The Fresh is your monthly fix for what’s next. Curated by The UNHEARD Music, we highlight the emerging, independent, and alternative artists keeping the underground spirit alive. Discover the sounds of tomorrow, today.

New Music. Same Obsession.

S3 E6:

Alexsucks - Hopeless
Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Movie Star Junkies - Behind The Hills
Grandmas House - The Table
Diary - Keep Comin’ Up
Iceage - The Weak
Taxi Girls - Midnight Mixtape
So Perfect - Fade To Black
Annie Taylor - Lucidity
Almost Monday - Delicate
Baby Cool - Everything
The Claudettes - Don’t Give It Up To The Thieves
Congratulations - City Boy
Hidden Fees - So What
AUS!Funkt - Let The Shadows Fall
Bad Nerves - Network

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Episode No. 642 - Volume, Hooks & Vera Vogue On Parade

This week’s episode hits so many sweet spots. From late 70s pub rock, to UK punk clubs, downtown NYC new wave and high energy power pop that all paved the way for modern alternative radio. Press play and dive in…

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Episode No. 641 - The Neon Underground

Almost every track this week is an underground new wave gem. Think late night radio, left of the dial or being at the coolest after hours club. Post-Punk, synth-pop and a dip into some prime no-wave are all on tap for episode 641 of The UNHEARD Music. Press play and dive in…

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Episode No. 640 - Post-Punk Grooves & Left-Field Beats

There is something so satisfying about this episode.

The first half falls under the post-punk umbrella yet all sound completely different. And sound perfect one after the other.

Then the shift.

The second half goes straight into the 90s: electronic, synth-pop, trip hop, alt rock. It seems like the two halves, the two sides are totally different. Until you listen to the whole show and hear how it all comes together.

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Episode No. 639 - Anthems For The Alternatives

I’m always stoked with how the shows come together every week. When the tracks are in the set order and I listen back to the flow and it all clicks. Like a perfect album or the best Mixtape you ever pressed play on. I kind of go for that listening experience with The UNHEARD Music. 

And this week’s show definitely sticks to that formula. The flow, the diversity, the impact several of these tracks had on alternative music and a turning point for one band in particular. Before a big change to their sound. And we also feature three of my all time favorite bands. Zero skips guaranteed.

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Episode No. 638 - New Wave, Rhythm & Tribal Beats

This week's show started with three tracks. Two were actually pretty big hits. Not Unheard. But waiting to be heard. For the first time on The Unheard Music. Those definitive new wave hits steer this entire episode.

👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — Every week I break down the episode track by track — how they wound up in the order they did and the stories behind the music. Artist and Scene Spotlights, and a closer look at why this mix matters. Discovering music since the late 70s and sharing it on The UNHEARD Music for over 13 years. Personal history and stories you won't find anywhere else.
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The Fresh is the new music companion to The Unheard Music — curated monthly & focused on emerging, independent & alternative artists carrying the spirit of the underground into the present.
New Music. Same Obsession.

S3 E5:

Dynamite Shakers - Hot Stumps
The Black Keys - She Does It Right
The Blue Stones - Your Master
Indian Askin - The Deal
Big Special - Lazarus
shishi - Dog Ok
La Securite’ - Deny
Blaming Tiger - Oui
Bodega - Pick Up The Check
Hangwire - The Absurd (Rearranged)
Agatha Is Dead! - Strangers
Social Order - Say It
The New Romantics - Bloodstains
Alone In My Room - Kiss of The Reaper
Disintegration - Lost And Found
Holy Fuck - Evie
Vandal Moon - Money Dance
Grocery Bag- Lies

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Episode No. 637 - The Punk, The Funk & The Underground Rock

I didn't sit down and plan this weeks show around horns and saxophone. I didn't think I set out to build an episode around a specific sound or era. I just started pulling tracks that I wanted to play and that felt right together. Then somewhere along the way I realized what was happening. When punk went funk and rock found it's groove. And what ties all these tracks together... 

👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — Every week I break down the episode track by track — how they wound up in the order they did and the stories behind the music. Artist and Scene Spotlights, and a closer look at why this mix matters. Discovering music since the late 70s and sharing it on The UNHEARD Music for over 13 years. Personal history and stories you won't find anywhere else.
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Digital Mixtape No. 636 - The Birth of Modern Rock

This one is a snapshot.

A moment in time when alternative music was finding its next shape. 

This is College Rock. Indie Rock. Alternative on the verge of something different. Still Left of The Dial but leaning into it's rock side and exploring all new sounds.

Think late night on 120 Minutes. That's where this week’s show explores.

👉 Full playlist + Inside the Mix — Every week I break down the episode track by track — how they wound up in the order they did and the stories behind the music. Artist and Scene Spotlights, and a closer look at why this mix matters. Discovering music since the late 70s and sharing it on The UNHEARD Music for over 13 years. Personal history and stories you won't find anywhere else.
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Digital Mixtape No. 635 - Loud, Fast & Left of The Dial

This week's show is loaded with guitars and some of the most powerful female voices in punk and new wave history; the original Riot Grrrls. 

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