Archive - The Sound Vault

Sleep Token | Emergence

Sleep Token’s “Emergence” featuring Gabi Rose on saxophone, how the anonymous masked metallers created a genre-defying six-minute epic that broke chart…

Dec 30 • The Sound Vault

Kerala Dust | The Bay

Kerala Dust's "The Bay" - Edmund Kenny's post-breakup closing track from An Echo Of Love, recorded across five cities with Tim Gardner and Pascal Karier…

Dec 29 • The Sound Vault

Korn’s “Blind” launched nu-metal in 1994, how a song from Jonathan Davis’s previous band became the genre-defining anthem recorded at Indigo Ranch with…

Dec 27 • The Sound Vault

Arooj Aftab | Aey Nehin

A Grammy winner found her favorite song on Night Reign through an Instagram video of a Pakistani actress reciting an impromptu poem about waiting for a…

Dec 27 • The Sound Vault

Artist Spotlight: David Bowie’s Top 10 Essential Tracks 🌟

Brixton's David Bowie changed music forever. His top 10 tracks from Major Tom to Ziggy to the Thin White Duke, five decades of fearless reinvention…

Dec 26 • The Sound Vault

Chartreuse | Offerings

Chartreuse's "Offerings", how a Black Country four-piece retreated to an Icelandic studio five hours from Reykjavík and emerged with their most…

Dec 25 • The Sound Vault

Music Discovery Digest #5: The Best of The Sound Vault 2025 Edition

The Sound Vault’s most-loved discoveries: Portishead’s essential tracks, Massive Attack’s trip-hop masterpiece, Makis Ablianitis, and the songs you…

Dec 21 • The Sound Vault

Best Substack Music Blogs for 2025: 13 Newsletters Worth Your Time

The best music newsletters on Substack for 2025, from Ted Gioia’s cultural criticism to First Floor’s electronic deep dives. Human-curated discovery…

Dec 19 • The Sound Vault

The Music Blogs That Still Matter

The 10 best music blogs of 2025: Aquarium Drunkard, Bandcamp Daily, The Quietus, and more. Real human curation that beats Spotify's algorithm every…

Dec 18 • The Sound Vault

Leifur James | Smoke In The Air II

Leifur James' "Smoke In The Air II" - instrumental version revealing Formanta drum machines and Mellotron textures from the London/Lisbon producer's…

Dec 17 • The Sound Vault

Essential Albums: The Clash - London Calling

London Calling by The Clash—the double album that transcended punk with reggae, ska, rockabilly, and rock. Rolling Stone's #16 greatest album of all…

Dec 15 • The Sound Vault

Fermanagh artist resurrects Irish keening tradition with sean-nós vocals, John "Spud" Murphy production, and 1955 archival samples in 2024.

Dec 15 • The Sound Vault

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