Location: UK
Founded: 1982
Ownership: independent
Funding: subscriptions
London-based monthly print + digital magazine. Leans experimental & underground but covers a very broad scope.
Location: Palestine, Jordan
Founded: 2020
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Non-commercial, collectively run radio station with diverse shows and excellent programming.
Location: UK
Founded: 1988
Ownership: independent
Funding: sales
Manchestor-based online store and distributor focused on worldwide experimental and underground music. Has an in-house imprint Boomkat Editions.
Location: Argentina
Founded: 2020
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Impeccable mix series by R.M. with many guest contributors.
Location: USA
Founded: 1999
Ownership: independent, community-owned
Funding: memberships, grants
All-genre nonprofit internet radio station and arts collective sustained through donations, grants and volunteer programming.
Location: Netherlands
Founded: 2024
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Online radio station curated by community.
Location: Uganda
Founded: 2016
Ownership: independent
Funding: sales, events
Kampala-based double imprint and artist collective focused on underground electronic music.
Location: Mexico
Founded: 2010
Ownership: independent
Funding: events, sales
Mexico City underground party & club music collective. Acronym for "No Ambition And Fuck-all Interest"
Location: ?
Founded: 2021
Ownership: independent
Funding: donations
Blog & twitter account covering deep internet music. Unhinged, amazing, lower third of the iceberg.
Location: Germany
Founded: 2007
Ownership: independent
Funding: record sales
Mainly presents as a record label but their podcast offers a deep overview of contemporary electronic music.
Location: USA
Founded: 2021
Ownership: independent
Funding: subscriptions
Invaluable mix series out of Oakland, California with a focus on 1970s latin jazz and rare groove.
Location: UK
Founded: 2017
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Thoughtful podcast on experimental music and sound art, featuring artist interviews that discuss foundational records.
Location: Ghana
Founded: 2022
Ownership: independent
Funding: memberships, donations, merch
Accra-based online radio with a focus on amapiano, soul, house, r&b.
Location: USA
Founded: 2022
Ownership: independent, open source
Funding: investors
New digital distribution platform with interesting self-selected scene and good curation.
Location: USA, West Africa
Founded: 2009
Ownership: independent
Funding: sales, grants
Independent record label and artist collective focusing on platforming music from the Sahel region.
Location: USA
Founded: 1982
Ownership: independent
Funding: sales
Underground music distributor that began as a zine in the 1980s, covering experimental music in many genres.
Location: USA
Founded: 2015
Ownership: independent
Funding: membership, patreon
Community-based internet radio station in Oakland, California with diverse programming.
Location: France
Founded: 2013
Ownership: independent
Funding: subscriptions, grants
The radio arm of CAMP, a residential arts school. Broad offering of mixes covering most genres, with an emphasis on experimental music and sound.
Location: USA
Founded: 1948
Ownership: public
Funding: public, sales
Nonprofit Americana archive that began as a record label in 1948 and was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
Location: USA
Founded: 2005
Ownership: independent
Funding: subscriptions
Independent publication focusing on psych, jazz, avant-garde, folk, garage and beyond.
Location: India
Founded: 2016
Ownership: independent
Funding: memberships, sales, partnerships
Community radio based in New Delhi spotlighting global scenes.
Location: UK
Founded: 1986
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
DIY online magazine (formerly print) covering worldwide undergrounds of hardcore, math rock, weird electronica, strange pop.
Location: USA
Founded: 2025
Ownership: community-owned
Funding: community investment, operations
A platform delivering the same functionality as Bandcamp but with a collective ownership structure.
Location: USA
Founded: 2016
Ownership: independent
Funding: coffee kiosk
Non-profit radio station broadcasting from a reclaimed shipping container in Brooklyn.
Location: Mexico
Founded: 2017
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Guadalajara-based community radio station with diverse programming and global scope.
Location: South Africa
Founded: 2008
Ownership: independent
Funding: grants
Cape Town-based community radio with live performances and programmatic music shows.
Location: Vietnam
Founded: ?
Ownership: independent
Funding: none
Saigon-based community radio with a large archive of mixes and an incredible website.
Location: USA
Founded: 2000
Ownership: independent
Funding: commissions
A user-maintained library of Alexandria for music with strong editorial and discovery components.
Location: UK
Founded: 2016
Ownership: independent
Funding: memberships, partnerships
London-based radio project by Gilles Peterson with an explicitly global focus. Funds & spotlights grassroots musical projects around the world.
Location: UK
Founded: 2008
Ownership: independent
Funding: grants, subscriptions
UK online magazine, thoughtful selection & criticism.
Location: Japan
Founded: 2019
Ownership: independent
Funding: events, partnerships, merch
Underground online radio & event promoter in Tokyo serving regular mixes on YouTube as well as a Japanese-language podcast and wide-ranging playlists.