Abrasive Monologues

Abrasive Monologues is expanding again with the addition of a label presence at Bandcamp. Bandcamp provides a more meaningful way to interact with Abrasive Monologues and the artists in the roster.

New Gear Creates New Attitude As an independent artist it’s hard to justify the continual investment in your gear. You tend to tell yourself that I’ll invest in gear when I reach this certain milestone. That’s logical and practical, but a lot of the time, music is neither of those things. Ever year, I re-evaluate […]

Let’s GOOOOO!!! Every week, we issue another Release Watch on Friday’s to recap this week’s releases from the indie community that have been submitted to the blog. This week we’ve got great new releases from: It’s Valentines Day… Go Love Something Indie. Logan WagnerDrift Away (The Bore is Gone) 3therealest – Empty Clips Madi JadeSheet […]

Tim WoodruffAtmospheres: A Collection of Acoustic Sketches I love the simplicity of a single acoustic guitar player doing their thing, developing complex melodies and chords. For years, I’ve sat in my house and tried to replicate the sounds I heard on these albums. And then I’ll inevitably start wandering off into other genres, because everything […]

I’ve written a lot of music through the years, with various topics of discussion being used as inspiration behind those projects, and occasionally they touch on my story briefly when it collides with the main theme of the project, but I’ve never really written anything about… me.

Find out what’s new this week with Release watch by Abrasive Monologues!

We’ve met a lot of amazing artists hosting Indie Boom Shockwave (Tuesdays and Wednesdays / 9pm EST on Twitch). Some our friends, others, we’ve met through the indie index (Ask about the secret discord)! Meet some of the awesome artists we’ve featured on Indie Boom Shockwave. bigbaldben “My name is bigbaldben and when I’m not […]

TRENCH GUN Kill the Insurance Industry Destroy the predatory insurance industry by not buying in. Core RefractionDrown in the Echo It’s an echo (echo, echo, echo, echo) TroisnyxLonely A song I wrote to process cultural loneliness that I’d been feeling acutely over Christmas 2024 and the ensuing New Year. The events alluded to are events […]

What’s up indie music enthusiasts! 2024 was a crazy year in our little corner of the internet. We’ve listened to so much music, and talked to so many artists, but In 2025 we’re tasking Chat Army with something different! We want YOU to be the content more than ever! That’s why we’re introducing our monthly […]