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Bandcamp DailyScenesDiego Mapa’s Guide to the Manila Underground A veteran of Filipino indie music on Manila's music scene, it's "greatest underrated export." Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesEssential Releases, October 30, 2026 Experimental electronic, alternative rock, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesOR, “Music for Empty Stadiums” Spanish producer John Talabot's ambient rave project, made mid-pandemic, pulses with joyous, cathartic energy. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesIn Uruguay, A Treasure Trove of Indie Rock, Synth-Pop, and Candombe The region is exploding with the collision of sounds new and old. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesAndy Shauf on Ten Years of “The Party” The Canadian songwriter reflects on the before's and after's of his breakthrough 2016 album. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesTeodros Makonnen’s Synth-Playing Altered Ethio-Jazz’s Destiny Bridging local traditions with synthesizers and drum machines, the pianist sparked a full-blown revolution. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesDarko the Super, “How To Play Basketball in the Rain and Not Get Wet” The latest from the Philly rapper is an exhortation to persevere under trial. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesWishy Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites From R&B to indie pop, here's what the ascendant Indiana rockers are listening to right now. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesJosh Johnson, “Animative” A dazzling showcase for jazz’s endless possibilities. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesRock and Opposition: A Guide to ReR Megacorp Henry Cow drummer Chris Cutler's label has been giving decidedly noncommercial music international reach for five decades. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesBrian Eno Agrees: LEENALCHI Are Korea’s Best, Weirdest Band The septet combine pansori—an ancient form of Korean musical storytelling—with funky, off-kilter pop. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesOrchestra Baobab, “Made In Senegal” The biggest band in Senegal celebrate their 50th anniversary with an explosive, triumphant LP. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesHow the Buddha Machine Built Modern Ambient “The Buddha Machine is purposely dumb, but not dumb in a pejorative way. It's dumb in a joyful way." Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesSUN ARAW, “Rapid Response” The composer/producer emerges from the shadows with another beguiling LP. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesThe Contemporary Scandinavian Jazz Scene Through the Years In Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, experimental jazz and roots music are one and the same. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesThe Power of P.E.E. The obscure ’90s math pop band are Gen Z's latest musical obsession. Now, they're back. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesEssential Releases, October 23, 2026 Experimental hip-hop, synth punk, jazz, and more. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesWater Damage, “Repair” This might be the purest distillation of Water Damage’s ethos as a band that does away with the formalities of rock, forever in thrall to the sprawl. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesKill Alters, “We Can Rot Together” Bonnie Baxter dives into the digital detritus of modern life and emerges with a diamond. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesReturn of the Dark Ages: The Rise of the Medieval Underground Artists of all genre are revisiting centuries past for inspiration. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesJune McDoom, “Follow The Light” The folk singer uses intricate production to keep her ethereal music from floating away. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesThe Life, Death, and Afterlife of Astor Piazzolla The legendary tango artist composed music that has become staples for violinists, pianists, and string quartets. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesHow Dev Lemons Is the Nathan Fielder of Music The absurdist comic and musician creates dizzying music that balances darkness and light. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Bandcamp DailyScenesShabazz Palaces, “It’s A Style Sport” A futuristic innovator turns his gaze inward. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

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About

Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

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