How Music Questions The Person We Think We Are Not every version of ourselves is one we choose. Sometimes change is shaped by loss, sometimes by time, and sometimes by the restless search for connection. This week Three Track Week #23, Fiddlehead, Ken Burgan and DICE each approach the idea of becoming someone else from a different perspective. Listen to this week’s Three Track Week 23 selection. This week’s tracks are available in our playlist INDIENOXZINE | Selections, updat

When Letting Go Means Finding Yourself Again Breakups are often framed as stories about losing another person. Less often are they understood as stories about losing ourselves. Relationships inevitably reshape identity, quietly influencing how people think, behave and see the world until it becomes difficult to separate who they are from who they have been with. When those relationships end, healing is rarely just about moving on. It is also about rediscovering the parts of y

Brazen Barbie’s latest track asks what happens when bullying, power and social pressure follow us beyond childhood. The “Keep It On The Playground” meaning is rooted in the idea that bullying doesn’t necessarily end with childhood..Bullying is often treated as something people eventually outgrow. It belongs to school playgrounds, childhood memories and awkward teenage years, safely left behind as adulthood promises greater maturity. Reality is rarely that simple. The desire t

Five releases worth spending time with this weekend Five releases questioning the stories we tell ourselves This week's On This Track: Weekend Listening #3 moves between post-punk, indie-pop, art-pop, shoegaze and alternative pop, but each release begins with a familiar assumption before quietly turning it inside out. Whether questioning success, fear, healing, independence or the way songs themselves survive, these five artists remind us that some of the most interesting mus

How Music Captures the Strange Art of Carrying On Not every form of perseverance looks admirable. Sometimes it means repeating the same mistake, dragging yourself through exhaustion or trying to hold onto meaning in situations that no longer make much sense. This week Three Track Week #22, Kelsey Olivia, Rocketsuit Rogue and Wax Minds capture three very different versions of what it means to keep going anyway. Listen to this week’s Three Track Week 22 selection. This week’s t

When Music History Has To Be Recovered Before It Can Be Heard Music history is often told as if influence naturally leads to visibility. The artists who matter are expected to remain present, whether through constant reissues, streaming access, canonisation or the simple fact that their work never fully disappears from public reach. In reality, underground music rarely functions that neatly. Some of the most influential bands in a local scene end up becoming difficult to hear