Playlists
The diminutus° playlists: by country, by region, by theme and by scene — to discover what's happening in independent music right now.
Playlist · CountryArgentina — 2026
6 artists you probably don't know yet
From the capital to the hills of Córdoba: what new Argentine independent music is doing while nobody is looking.
Argentina has one of the strongest rock traditions in Latin America — and that is exactly why it is hard to be new there. This selection brings together artists who found a way: not fighting the past, but ignoring it elegantly. 6 artists and 9 tracks, from Buenos Aires to the hills of Córdoba.
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Playlist · SceneBuenos Aires / Argentina — 2026
A scene in motion
Tuesdays at Club Mirador, editions of fifty copies and songs that end before you get used to them.
If the Argentina 2026 playlist is the map, this is the street. 7 tracks from a city where independent music fits into hundred-capacity rooms.
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Playlist · CountryBrazil — 2026
New Brazilian independent music
Recife, Belém and Curitiba: three cities far from the Rio–São Paulo axis, three ways of making noise.
Brazil is too big to fit into a single centre. This selection looks beyond the usual axis and finds post-punk in Recife, psychedelic guitarrada in Belém and bedroom shoegaze in Curitiba.
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Playlist · Thematic2026
New Latin American Psychedelia
Cumbia, krautrock, charango and feedback: Latin American psychedelia in 2026 asks nobody's permission.
For decades, “Latin American psychedelia” meant reissues of 1970s records. This playlist is about the opposite: bands inventing their own right now.
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Playlist · Thematic2026
Global Post-Punk 2026
Lagos, Lisboa, Recife, Buenos Aires: post-punk has become a lingua franca — and every city speaks it with an accent.
Post-punk was born in industrial cities in crisis. Forty-odd years later, it reappears in cities living through other crises — and speaks about them.
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