October 21, 2024
A revamped website, and a bunch of new artists
Lots happening in this little corner of the internet!
While I'm sure this project hasn't even reached v1.0 status yet, this second wave of updates certainly feels like a v2.0. I've automated some of the heavy lifting associated with generating entries; I've given the site a bit of a facelift. There's a new locations page for viewing artists grouped by origin. Entries are currently heavily skewed toward Portland, Oregon, so if you fancy seeing more of anywhere else represented on the site, jump in! Contribute to the project.
31 artists are now represented on Sound Accumulator - wow! It might not seem like much, but it's a big start, and a happy proof of concept. As far as I'm concerned, the sky's the limit here.
New stats
Total genres: 22
Total artists: 31
Total releases: 286
New artists
Portland, but this time it's alt-rock
- Ore. - Alt-rock band from Portland.
- The Banana Creatures - Creative alt-rock outfit whose members live in Portland and Seattle.
- Cardioid - the solo moniker of Lizzy Ellison, a project which sees her developing expansive alt-rock and dream pop ideas.
- Bug Seance - Shoegazy emo band from Portland.
- Bad Pioneer - Synthesist from Portland.
- Veana Baby - lo-fi soul artist based in Portland.
Chicago is for synthesists
- The JuJu Exchange - Jazztronica group from Chicago.
- TALsounds - Drone & ambient synthesist from Chicago.
- Brett Naucke - Influential experimental synthesist from Chicago.
But not only Chicago
- mui zyu - The solo project of Eva Liu, who is also the vocalist of the trio Dama Scout.
- Karima Walker - Interdisciplinary artist based out of Tuscon, Arizona.
- Roméo Poirier - Electro-acoustic musician from Brussels.
- The Growth Eternal - Afro-surrealist fusion project from bassist, vocodist, and composer Ghalani.
La la land
- Sharada Shashidhar - Vocalist & composer from LA that produces inventive progressive soul and jazz.
- Apifera - Psychedelic jazz and post-rock outfit from LA.
- Jacob Mann - Keyboardist and composer originally from Las Vegas who has collaborated with much of the jazztronica scene in LA.
NE US
- Otto Benson - Electronic musician and singer-songwriter from New York.
- Puppy Angst - Indie dream pop quartet from Philadelphia, founded in 2018.
The Commonwealth
- New Venusians - Progressive soul/R&B outfit from Sydney.
- Troth - Experimental Ambient pop duo from Hobart with a knack for minimalist sound design.
- A.M. Overcast - Punk and math rock band from Winnipeg.
- Woolworm - Post-punk band from Vancouver, BC.