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Hey my indie friend,
Post-Christmas mode on. Short Weekly today.
Lights still glowing, plates not fully empty, minds a bit slower… and that feels just right.
Today’s Salon Indie de Mitxoda is a no talk show. No monologue. No explanations.
Just music. Good music. Warm music.
A cocoon you can slip into, wherever you are. The Salon keeps going, softly, quietly, honestly.
If you feel like it, keep sending me your tracks via
The new version lets you add presaves and a few extra bits, explore it, break it, tell me what works and what doesn’t. Your feedback really matters. It’s how this thing grows.
Another good news is explained below, and will let you vote for your favorite track…
Little heads-up: I might skip the Weekly next week. Or maybe not. Who knows. That’s the beauty of this time of year 🙂
Enjoy the days ahead.
Be kind to yourself.
Be loud with joy, gentle with everything else.
Family, friends, chosen people, all of it.
Love 🤍, Mitxoda
The Mitxoda Indie Top 100 (beta, messy, alive)
So… here’s a new thing I’ve been quietly building, and it’s finally time to let it breathe in public.
The Mitxoda Indie Top 100 is live, still in beta, still a bit wild, and it’s built around your music.
The idea is simple:
Every track you send me via mitxoda.be/submit gets listened to, shared, and highlighted in the Weekly. From there, those tracks slowly feed into the Top 100. What you see today already represents everything I’ve played in the Salon since around September / October, and trust me, there’s way more music behind the scenes than what’s visible right now.
From January on, it gets clearer, cleaner, and more playful.
Here’s how it’ll work:
Friday Salon = first listen.
New tracks, fresh ears, zero pressure.
Then you’ve got one full week to vote for the track that hit you the hardest.
Votes will be refreshed, I still need to decide when, don’t worry 😃
You can still vote for older tracks if they keep haunting you.
But, and this matters, you only get ONE vote per week.
So yeah… choose wisely. Sit with it. Feel it. Commit.
This is not about algorithms.
It’s not about numbers for the sake of numbers.
For me, it’s a very human signal, a way to understand what truly resonates with you inside the Salon.
And yes, it’s a beta.
So if it breaks, freezes, bugs out, suddenly speaks French or German instead of English, or just feels weird, tell me. We’ll debug it together. That’s part of the fun. I want this to stay light, accessible, and alive.
Ready to play the game?
👉 The Indie Top 100 is right here:
Oh, your track isn’t there even though it was played?
Okay, okay… my bad. I’m juggling a lot, and sometimes things slip through the cracks. Just poke me, we’ll fix it. This stays a game, not a tribunal.
No prizes.
No Belgian chocolate medals (sorry).
Just my gratitude, and the recognition of the community through their votes.
So yeah.
Open your browser.
And vote like it matters, because it kind of does.
Don’t forget to confirm your vote by email.
And then, spread the word! Everyone is welcome. Sharing his/her track, and/or voting for your favorite one!
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🎧 Gorilla Tremors — Surfer Girl
📅 2025-12-19 • 🇧🇪 Belgium
Garage Punk | Rock’n’Roll
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/album/2uAyFlkYyWkpfhtJ7yMrbv?si=jZuXMX_GREmi6Kstdg9uqw
Fast, loud, and unapologetic, Surfer Girl is pure old-school garage punk energy.
Drawing from Misfits, Ramones, MC5, The Damned, and The Hives, with a love for classic monster movies, Gorilla Tremors bring raw rock’n’roll back to life.
Formed by three metal musicians craving speed, sweat, and simplicity, this band is a Frankenstein monster of punk passion.
🎧 The Sanctity Of Crows — Second Sun (feat. mysterious guest)
📅 2026-01-15 • 🇬🇧 UK / 🇩🇪 Germany
Metal | Post-Metal
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/thesanctityofcrows/
Originally a long instrumental from the debut album Amidst The Gloom (2024), Second Sun is reborn with lyrics and vocals from a mysterious guest artist from Germany.
The result pushes the track into darker, more atmospheric post-metal territory, heavy, expansive, and deeply immersive.
A striking evolution of an already powerful piece.
🎧 The Sanctity Of Crows — The Waiting Room (Radio Edit)
📅 2026-01-29 • 🇬🇧 UK
Rock | Heavy Alternative
🔗 https://open.spotify.com/track/11Y0bVig6OlW15rDJ0E1QP
A radio edit of the upcoming album Time, The Waiting Room is shaping up to be the heaviest track TSoC has released to date.
Dense, crushing, and emotionally charged, it captures the weight and tension at the core of The Sanctity Of Crows’ sound, a brutal highlight from an album still in the making.
If you'd like to introduce your latest release, just click here to submit all the details. I’d love to hear about it! 😇 Submit your track here.
Historical Fact: The Premiere of Tragedy in Sound
On December 26, 1879, Johannes Brahms premiered his Tragic Overture in Vienna, Austria, unveiling one of his most intense and dramatic orchestral works. Composed as a deliberate contrast to his lighter Academic Festival Overture, the Tragic Overture abandons irony and celebration in favor of weight, tension, and emotional gravity. From its opening bars, the piece signals Brahms’ intention to explore tragedy not through narrative, but through pure musical force, dense harmonies, driving rhythms, and a somber, uncompromising tone that left a lasting mark on the orchestral repertoire.
Keep the Historical Fact?
Until Next Week: No rush. No cliffhanger. Just a quiet door left open.
Let the tracks linger a bit longer than expected.
Let the votes come when they feel right, not when they’re forced.
Let the silence between songs do some of the work too.
This space exists because you show up with ears, hearts, and curiosity.
That’s more than enough.
Take care of yourself in the in-between days.
Rest when you can. Dream when it happens.
And if a song sticks with you… you know where to find me.
Same place.
Same spirit.
Still indie.
With love,
🖤 Mitxoda
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