2023: notable releases

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Noise Rock, Dance-Punk, Industrial Rock, No Wave

LGBT, noisy, sexual, dissonant, anxious, energetic, dark, male vocals, dense, manic, self-hatred, rhythmic, heavy, mechanical, ominous, aggressive, passionate, suspenseful, cold, longing, violence, scary, disturbing, mysterious, cryptic, sensual

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Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic Soul, Funk, Smooth Soul, Sophisti-Pop

lush, sensual, female vocals, love, warm, psychedelic, melodic, ethereal, atmospheric, rhythmic, sexual, longing, hypnotic, nocturnal, bittersweet, soothing, boastful, summer, breakup, hedonistic

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Avant-Prog, Shōmyō, Heikyoku, Brutal Prog, Drone

chaotic, female vocals, complex, uncommon time signatures, epic, avant-garde, technical

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Ambient, Tape Music, Sound Collage, Radio Drama, Dreampunk, Plunderphonics

sampling, warm, atmospheric, mysterious

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Alternative R&B, Electronic, Breakbeat, Ambient, UK Bass, Downtempo, Ambient Pop

nocturnal, ethereal, aquatic, female vocals, atmospheric, sensual, hypnotic, lush, futuristic, longing, love, soothing, introspective, melodic, soft, mellow, bittersweet, surreal, mysterious, space, meditative, sexual, sombre

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Post-Punk Revival, Dance-Punk, New Wave, Funk Rock

female vocals, anxious, energetic, quirky, rhythmic, anthemic, sarcastic, misanthropic, melodic, male vocals

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Art Pop, Alt-Pop, Electronic, Downtempo

melodic, eclectic, female vocals, lush, love, warm, atmospheric, summer, tropical, passionate, romantic, ethereal, introspective, rhythmic, bittersweet, poetic, uplifting, futuristic, psychedelic

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Mutant Disco, Neo-Psychedelia, New Wave, Dub

quirky, rhythmic, female vocals, surreal, tropical, abstract, psychedelic, melodic, playful, eclectic, energetic

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Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Art Pop, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Jangle Pop

cryptic, anthemic, melodic, poetic, male vocals

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Avant-Folk, Post-Minimalism, Drone, Auvergnat Folk Music, Reggaetón

repetitive, hypnotic

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Neo-Psychedelia, Art Pop, Neo-Soul, Gospel, Spirituals, Post-Industrial

energetic, triumphant, passionate, avant-garde, uplifting, dense, ritualistic, rhythmic, spiritual, poetic, tribal, male vocals, conscious, abstract, anthemic, psychedelic, eclectic, raw, atmospheric, anxious, hypnotic

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Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Slowcore

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Jazz, World Music, Spoken Word

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Electronic, Electroacoustic, Experimental, Contemporary, Noise

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Dark Ambient, Drone, Death Industrial, Sound Collage, Spoken Word, Musique concrète

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Electroacoustic, IDM, UK Bass, East African Music

instrumental, avant-garde, tribal, mysterious, rhythmic, hypnotic

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Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Art Rock, Dream Pop, Post-Rock, Indietronica, Emo, Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop

noisy, ethereal, winter, lush, bittersweet, dense, male vocals, atmospheric, sentimental, longing, melancholic, uplifting, passionate, love, hypnotic, psychedelic, autumn, progressive, introspective, surreal, lonely, female vocals, eclectic, nocturnal, alienation, energetic, poetic, melodic, nature, anxious, concept album, suspenseful

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Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Soul, Space Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Soul, Art Pop

psychedelic, surreal, male vocals, warm, ethereal, lush, abstract, love, drugs, atmospheric, introspective, dense, sensual, passionate, melodic, female vocals, rhythmic, summer, progressive, hypnotic, romantic, space, sentimental, longing, eclectic, bittersweet, quirky, mellow

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Art Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Ambient Pop, Contemporary Folk

female vocals, peaceful, nature

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Electroacoustic, Post-Minimalism, Folktronica

mellow, eclectic, minimalistic, meditative, lush, instrumental, melancholic

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Chamber Pop, Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Folk, Indietronica

psychedelic, female vocals, atmospheric, lush, soothing, soft, calm

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Ambient, Electroacoustic, Drone, Field Recordings, Ambient Pop

ethereal, cold, female vocals, mellow, atmospheric, mysterious, soothing, melancholic

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Ambient, Modern Classical, Reductionism, Minimalism

instrumental, melancholic, sparse, meditative, calm, lonely, minimalistic, cold, sad, soft, existential

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Drone, Minimalism Electroacoustic, Dark Ambient, Microtonal Classical

hypnotic, meditative, atmospheric, existential, surreal, winter, nocturnal, dark, psychedelic, spiritual, minimalistic, avant-garde, sombre, microtonal, chamber music, mysterious, instrumental, ominous, introspective, ritualistic, dissonant, dense