Those platforms are great if you want to easily discover music from artists who work with major record labels, but you’ll likely have better luck looking elsewhere for new music released by less popular signed artists or independent artists known for their super obscure pop, rock, folk, hip-hop or electronic sound (dubbed the modern-day “indie” genre). To help solve this problem of indie artists needing to share their music and indie music fans needing to discover new music, a number of sites have popped up seeking to bring artists and listeners together. If you’re ready to see what’s out there in the world of indie music, check out some of the sites below and give their suggested indie tracks a listen. Best of all, they’re all free to use for casual listening. Several new tracks are added daily, with the most recently added ones at the top. Just click the play button beside each track summary to start listening. Once the track has finished, the next one down the list will start playing.
New music suggestions are added to the list almost daily (from newest to oldest) and can be listened directly within the site by clicking the play button on the song thumbnail. They’ll be played in order of their listing, with those found on YouTube played in the right sidebar.
Explore and listen to what’s featured, popular, recently added or topping the charts and check out artist profile pages to engage with them directly. If you have an Indie Sound account yourself, you can send your favorite artists private messages. Yo make sure you never miss a new playlist, sign up to receive email notifications every time a new monthly playlist is released. When you navigate to the playlist on the site, you can sort tracks by alphabetical order, rating or the most favorites. Each playlist specifies how often it’s updated (such as Weekly, Every Wednesday or Periodically) and includes playlists according to mood or activity similar to what you can find in Spotify’s Browse section—such as Saturday Morning, Introspection, Crossfit, Throwback Hits and more.
