Spotify Playlists

Playlists on Spotify, hand-curated, updated regulary. Support for emerging and/ or unsigned artists. I'm NOT a bot. www.blackmarketplaylists.de

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Playlist on Spotify, hand-curated. Shoegaze - Punk - Indierock. Free submissions welcome! Emerging and/ or unsigned artists and current song

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Pause! Time eats away at the soul.

The blackmarketplaylists project, which I run 100% on my own, needs a break. It has simply become too much over time. Too many emails, too many messages, too much fakery, too much technology, too much of everything.

The love of music, the thing that should be at the heart of all this, keeps falling by the wayside more and more.

Somewhere along the way it stopped being about hand-curating: searching, digging and finding great music myself. These days I spend almost all of my time answering emails and messages across every social platform. I've always tried to reply to each one personally, and that is exactly what drains me. Real discovery and the joy of it are what get lost.

I've grown tired. Tired of Spotify and other streaming platforms, tired of social media and its algorithmic nonsense, tired of PR agencies that make it far too easy for themselves, tired of endless submissions of music that is nowhere near a fit for any of my playlists, tired of AI fakes, tired of the cost of tools that I carry alone (and that leave me out of pocket every month, despite the digital beers so many of you have kindly bought me). Just tired.

Because it's not the music I curate that's the problem. It almost never is. It's the whole apparatus around it.

The beauty of great under-the-radar bands, the thing that started all of this, is something I can barely feel anymore, buried under constant new hurdles and problems. But that should be the whole point.

The playlists stay online and will still be updated, just more sparingly and at my own pace.

So for now, I'm pulling the plug. I don't know how long this break will last. And I don't know what comes after it. Only that something has to change.

Thank you for understanding. And thank you to everyone who has been part of this along the way.

Thomas

P.S. Submissions are closed for now, on the website too.

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Blackmarket Playlists - Apps on Google Play

Hand-curated Spotify playlists — supporting underground bands. No bots. No AI.

So this finally happened: the blackmarket playlists app is out now on Google Play. 90+ hand-curated playlists - shoegaze, dreampop, indie rock, punk and more - sorted by genre, country, and theme. No algorithm deciding what you hear, no ads, no data collection. Just playlists made by an actual human who spends way too much time digging for music. If you're in a band: you can submit your tracks directly through the app. If you're a listener: this is for finding the stuff Spotify's algorithm will never show you. It's completely free and independent. Search "blackmarket playlists" on Google Play or grab the link on blackmarketplaylists.de

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The World of Shoegaze... halftime! The best songs of the year so far, all in one playlist. Fantastic tracks from start to finish.

Bands and releases from Jan 1 to April 15:

A Shoreline Dream • Adiós Cometa • All You Can Hate • Bad Bloom • Blackwater Holylight • Blanket • Bleach Fields • Bleach TV • blue diner. • Bluhm • bounty • Burnt Log • Callière • Cashier • Cathedral Bells • Cigarettes for Breakfast • Clarion • Coward Syndrome • crushingswans • Dallas Love Field • Daniel Land • deary • Dewey • Doused • Drypoint • elbowsway • Endlesss • Fallowed Ground • Flannelmouth • Garden Walk • Glixen • Gnaw • Good Day Father • Guilt Shop • guttered • High. • Honey I'm Home • KEELEY • Kristiane • labyrinthine oceans • lifelink • Loa Loa • Lost Velvet • Louis-Charles • Loveseeker • Lucid Express • Lunar Pools • mariin k. • Meraung • Neon Wire • No Floor • Nothing • Old Friends • PIECES • Pileup • Pills For Tomorrow • Pink Breath of Heaven • Prettier Now • RAINBOW BELTZ • Ricochet Star • Sea of Days • she's green • Sleep Keeper • Slow Crush • Snowcuffs • Softcult • spacecadetbloom • Sparkler • Stay Lunar • Summer of Hate • Sunstinger • Suzy Clue • The Blue Herons • The First Eloi • The Mad Mile • The Mary's Lost Gaze • the place lives • The Suncharms • The Twilight Sad • The Underground Youth • The world is against you • trauma ray • Twelve Days in June • VERTTIGO • Virgins • Whisper Gang • White Flowers • Whitelands • Wildernesses

Bands and releases from Apr 16 to June 30:

A Burial At Sea • A.A. Williams • alphabet • angel egg • angel fang • Arches • atmos bloom • Attic Ocean • Backwards Charm • Beach Vacation • biatlón • bird. • black market • BLEU REINE • Boy With Apple • Chainlacing • charms • Cloud Studies • Culk • Dalmatia • Deep Ditch • Deer Fang • Deux Visages • Dog silent • Dollpile • duszno • Electric Puma • Encarta 98 • Esterea • eyewash • flowersatherfeet • Fragile Animals • Future Magics • Gigantes En Japón • Glimmer • Gluecose • Grivo • heavëner • Klimt 1918 • LAAVU • Lauren Lakis • Loom • LOUDERSTAR • Lovewell • LULU Suicide • Mad Honey • Magic Wands • Magnolia Cross • Midsommar • Mila Degray • Mis peores enemigos • moon-li 历 • Moonwards • Mother Johnson • Night Swimming • Opal Mag • Parannoul • Parks, Squares and Alleys • Picture Postcard • Rainsong • rues • sadplanet • Saint Sappho • Seasurfer • Senior Living • Shapes Like People • Silk • Skyless • Slow Pulp • some fear • Starflyer 59 • Statelines • Strayline. • Sun Shines Cold • Sungaze • Sunveil • Swiss Portrait • The Asteroid No.4 • The City Gates • The Dharma Chain • THEATRE • Themilo • They Are Gutting a Body of Water • Tomates En Verano • Trainfantome • Trophy Wife • Twin Rains • ultrasaturated • Velveteen • Vivid

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The World of Shoegaze... and here are the best debut shoegaze releases from JUNE by bands all over the world. These are absolute newcomers: bands that just dropped their very first song ever.

On the playlist cover: the unbelievably good Gluecose from Urbino, Italy. Their track "Teach a man" is a fantastic blend of shoegaze, trip hop and electronic beats. Go listen.

Here are the brilliant debut tracks (and all of them on the one-of-a-kind playlist "Best Shoegaze Debuts 2026"):

• Voronet Blue (Coimbra, Portugal) • Release: Juliette • Nimeni (feat. class_shift) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) • Release: Anathema • Throw Spark (Los Angeles, CA) • Release: Demo • funsover (Berlin, Germany) • Release: Needles • Willoughby Vine (Los Angeles, CA) • Release: Willoughby Vine • REVERIE (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) • Release: Never Did • Priyanshu (India) • Release: S.O.S. • Chitin (Morris County/ Butler, NJ) • Release: Graveller • LATERNO (Italy) • Release: Drift • DOG DAYS (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) • Release: Petals • Adeline (Providence, RI) • Release: Good TV • Apoyo Diagnóstico (Chile) • Release: MNGZ420 • Peacefully Decay (Bangkok Thailand) • Release: คืนนี้ • school of design (Atlanta, GA) • Release: After The Warmth • Whimzee (San Ramon, CA) • Release: Blood Bright Orange

Plus more shoegaze debuts from May:

• Computers for the Military (Fayetteville, Arkansas) • Release: Metastability • ORCHIDOLL (feat. Kyozaku.) (Hanoi, Vietnam) • Release: Is This What You Wanted ? • Tears In A Plastic Cup (Palu, Indonesia) • Release: Soft Disaster • Thaladela (Glasgow, Scotland) • Release: Overload • Soulenne (feat. Shada) (Bandung, Indonesia) • Release: Plural Dimension • Mellower (Matamoros, Mexico) • Release: Who are you? • greenhouse (Omaha, Nebraska) • Release: Under Glass (Basement Demos) • Dimness (Mexico City, Mexico) • Release: Dimness

Every debut, one unique playlist. Link in bio, in the comments, or as a full list on my site blackmarketplaylists.de

Dig into fresh sounds and new bands. Hit play, save the playlist, and stay up to date!!

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Which playlists did the world have on repeat this month? Here's the Top 10 of the past 28 days, the most-listened playlists, hand-curated and bot-free.

Discover great music from brilliant underground bands. No AI fakes, no nonsense. Press play, save them, stay up to date.

(Measured through our two markers: the blackmarketplaylist intro by the wonderful Shades of Violette @shades.of.violette.music and the blackmarketplaylists theme. The number in brackets shows last month's ranking.)

• 1. (1) TOP 30 SHOEGAZE JUNE 2026 • 2. (3) NEW BRITISH ROCK from England & Wales • 3. (5) FEMALE-FRONTED PUNK • 4. (NEW) NEW FEMALE GRUNGE • HEAVY SHOEGAZE • 5. (NEW) TRIP HOP SHOEGAZE FUSION • 6. (8) NEW PUNK FROM SEATTLE TO PORTLAND • 7. (6) "ENDLESS DREAMER" SHOEGAZE BEST 2026 • 8. (NEW) NEW HEAVY//FAST SHOEGAZE • 9. (NEW) BEST NEW INDIE WITHSOUL, JAZZ, FOLK VIBES • 10. (4) FEMALE-FRONTED ROCK • 11. (2) NEW PUNK FROM AUSTRALIA

Full charts with direct Spotify links: https://blackmarketplaylists.de/playlist-charts/

Discover the most-streamed underground music charts. Our monthly Top 11 features the best hand-curated playlists for Shoegaze, Punk, Indie R

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The World of Shoegaze… this month, it’s all about the women shaping the scene! Expect 50 shades of shoegaze showing off an incredible variety of styles, and with a grungy bang DEER FANG at the very end!💥

On the cover: my favorites SUNGAZE (Cincinnati, Ohio) with their wonderful song "180"! ✨

This edition features exclusively new tracks from May 2026 by brilliant female artists & women-led bands.

Listen now & support the underground!

black market/ Shades of Violette (Germany/ Washington, D.C.)

Sungaze (Cincinnati, OH)

Fragile Animals (Brisbane, Aus)

labyrinthine oceans (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK)

Lauren Lakis (Austin, TX)

Attic Ocean (Düsseldorf, Ger)

Maia and the Squires (Berlin, Ger)

sadplanet (London, UK)

biatlón (Amsterdam, NL)

Midsommar (Warsaw, Pol)

Gloss (Boorloo, Aus)

LOUDERSTAR feat. Fiora (Tasmania)

No Culture (North Alabama)

Kallsup (Örebro, Swe)

framewalkers feat. The Mary's Lost Gaze (Germany/ Indonesia)

Chainspell (Moscow)

SYLVR (UK/ Peru)

акульи слёзы (Shark’s Tears) (Saint Petersburg)

Twin Rains (Toronto, Can)

Refuse (Ottawa, Can)

Mother Johnson (Amsterdam, NL)

Wolfschmidt (Gothenburg, Swe)

Soundslip (Tallinn, Estonia)

SONYA (Budapest, Hun)

SOFT NO (Philadelpia, PA)

Withered Whispers (Bogor, Ind)

RED RED SUN (Gdańsk, Pol)

duszno (Warsaw, Pol)

irisworm (London, UK)

Sunveil (Germany)

Sisar (Helsinki, Fin)

huzzy (Los Angeles, CA)

Nausicaa (Naarm, Aus)

Guest Directors (Seattle. WA)

PENSÉ MAL (Tlaxcala City, Mex)

Retail Therapy (Sydney, Aus)

Willow’s Hill (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)

angel egg (Warsaw, Pol)

Yolk (Madison, WI)

Saint Sappho (Glasgow, Sco)

Puppy Teeth (Edingburgh, Sco)

Teary (Los Angeles, CA)

Feminoise (Texas)

Skyless (Dublin, Ire)

ursamenor (Belo Horizonte, Bra)

Encarta 98 (Bogotá, Col)

sundayclub (Winnipeg, Can)

Tomates En Verano (Mar del Plata, Arg)

The Floatings (Tokyo, Jpn)

Maud Anyways (France)

Deer Fang (Ontario, Can)

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The World of Shoegaze... discover the best debut singles from absolute newcomers this May! 🎸🔥

This month's cover stars are the incredible new band QUARTER INCH PUPIL (Long Island, NY)

Make sure to stream the playlist and keep these fresh new bands on your radar, who just released their very first tracks in May: 👇

• Slow Yearner (Ohio) • Gloss (Australia) • LOUDERSTAR;Fiora (Tasmania) • SYLVR (UK/ Peru) • Tuffie (Minnesota) • mara liora (Philippines) • CRIME FILM (California) • Sounder (Oklahoma) • Azure Rose (Canada) • ursamenor (Brasil) • angel egg (Poland) • girl // interrupted (California) • isbjôrn (Sweden) • cóbailt (Northern Ireland) • Quarter Inch Pupil (New York) • RED RED SUN (Poland) • PENSÉ MAL (Mexico)

And don't miss these great new bands from April adding to the mix:

• Overnight Parking (New York) • Diadrome (Germany) • Ambrose Amuro/ Amuro Ray (ON, NC, NY) • PROMISE. (California) • blyth3 (California) • palehaven (Indonesia) • Further Sky (Connecticut)

All songs on one playlist (link via bio, comments, or on my website blackmarketplaylists.de) Even though streaming platforms are being flooded with AI music, here you will find exclusively real bands with real music for real listeners. 100%!

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Women of New Rock – playlist, featuring killer bands, powerful tracks, and voices that will blow you away. (Alt-Rock / Heavy / Hard Rock)⚡️

On the cover: the incredible Freeze the Fall from Kelowna, BC.

Here are the top 50 'under the radar' gems from the past few weeks:

• CELAVI (Bangor, Wales) • DISMISS (Athens, Greece)

• Avalon Stone (Kitchener, Ontario) • Fanchon (London, England) • Heavy Daze (Forth Worth, TX) • Hysterese (Tübingen, Germany) • Kit Major (Los Angeles, CA) • Maia and the Squires (Berlin, Germany) • Marije (Lucerne, Switzerland) • Grocery Bag (Austin, TX) • MADiSON ViOLETT feat. Kellin Quinn (Los Angeles, CA) • The Anti Groupies (Long Beach, CA) • Thunder Queens (London, Ontario) • Black Heart Society (Orlando, FL) • False Flag (San Francisco, CA) • The Crimson Ghost (Bergamo, Italy) • Devil May Care (Majorca, Spain) • negativespace. (Ankara, Turkey) • Overlaps (Venice/ Treviso, Italy) • Purple Grace (Didcot, England) • Bright Black (Northamptonshire, England) • HAVVK (Dublin, Ireland) • Baby Grendel (Portland, OR) • Taylor D (Dublin, Ireland) • Wailing Banshee (Manchester, England) • Face The Fence (Tampa, Florida) • Beautiful Skeletons (PNW, US) • Diva Down (Glasgow, Scotland) • Hollow Howl (New Jersey, US) • Kikko Mai (Ohio/ Nashville) • Moonlight Drowns (Nashville, TN) • Fat Drive Factory (Goiânia, Brazil) • In Your Walls (Toronto, Ontario) • Mashin' Gun (Minsk, Belarus) • Talking Violet (Windsor, Ontario) • FRANKIE FLOWERS (Waterloo, Ontario) • The Almas (New Munster, WI) • Alunah (Birmingham, England) • Blood Thinners (Sydney, Australia) • DAINA (Barcelona, Spain) • Freyja (Brooklyn, NY) • His Daughter Harry (London, England) • Indoor Friends (Boston, MA) • One Last Story (Graz, Austria) • Reawaken (Southampton, England) • Scarlet Tantrum (Carthage, NC) • The Sound of Modesty (Leeds, England) • Exit Guide (Brisbane, Australia) • Lonely Little Kitsch (Niagara, Ontario) • Women in Sports (Philadelphia, PA) • Pryti (Birmingham, England)

No AI-fakes, no bots, just real music for real listeners!

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black market, Shades of Violette · blackmarketplaylists intro · Song · 2026

Setting the Stage: My New Signature Intro by Shades of Violette Every great journey needs a starting point, and for blackmarketplaylists.de, that moment has finally arrived. I am beyond excited to introduce my official new playlist intro: a piece of music that perfectly captures the soul of what we do here.

A Collaboration Across Borders Released in May 2026, this intro is the result of a wonderful collaboration with Melanie and Jeremy from the incredibly talented band Shades of Violette, based in Washington, D.C.

When I reached out to them, I was looking for something that could represent the diversity of the "under the radar" scene. What they delivered exceeded all expectations. They’ve managed to craft a multifaceted atmosphere that bridges the gap between different worlds in just a few moments.

The Sound: Dreamy, Gazey, and Pure Post-Punk Technically and artistically, the track is a masterclass in atmosphere. It seamlessly weaves together:

• Dreamy Textures: Setting a reflective, immersive mood.

• Gazey Elements: Providing that signature wall of sound we love.

• Post-Punk Energy: Adding a rhythmic edge that keeps the listener engaged.

All of this is tied together by Melanie’s captivating voice. Her unique timbre and the way she carries the melody provide the perfect emotional "hook" that makes you want to stay for the rest of the playlist.

Why it Matters At blackmarketplaylists.de, everything is hand-curated. There are no bots, no algorithms, just a deep-rooted passion for music that deserves to be heard. This intro is a testament to that philosophy: a real connection between a curator and a band, creating something new to support the independent music scene.

From now on, you’ll find this track at the beginning of every playlist. It’s my way of saying: "Welcome. Sit back, and discover your new favorite band."

A massive thank you to Melanie and Jeremy for their incredible work. Let’s go and enjoy!

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Fresh Canadian Punk is here! Featuring MIDNIGHT PEG on the cover + plenty more gems from this year alone, including:

from ALBERTA: • Belvedere (Calgary) • Fortune Lost (Edmonton) • July Crowd (Calgary) • Regal Foul feat. Trashed Ambulance (Banff/ Red Dear) • Tension (Edmonton)

from BRITISH COLUMBIA: • Chief State (Vancouver) • Chronic Fatigue (Vancouver) • Criminal Hero (Vancouver) • Friends With Boats (Vancouver/ Hannover, Germany) • Gucci Chain Letter (Vancouver)

from MANITOBA: • Peacebreach (Winnipeg) • Screaming at Traffic (Winnipeg) • Storyteller (Winnipeg) • The Soundoff (Winnipeg) • Until Defeat (Winnipeg)

from ONTARIO: • Active Bastard (Toronto) • Among Legends (Waterloo/ Toronto) • autumn apparition (Toronto) • Avem (Toronto) • Baby's First Pistol (Toronto) • Bastard Child (Hamilton) • Beached Out (Peterborough) • Captain WildChild (Hamilton) • Dealbreaker (Welland) • Full Throttle (London) • Gran Fenwick (Toronto) • Ian BW (London) • In Your Walls (Toronto) • Jayniac Jr. (Toronto) • Jonathan Panetta (Toronto) • Limits of Approach (London) • Live With It (Oshawa) • lostvoy (Toronto) • Milhowse (Kitchener) • Napoleon (Toronto) • Neon Ghosthouse (Ottawa) • No Sunshine Collective (Toronto) • ORAEN (Toronto) • Pink Leather Jackets (Toronto) • Politely Intoxicated (London) • Rat Grenade (Toronto) • Red Output (Kitchener) • Sixteen Scandals (Toronto) • Spookyguava (Toronto) • The Crease Rule (Toronto) • The Downcast (Toronto) • The Mightabins (Toronto) • The Riptides (Ottawa)

from QUÉBEC: • .chire (Montréal) • 91 Dominos (Montréal) • Bad Skin (Montréal) • Brain Size 61 (Montréal) • Capable! (Montréal) • Dead Alright (Montréal) • Downstater (Quebéc City) • FakeYou (Montréal) • General Chaos (Montréal) • Hipshot (Quebéc City) • Out of Order (Montréal) • PACE (Montréal) • Pas d'panique (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) • PasMort (Rivière-du-Loup) • Private Lives (Montréal) • Remy Verreault (Saguenay) • shirehead (Montréal) • Still Insane (Quebéc City) • Taxi Girls (Montréal) • Twenty2 (Montréal) • Unwanted Noise (Montréal) • We Told You So (Trois-Rivières)

from SASKATCHEW: • Shirley & The Pyramids (Saskatoon)

📸 by Levi Manchak @llllvi

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The world of shoegaze...Your May soundtrack is here. Fresh picks from recent weeks, featuring incredible bands from across the globe. 🌎✨

• labyrinthine oceans (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) - !!! ON THE PLAYLIST COVER !!! • Midsommar (Warsaw, Poland) • Attic Ocean (Düsseldorf, Germany) • Mother Johnson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) • rues (Helsinki, Finland) • The Mary's Lost Gaze (Surabaya, Indonesia) • heavëner (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) • Sea of Days feat. Maud Anyways (England / France) • Whisper Doll (Brooklyn, NY) • Leaving Venice (Piacenza, Italy) • Moonwards (Helsinki, Finland) • flowersatherfeet (Chicago, IL) • Esterea (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • Tired Eyes (California) • Vivid Bloom (Boston, MA) • Modern Time Machines (Los Angeles, CA) • Honey I'm Home (Amsterdam, Netherlands) • The Microdance (London, England) • GULU GULU (Budapest, Hungary) • Bad Bloom (Rochester, NY) • Sungaze (Cincinnati, OH) • Deep Ditch (Prague, Czech Republic) • Honeydrome (Portland, OR) • Head Sound (Albany/ Beacon, NY) • Lal Tuna (France/ Turkey) • The Mystery Divide (New Jersey) • moon-li 历 (Paris, France) • Silk (Belfast, Northern Ireland) • haunted images (County Louth, Ireland) • elbowsway (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) • Encarta 98 (Bogotá, Columbia) • The Suncharms (Sheffield, England) • Dogviolet (London, England) • Shapes Like People (Wiltshire, England) • A su ladera (San José, Costa Rica) • she shone with Danella Hocevar (Toronto, ON, Canada) • So Sorry (Nashville, TN) • sundayclub (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) • Klimt 1918 (Rome, Italy) • Nuevos Mundos (Madrid, Spain) • Night Swimming (Bath/ Bristol, England) • musbime (Tokyo, Japan) • Cloud Factory (Glasgow, Scotland) • Silk Daisys (Atlanta, GA) • Sparkler (San Diego, CA) • 東京酒吐座(Tokyo Shoegazer) (Tokyo, Japan) • A.A. Williams (London, England) • Boy With Apple (Gothenburg, Sweden) • Cathedral Bells (Orlando, FL) • A Burial At Sea/ Newhvn (Liverpool, England)

Playlist on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube Music. Links in bio, in the comment or on blackmarketplaylists.de

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The world of Shoegaze... And here are the killer debut tracks from total newcomers this APRIL! Find authentic new music on this playlist, feat.:

• Mother Johnson (Amsterdam, Netherlands) • album name: 100 german cities / champagne (happy for you)

• Archaic Faces (Frescno, CA) • album name: You Are More Alive Than You Think

• Esterea (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • album name: Andén 3

• Laurelhurst (Orange County/ LA, CA) • album name: Nosebleed

• ayonium (San Francisco, CA) • album name: still the one

• So Sorry (Nashville, TN) • album name: Snoozin

• Black Corollas (Bandung, Indonesia) • album name: Car Ashtray

• she shone with Danella Hocevar (Toronto, ON, Canada) • album name: she shone

• Snow 24 (Ontario, Canada) • album name: Dusk

• THEATRE (Limerick, Ireland) • album name: The Fall

• Sonho Líquido (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) !!! ON THE PLAYLIST COVER THIS MONTH !!! • album name: te olho no espelho

• Menderbug (Malmö area, Sweden) • album name: In What Remains

• rues (Helsinki, Finland) • album name: midnight

• softboi (Helsinki, Finland) • album name: The Call

• Garden slug (London, England) • album name: Lucy

• Amargo (Sorocaba, Brazil) • album name: Flerte

• Artoir (Chattanooga, TN) • album name: Empty

• Misguider (Brooklyn, NY) • album name: Swallow/Weird Magazines

Plus, fresh March debut injections added to the mix alongside last month's highlights, feat.:

• Dandelion Graves (London, England) • album name: Blue Moons

• Entropía (San José, Costa Rica) • album name: ashita

• Tired Eyes (California) • album name: Garden

• Heavywake (Los Angeles, CA) • album name: Fantasy

• queenpin (Vancouver, BC, Canada) • album name: Small World

• lowsweep (Fontana, CA) • album name: Crown of Flowers

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April Playlist Charts! 🎧 Here are the Top 11 playlists from April (last 28 days), based on the streams for my blackmarketplaylist theme, which you can find as the intro on every single list! (Previous month's ranking in brackets).

1. (5) Top 30 Shoegaze April 2026 2. (1) New British Rock (England & Wales) 3. (2) Best new female Jazz, Soul, Roots 4. (4) Female-fronted punk 5. (NEW) New Pop 80s inspired 6. (NEW) "Find Me" (Shoegaze under radar) 7. (NEW) Female-fronted Shoegaze 8. (NEW) Best Shoegaze debuts 2026 9. (10) New heavy//fast shoegaze 10. (11) "Endless Dreamer" - Shoegaze best 2026 11. (NEW) New female grunge • heavy shoegaze

Discover great music from real musicians for real listeners! 🤘

See all playlists on blackmarketplaylists.de

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Women Of New Blues – On this hand-curated playlist, you’ll find fresh blues sounds with soul-rock vibes, featuring releases from this year and the latter half of 2025.

No AI fakes, no bots – just hand-picked tracks from exciting artists and bands flying under the radar.

Discover, for example: (Oct 2025-April 2026)

• South of Savoy (Tallinn, Estonia & Finland-rooted) - !!! ON THE PLAYLIST COVER !!!

• Noa & the Hell Drinkers (Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain)

• Bonnie & The Jets (Oslo, Norway)

• Carmen Ratti Band with Jill Dineen (San Francisco, CA)

• Lecia Louise (Gold Coast, Australia)

• Eve Gallagher Band (England/ Switzerland)

• Eliza Neals (Detroit, MI)

• Blues Bizarre (Helsinki, Finland)

• Jennifer Alvarado (Vale, NC)

• Kiersi Joli (Tennessee)

• Sheva Elliot (Los Angeles, CA)

• Logan J Parker (London, England)

• Catfish feat. When Rivers Meet (Sussex/ Essex, England)

• Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers (Melbourne, Australia)

• Guilded Lilly (Tacoma, WA)

• Red Beans & Pepper Sauce (France)

• Amber Nicholson (Fulshear, TX)

• Elise Frank (France/ Ireland)

• Katie Jayne (Hunter Valley/ Newcastle , Australia)

• EDEN with Savanna Woods (Standwood, WA)

• Hollie Rogers (Cornwall, England)

• Debra Power (Calgary, AB, Canada)

• Bywater Call (Toronto, ON, Canada)

• Alice Armstrong (Surrey, England)

• Hotell (Chicago, IL)

• HER FURY (London, England)

• Shakura S'Aida (Toronto, ON, Canada)

• Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast (Asheville, NC)

• Sgt. Splendor (Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden) (Albuquerque, NM)

• Donna Hourigan Music (South East Queensland, Australia)

• Banshee (Los Angeles, CA)

• Meg Williams (Nashville, TN)

• Jayniac Jr. With Tyte TheworldIsTyte (Toronto, ON, Canada)

• Laura Evans (Aberdare, South Wales)

• Melody Angel (Chicago, IL)

• The Sheyana Band (Tasmania, Australia)

• Kara Grainger (Nashville, TN)

• The Bateleurs (Lisbon, Portugal)

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The world of shoegaze... and the world is female! The latest releases from these past weeks have been mind-blowing, featuring stunning tracks from amazing female-fronted bands and solo artists like:

• A su ladera (San José, Costa Rica) • A.A. Williams (London, England) • Bad Bloom (Rochester, NY) • brightmoon (Long Beach, CA) • Dalmatia (San Francisco, CA) • Darkswoon (Portland, OR) • deary (London, England) • Deep Ditch (Prague, CZ) • Deer Fang (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) • Dogviolet (London, England) • dreamscent (Raleigh, NC) • Emily How (Illinois) • Encarta 98 (Bogotá, Columbia) • Fanchon (London, England) • Fragile Animals (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) • Garden slug (London, England) • Heading North (Pittsburgh, PA) • Honeydrome (Portland, OR) • Hysterese (Tübingen, Germany) • labyrinthine oceans (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) • Lal Tuna (Bordeaux, France/ Istanbul, Turkey) • Las Robertas (San José, Costa Rica) • Lauren Lakis (Los Angeles, CA/ Austin, TX) • Leaving Venice (Piacenza, Italy) • Merricat (Dublin, Ireland) • Modern Time Machines (Los Angeles, CA) • MOMSNAME (Leeuwarden, Netherlands) • musbime (Tokyo, Japan) • Night Swimming (Bath/ Bristol, England) • OMIDARI (Belgrade, Serbia) • Paper Sister (Austin, TX) • Pluvia (Italy) • Pollyanna Blue (Bristol, England) • Saint Sappho (Glasgow, Scotland) • Sesame Girl (Wollongong, Australia) • she shone/ Danella Hocevar (Canada) • she's green (Minneapolis, MN) • Shedonist (Nashville, TN) • Sonho Líquido (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) • Splendor (Santa Cruz, CA) • sssiv (Copenhagen, Denmark) • sundayclub (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) • Sungaze (Cincinnati, OH) • Teary (Los Angeles, CA) • The Blue Herons (Switzerland/ US) • The Mary's Lost Gaze (Surabaya, Indonesia) • The Sound of Modesty (London, England) • THEATRE (Limerick, Ireland) • Tinsley (Seattle, WA) • Violet UltraRay (London, England) • Winter Gardens (Brighton, England) • 東京酒吐座(Tokyo Shoegazer) (Tokyo, Japan)

Heavier, softer, or both – check out all the new tracks on these two playlists!

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The World of... vocal Synth-Pop with a heavy 80s vibe. No bots, no AI fakes - just 100% human-curated music. Every track is AI-scanned for authenticity. The finest under-the-radar gems of 2026. Feat. (in alphabetical order):

• Adryelle (California) • BORINGER 04 (Russia) • Brave Boy (Kansas) • Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (North Carolina) • Brisk Ambush (Florida) • Bunny X (New York) • Caput Medusae (Germany) • Chez Kane (Wales) • Cycle (Spain) • Deth Rali (Denver) • Drop Beat Empire (Uruguay) • Dualarity feat. Anna Keller (England /Austria) • EK3 (feat. Katy Rose) (Calfornia) • Fonz Tramontano with Calida J (England) • Francesca e Luigi (Sweden) • Gaba Wright (Australia) • Geno Beach (Denver) • Gigi Phenix (California) • HUIR (Spain) • INDIGO (New Zealand) • Johnny Falco (Canada) • Jordan Perry feat. December Rose (Canada) • Jupiter Station (Tennessee) • Kay-Chi feat. RINA PAVAR (Greece/ Germany) • Kit Le Bihan (England) • Laptop (New York) • Laura Lederer (New York) • Lazer Club (Italy) • Lifelong Corporation (Spain) • Macedo (California) • Maggie Luv (Tennessee) • Mayah Camara (England) - !!! ON THE PLAYLIST COVER !!! • Midsummer Ex (Sweden) • Milano Flash (Greece/ Sweden) • MINOH (Germany/ Korea) • Mode-one (Spain) • Noise Traya (Ukraine) • Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (England) • O.a.G. (England • Oblique (Spain) • Ralphy Grey (Germany) • RCKYLNDN (England) • Receipts (Florida) • Rhys Hurd (England) • Rogue FX (England) • Shannon Curtis / 80s kids (Washington) • Shell Games (Connecticut) • Soft Faith (New York) • Soviet (New York) • TEKA (France) • The Motion Epic (Texas/ Canada) • Tommy Countach (Germany) • Toni Sundén (Finland) • U.F.O 1982 & Rogue FX (Perú/ England) • Valley Lights (California) • Violentene (Canada) • Wings of Fire (Pennsylvania) • YATTE (Texas)

Why this playlist?

• 100% Hand-curated • No bots or AI fakes (fully verified) • Perfectly themed • Pure 80s-inspired Pop • Focus on underground talent • Regulary updated