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Bandcamp Notes is a free music discovery newsletter from Bandcamp that spotlights a featured "Cool Band Alert" artist with a detailed write-up and links to their album. It also includes Bandcamp Daily highlights, merch news, and a reader advice column called The Helpline.
A weekly music newsletter by Chicago writer Josh Terry that champions independent artists and rejects algorithmic recommendations. Each issue offers album picks, a 15-song playlist, artist interviews or band deep dives, and local Chicago show listings.
A personal music newsletter from a writer based in London, mixing track recommendations, gig and album notes, and asides about travel and daily life. Its recurring Monday Mixtape feature has guest musicians answer prompts with songs they love.
Daily Groove Club sends short album recommendations, each built mostly from quoted reviews by other music publications plus a link to stream the record. Readers get a quick, mood-driven pick of indie, psychedelic and pop releases with a brief note on why each one stands out.
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