia. We believe passionately in posting about and promoting new independent music from a diverse range of genres and styles.

While many have retreated from using the term indie, it's proudly been our primary name from the beginning. Contrary to how it is often used, the term does not describe a particular music genre or style. Indie is simply short for independent label.

Used correctly, it describes music created and released independently of the three big music labels owned by multi-national entertainment conglomerates, Universal Music Group (Vivendi Corporation - France), Warner Music (Access Industries - Russia) and Sony Music (Sony Corporation - Japan) along with the 500+ subsidiaries and sub-labels they have between them.

As Indie30 exists solely to promote music and culture independent of the narrow confines and constraints of mainstream belief and corporate practice, we do not feature or promote any music by artists signed to these entities.

Given their underground roots and their constant refusal to yield to corporate greed, Techno and House for example are genres more indie than the pop, rock and folk genres that are mistakenly and often disingenuously mis-labelled as such.

As 4AD, Sub Pop and Matador are “indies” so are Warp, R&S and Ostgut Ton.

To ensure complete freedom and transparency in what is promoted on Indie30, we do not accept any payment or favours for content. The blog has always been and will remain a labour of love, a voluntary entity that is completely non-financial in status. All of us associated with this site have full time jobs unrelated to music.

Whether creating it or experiencing it, independent music and culture is in and of itself a political act. We are unashamedly progressive in all spheres of life and will never compromise our commitment to defend freedom of expression, speak truth to money and power, celebrate diversity in all its forms, fight for equality of opportunity for all and respect our place with the planet not above it.

If you are an independent artist, producer, record label, artist centred agent or publicist and you've taken some notice of what we do here feel free to email info through the "Contact Us" link. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Due the large volume of requests we receive, these are info only avenues. As we gladly do this in our down time we normally cannot reply to messages so please be sure to send what you think we need.

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We strongly encourage readers to support the independent artists they like featured here and purchase (not just stream) their music and merchandise. The cultural worth of any society is measured by how it values and supports its art - and independent artists have always given society far more than they'll ever receive.

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