New Music August!

By Bruce Janu -

 


New Music Alert! For August, we have a new slate of Indie artists playing on Vinyl Voyage Radio -- New artists, established indie artists and also a classic artist with a new album. Double the new music every Thursday on New Music Thursdays!

In Process

by LOVKN


Event Horizon

by CARVED IN WAVES


Iskwêw

by LOV


tiny deck

by Buttered


These Frightening Machines

by Katherine Priddy


Rebel Joy

by Roswell Road


Familiar

by Chloe-Beth


My Heart Will Always Be

by Cara Luft


Purple Raging Flower

by Laura Sumner


Softer Winds

by Joaquín Frazier and Due South


Hues

by Deer Fellow


Prodigal Dilettante

by Carrie Graham


The Magic

by Michael K. Myers


What A Time

by Barry Manilow


Whale Songz Vol. 1

by Whale Songz


City Liquidators

by Senior Week


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