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13 More Scintillating WE Songs (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Design_Urbano, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

13 More Scintillating WE Songs | Playlist

13 More Scintillating WE Songs features songs by Artemas, Durand Bernarr, Fun., Sabrina Carpenter, sombr, and Timmy Thomas.

By the musical hype, 1 weekMarch 9, 2026 ago

Monkey Intrusion [📷: Monkey Intrusion]

Getting to Know… Monkey Intrusion | Interview

In the 499th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Trieste-based indie rock band Monkey Intrusion.

By the musical hype, 3 monthsDecember 18, 2025 ago

Getting to Know… Talkradio: Interview No. 421 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Talkradio; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]

Getting to Know… Talkradio | Interview 🎤

In the 421st Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the Melbourne-based, one-man indie rock band, Talkradio.

By the musical hype, 1 yearSeptember 16, 2024 ago

Getting to Know... Freedivers: Interview #126 [Photo Credits: Freedivers, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]

Getting to Know… Freedivers | Interview

For 126th interview on The Musical Hype, we get some background and gain some insight on the Barcelona indie rock band, Freedivers.

By the musical hype, 5 yearsOctober 7, 2020 ago

Getting to Know... Riveryard [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Riveryard]

Getting to Know… Riveryard | Interview 🎤

Manchester indie-rock trio Riveryard serve as the subjects of the 110th interview in our ever-colorful & informative Getting to Know… series.

By the musical hype, 6 yearsAugust 28, 2020 ago

Getting to Know… Ali In The Jungle: Interview #91 [Photo Credits: Ali in the Jungle, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]

Getting to Know… Ali In The Jungle | Interview 🎤

For the 91st interview on The Musical Hype, we chat with Sam, the bassist for Milton Keynes indie-rock band, Ali In The Jungle.

By the musical hype, 6 yearsJune 30, 2020 ago

Race to Neptune, Abandon Fashion (EP) [Photo Credit: Race to Neptune]

Race to Neptune, Abandon Fashion (EP) | Album Review

Fort Collins, CO indie rock band Race to Neptune impresses on their adventurous, distorted, and at times, retro-sounding EP, ‘Abandon Fashion.’

By the musical hype, 8 yearsJuly 27, 2018 ago

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