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Welcome to Mitxoda Weekly #50! it’s great to have you here!
Fifty weeks.
That’s fifty windows into this indie world we call home. Fifty reasons to keep believing in sound, in spark, in the strange alchemy between stories and frequencies.
This time, we drift.
From the glowing shadows of Cloé Du Trèfle’s La lueur, through the whispered grief of Mia’Nell, all the way to the dancefloor, the headphone sanctuary, and back again. An add a bit of German roadtrip inside…
I invite you to read slowly, listen deeply, and maybe, just maybe, discover that you’re not the only one feeling this much.
Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda is again ready to soundtrack your week this Friday.
Enjoy the read!
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Artistic Spotlight : Cloé Du Trèfle
Sometimes, an album lands not just in your ears but in your chest, a pulse, a spark. That’s what happened when Cloé Du Trèfle, straight from Brussels 🇧🇪 , released her brand-new album La lueur.
Cloé is a multi-instrumentalist, a poet, an explorer of textures. With La lueur, she delivers twelve pieces that drift between chanson and electro, between whispers and beats. It’s hypnotic piano one moment, a surge of bass the next. And through it all, her words, sparse, careful, glowing, carry us toward something deeply human.
Critics across Belgium, France, Switzerland, and beyond are already calling it one of the most powerful electro releases of 2025. Some describe it as “viscerally electro, but profoundly human”. Others as “cosmic and deliciously poetic”. Listening, you understand why: it feels like Cloé is building her own constellation, track by track.
This is the kind of record that makes you want to stop scrolling, close your eyes, and let yourself be carried, sometimes to the dancefloor, sometimes to a quieter place inside yourself.
🎧 Listen everywhere now
🌌 Or hold the light in your hands: the album is also out on double vinyl 👉 ffm.to/lalueur
Cloé is also preparing the next steps of her tour. So if you know a stage that needs a little lueur, reach out. These songs are meant to be lived together.
The Banshee Who Didn’t Scream: Mia’Nell
"I love playing with contrasts,
light and dark, soft and intense"
We met in a place that doesn’t quite exist.
It could’ve been near Hamburg. Or perhaps somewhere further west of the sea, where land and dream dissolve. The light was soft, unbearable in the way dawn is, when you’ve been awake all night with something in your chest.
And she was there. Barefoot thought, wrapped in a shawl of sound.
Mia’Nell.
She appeared. Like fog, or memory.
She told me once, in a voice that felt like wind slipping through cathedral glass:
"Even when the mood is heavy, there’s usually a sense of movement underneath, like a light trying to break through the shadows"
And suddenly, everything made sense.
Her songs are the things we bury when we try to stay strong. The rusted keys we toss into the river when we say we’re fine. Her music is not here to fix you. It’s here to sit beside you while you fall apart.
Like a friend who won’t flinch when you cry in silence.
The banshee knows this silence well.
"My inspirations come from all genres, from Evanescence and Nightwish to 80s pop music (…) anything that stirs deep emotions and vivid images in me."
The Banshee
In the old stories, a banshee wails at death’s approach. But Mia’Nell reimagines her.
Not as a monster. But as a witness. Grief’s guardian. Emotion’s emissary.
"A banshee finds it while wandering by the sea. She listens, and for once, she doesn’t scream. She just closes her eyes, and lets the music carry her grief."
Mia’Nell’s albums are for the shoreline. Where you come to speak with ghosts. Where you remember how to breathe again.
The Voice
There’s a moment in Shades and Pain, her latest release, where the music barely breathes. It hovers, fragile, like a moth on glass. You lean in, afraid it’ll shatter. But it holds.
Because that’s her power. She builds worlds where breaking is allowed.
“Music became the place where I could feel without having to explain” she told me. Not proudly. Not sadly. Just… truthfully.
You could hear a thousand lifetimes in that sentence.
Her songs are shadow-painted. Gently bruised. But they move. There is always a pulse, a ripple, a secret bridge between wound and wonder.
The Sea
We sat in silence once, watching invisible waves lap at our invisible feet. She spoke about silence. About what’s left unsaid. About the tiny violences of everyday life, a withheld word, a door closed too gently, the quiet shame of enduring too long.
That’s what Shades and Pain holds. A “moment”. The after of something.
The residue of emotion. The grief that didn’t know it was grief until the music called it by name.
The Creation
She doesn’t write with intention. She listens. Waits. And lets the images arrive.
Some days, they come like Nordic mists. Others, like southern sandstorms.
But always, always!, they carry emotion before they carry structure.
“The moment when a song starts breathing on its own, when it stops being an idea and becomes something alive. That’s the moment she lives for.”
You can tell. Every track is a spell. A gentle one. But no less powerful.
The Afterglow
I asked her once what she dreams of. She paused. Then said, …more to the sea than to me,… that if the songs keep coming, and if even one person finds shelter in them… then that’s enough.
Not fame. Not fireworks.
Just the quiet, unmarketable gift of connection. That moment when someone says: "I thought I was the only one."
The Listener
If you hear her voice and feel something shift, if you sense that slow burn behind the melody, if the tears come before the lyrics do, you’re not alone.
Somewhere, a banshee has just stopped screaming.
And started listening.
Mia’Nell – “Shades and Pain”
Out now on all streaming portals. But really, it lives best in headphones.
At twilight. By the sea.
Or inside the quiet place you thought no one else knew.
Written in the hush of an almost-world, a few weeks ago.
For the indie souls who feel too much, too often, and just enough to still believe in the power of sound.
Ready for this weekend!
Meeting awesome people like Nadine de Macedo, Electric BlindFold (aka Industrial Destruction aka Mystique Tendenz), Gengvej, Joo Baldi, Hollow Words and To Die In Beauty and MAYBE…drumroll… Morino for an interesting lazy and funny evening, this Saturday, September 6th in Münster (Germany)!
Can’t wait to tell you more about it! Now I am ready for the roadtrip… ❤🔥
Quick Indie News
🎧 IzenGard – The Passage
📅 2019-12-12 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Rock | Album (Label) • ⏱️ 2:19 • Instrumental
An instrumental prelude from the album Angel Heart (Massacre Records, DE), elegantly leading into the title track with a cinematic, scene-setting vibe.
🎧 Arkanus Evocation – Bruja
📅 2023-07-19 🇲🇽 México | Metal | EP (Indie) • ⏱️ 7:59
A dark folk-horror epic: the tale of a shunned child who discovers her power and chooses vengeance—ritual drums, churning riffs, and story-driven intensity.
🎧 Ace It Moe – Fading Memory
📅 2023-08-20 🇩🇰 Denmark | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:54
Grief turned into grit: heartfelt rock cut from the EP Aim High, tracked at Sweet Silence Studios with Flemming Rasmussen, catharsis you can sing.
🎧 WORLD5 – I Get It
📅 2024-05-10 🇺🇸 United States | Rock (Soft/Pop Rock) | Single (Label) • ⏱️ 3:49
Radio-bright soft rock from the album 3, smooth hooks, clean guitars, and a chorus built for open-road replay.
🎧 Machinegun Earl – Orney
📅 2024-06-25 🇺🇸 United States | Rock (Surf) | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:21 • Instrumental
Board-shorts energy from the debut Us Against Them: twangy leads and rolling drums in a sun-bleached surf instrumental.
🎧 Lavander Jonz – Time
📅 2024-07-07 🇺🇸 United States Of America | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:19
A healing-arc rocker—open-hearted lyrics and steady drive tracing a marriage through pain to renewal.
🎧 David LaRosa – Overhanging Vines
📅 2024-08-12 🇺🇸 US | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 2:25 • Instrumental
A nimble instrumental sketch: crisp guitars and tight grooves that sway like sunlit vines in the breeze.
🎧 Rhythm of One – Why Did You Lie To Me
📅 2024-08-24 🇺🇸 US | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:39
DIY to the core, written/recorded/produced by Steve Eaker, raw southern grit meets confessional truths; features Jeanne Sherman.
🎧 Somethin' Brewin' – Angry Child
📅 2024-08-31 🇬🇧 GB | Rock | Album (Label) • ⏱️ 4:43
A cathartic blast inspired by teenage turbulence, shouting guitars, parental frustration, and a chorus that hits home.
🎧 Perry&Blackwell – JONI
📅 2024-11-01 🇿🇦 South Africa | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:11
A father’s love letter, melodic indie-rock with a bright refrain, named for Jon Perry’s young daughter.
🎧 Remont – Na naszej drodze
📅 2024-11-30 🇵🇱 Poland | Alternative | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:31
Old song, new life: a punchy, nostalgic alt-rocker from the flip side of a debut-album single, youthful fire with wiser eyes.
🎧 Jade Eye – Chasing Highlights
📅 2025-01-25 🇺🇸 United States | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:35
Upbeat and anthemic, searing leads, punk-leaning rhythm section, and lyrics savoring life’s fleeting flashes.
🎧 SOUND of STEEL – ALIEN ATTACK (Radio Edition)
📅 2025-02-10 🇳🇱 NL | Rock | Single (Label) • ⏱️ 4:10
High-stakes sci-fi rock: nations at odds, a threat from beyond, could an outer-space crisis finally unite us?
🎧 The Beautiful Revolution – Break Away
📅 2025-04-01 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Alternative | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:53
Track 4 from the third album Another World: widescreen alt textures and a slow-burn lift to freedom.
🎧 Jade Eye – Illuminate
📅 2025-04-25 🇺🇸 United States | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:20
Cosmic introspection sparked by a moon-like Utah landscape, spacious verses, skyward chorus, and a melody that lingers.
🎧 Wayne W. Hacker – Sitting On Gold
📅 2025-06-08 🇺🇸 United States | Alternative | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:33
Written in a rare creative sprint, reflective lyrics realize the treasure was always close; lean guitars, honest delivery.
🎧 Ryan Pinnick – Slap Me With A Bar and Call Me Jimmy
📅 2025-07-10 🇺🇸 USA | Autre | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:57
30-year inside joke turned bossa-tinged throwback, cheeky school-day snapshots over breezy rhythms.
🎧 Wicked Tears – You're My Everything
📅 2025-07-15 🇺🇸 United States | Rock | Album (Label) • ⏱️ 5:26
A classic power ballad, soaring vocals and widescreen guitars aimed straight at the heart.
🎧 Brett Ryder – Down Down
📅 2025-07-25 🇺🇸 Usa | Alternative | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:17
Tight, hooky alt cut—social-post tease becomes a full-tilt release with punch and purpose.
🎧 Rhythm of One – Don't Cry For Me
📅 2025-08-01 🇺🇸 US | Rock | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:35
From Dead Man’s Diary: heartfelt southern rock storytelling by Steve Eaker, straight to tape, straight to the point.
🎧 Warden – Hour Glass
📅 2025-08-08 🇺🇸 US | Rock | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:25
Against the singles tide, a debut album statement; “Hour Glass” closes the set with urgency and grit.
🎧 Steven Garcia – I Haven't Been Feeling Like Myself at All Lately
📅 2025-08-08 🇺🇸 United States | Alternative (Reggae/Ska) | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:31
Upbeat ska shuffle with a rock edge, sunny horns and guitars masking a title that tells the truth.
🎧 Silicon Kong – Industrial Rock
📅 2025-08-12 🇺🇸 United States | Rock | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:09
From The Glam-tastic Escape!—tongue-in-cheek swagger, dark humor, and big-screen ambitions (watch for The Steel City Architect).
🎧 Zoom Unit – Clearwater Overlook
📅 2025-08-14 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Alternative | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:52
A panoramic, proggy stroll from Astrocone Copperneck and Cyclops—liquid basslines, glassy leads, long-view vibes.
🎧 Lappländer – Here and now
📅 2025-08-15 🇫🇮 Finland | Electronic/Dance (Ambient/Electronica) | Album (Indie) • ⏱️ 1:36 • Instrumental
Closing piece from Travelling Slow (Secret Entertainment; publisher Antifragile Music): breathing spaces, gentle melancholy, and room to think.
🎧 Pecy – Enjoy Time
📅 2025-08-16 🇺🇸 USA | Electronic/Dance | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:30
A sleek teaser for the year-end album, polished groove, forward momentum, and a chorus built for late nights.
🎧 Rocco Gibson – Galaxina
📅 2025-08-18 🇺🇸 United States | Electronic/Dance (Synthwave/EDM) | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:42 • Instrumental
Uplifting synth arps, reflective mid-journey, euphoric finish, three acts of neon-lit escape.
🎧 Blind Shadow Vortex feat. Nick Lang UK, The Primary Phase Principle, The Steve Klatt Project – Metronomic Autonomy
📅 2025-08-22 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦 United States, England, Canada | Metal (Prog/Industrial/Rap) | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:45
A four-artist fusion, precision riffs, industrial pulse, rap cadences, stacked arrangements and relentless drive.
🎧 Lumenta – When I'm Gone
📅 2025-08-31 🇸🇪 Sweden | Metal | Single (Label) • ⏱️ 4:59 • Instrumental
Home-studio firepower: Ibanez bite, Logic Pro precision, and STL Tones shaping a muscular instrumental journey.
🎧 Ava Gratia – Traffic Lights
📅 2025-09-04 🇧🇪 Belgique | Folk | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 3:38
Tender English folk-pop from Belgium, glowing harmonies and a refrain that lingers at every red, amber, green.
🎧 The Stellar Anderson Project – Wicked Woman
📅 2025-09-05 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Alternative | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 5:08
A cinematic revenge tale where the protagonist attends her own funeral, strings of tension, drums of doom, and a chilling twist.
🎧 Nick Luddite – The Supposedly Celibate Priest
📅 2025-09-05 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Alternative | Single (Indie) • ⏱️ 4:00
Wry, literary indie: a character sketch with bite, jangling guitars, and a smirk behind the collar.
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Historical Fact: When The Music Stopped
On September 7, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot four times in a drive-by in Las Vegas while riding with Suge Knight. Just 25 years old, he was struck in the chest, arm, and thigh, and died from his injuries six days later, on September 13. His death, still officially unsolved, marked a turning point in hip-hop history and left a lasting legacy that continues to influence music and culture worldwide.
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Nadine's Indie Treasures: PIECES
Selected with precision by Nadine de Macedo
A German shoegaze / alt rock band, that I follow from the very beginning. While their fist EP "Who We Are" focussed on sing-alongs for festival season, "Hypnotic Lights" turned out much darker. Please listen to the songs "Hypnotic Lights", "Signed By Love" and "Who We Are" to get an impression. Their YouTube is worth a visit, they spend a lot of time cutting the videos.
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Until Next Week: With Smiles and Laughs
This Weekly was not made to scroll through.
It was made to pause, to wander, to hold.
From Brussels to the banshee’s shore, from driving guitars to ambient breaths, it’s all here, alive and kicking. Just the music. Just the stories. Just us.
If something stirred in you, let someone know.
And if you have a track, a whisper, a rebellion in song, submit it. Let’s keep this current flowing.
Until next time, keep walking toward the sound.
I am here. Still listening.
With love and fun,
🖤 Mitxoda
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