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For The Love Of Bands is an online magazine and indie music blog launched in 2016. The blog’s main focus is on independent music but also covers a variety of indie, upcoming and emerging bands and artists. The team consists of writers hailing from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and beyond.

The blog generally concentrates on the discovery of new music, mainly in the Indie, Rock, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Punk, Reggae, Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Garage, Shoegaze/Dream Pop, Ska, Surf genres.

Besides indie music reviews, the blog also covers music industry tips, playlists, YouTube compilations, interviews and monthly(ish) Indie Music Contests.

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Since 2014, I am (Jelle van der Linden) discovering and showcasing the finest independent pop, folk, americana and rock music on IndieVibes! My goal is to provide the best platform for underrated artists to be heard, and for viewers to find amazing new music. I feature over 50 new artists/bands/songs every month - subscribe to be the first to hear them: https://www.youtube.com/c/IndieVibes1?sub_confirmation=1

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There’s a stillness in the sound of Leading Edge – one shaped by folk tradition, soft
rhythms and the kind of lyrical honesty that only comes from life itself. It’s music rooted in Nordic calm and touched by Americana warmth, where quiet thoughts gradually unfold into melody.

Formed in 2012 in the university town of Lund by singer and songwriter Anna Johannisson, the group began as a creative collaboration among friends. Since then, the band has grown into a tight collective with a shared language – anchored in acoustic, shaped by countless gigs, and inspired by artists like The Tallest Man on Earth, The Paper Kites, and Sigur Rós.

Their songs tend to start simple. A guitar pattern. A lyric fragment. From there, they grow – sometimes slowly, sometimes all at once – into something textured and melodic, always grounded in something real. After releasing music under the label Rexius Records including the album Northern Lights (2020) and singles like Radio Shadow and The Secrets You Hide – the band is now fully independent and following their own pace.
 
Their new single Cynical Mind, recorded with producer Tobias Ekqvist at Studio Sunnanå, is the first song from the band’s new lineup – written together during a weekend that was equal parts playful and honest. It’s a dynamic track about emotional weight, boundaries, and learning when to let go.

With Cynical Mind, Leading Edge turns a page – not to start over, but to keep going, on their own terms.

Vancouver indie artist Jillian Lake combines moody folk and hushed electronics through introspective story-telling. Capturing the room with her dreamy voice and haunting melodies, she has been compared to female powerhouses such as Feist, Maggie Rogers, and Phoebe Bridgers. Raw, genuine, and unfiltered - her velvet sound transports you into her world of sweet sorrow, in a way that somehow still makes you want to dance. Releasing her completely self-made, self-recorded debut E.P. 'Honey' in 2018, she has been working in the studio on a follow up full length record pulling in more cinematic and pop influence.

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