It's almost a new month... and you know what that means! February Indie/Pop/Folk is out now🌲 Beth is the face of a new month of incredible independent music 🎧 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiqX... Spotify: spti.fi/IndiePopFolk... We hope you enjoy! 💚 📍 Blackwood Forest, England

We’re so proud to announce... we are returning to the Between The Trees Festival this August!! 🌲 We’ll be presenting an incredible indie lineup in the heart of the Welsh forest, taking alexrainbirdMusic offline and into the heart of nature. We are beyond grateful & excited💚 betweenthetrees.co.uk

'Love Brought Weight' is one of our favourite Old Sea Brigade songs, so when we saw a new "winter version" a few weeks back, we already knew it was gonna be perfect... turns out, we were right ❄️ Do you prefer it over the original? 💙 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl7h...

The world is a loud place... it's time for some Peace & Quiet ☕ New playlist out today! As always, these tracks have been handpicked by us and feature REAL musicians - no AI here. Happy listening! 🎧 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRF3... 📍 Blackwood Forest, England

One of the greatest gifts in life is to look around and realise... you've already got everything you really need 🥰 🎵 Jack Cullen - All I Need 📍 The New Forest, England Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWc...

A beautiful song to escape, unwind and feel at home 🌲 🎵 Peter Katz - I Am Home 📍 Blackwood Forest, England Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1if...

Good morning! When we took these sunrise photos at around 9am last November, we knew they'd work perfectly for our new playlist, out today ☕ Start your day with the best independent music from the world's most underrated artists 👇 youtu.be/z83RP1Q8dMk 📍Blackwood Forest, England

The perfect song for the season ❄️ 🎵 Hazlett - queen of the season 📍 Lapland, Finland Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAZ...

Hey everyone! Hope you're having a great first week of 2026, how has it been for you so far? 😊 Today is one of our favourite days of the year... planning our playlists for the next 12 months! There's a LOT of exciting things to come. Which playlists do you want us to make in 2026?

We took these photos in Lapland, Finland last month as the sun was rising on a very cold morning. It felt like the right place for a new era of independent music discovery in 2026 🌲 Our January Indie/Rock/Alt soundtrack is live on YouTube 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8JP... 📍 Lapland, Finland

Welcome to 2026, and to a new era for alexrainbirdMusic. We’re so tired of everything being AI generated, so it’s time to bring back real human connection. Real people, beautiful places and the same incredible independent music. Begin your journey here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiWk... ❤️⛰️

GOODBYE 2025! 🎉 Our first year married, our first festival partnership, and first time sharing 100+ hrs of independent music. Not forgetting incredible travels and meeting so many amazing people. 2026 marks 15 years of alexrainbirdMusic - a brand new era is coming 😁 THANK YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy Holidays everyone! 🎄 While we take a break from finding music and making playlists over Christmas, we wanted to jump on here to send a whole lot of love your way ❤️ However you’re celebrating the season, we hope it’s filled with magic and lots of great music ✨ Alex and Beth x

Happy birthday Beth! Together almost 12 years, married for the last year, and have been working together on alexrainbirdMusic for 8 years! What an incredible journey. Every year is such an amazing adventure and I wouldn’t want to do this life with anyone else 🥰🎈 Love you so so much, -Alex

Today's our last day in the alexrainbirdMusic office for 2025! We're spending it listening to the last of your song submissions, and getting ready for a brand new era in 2026 😄 We're so ready for a restful holiday season, we hope you're excited too! Have a lovely weekend!

Welcome to our final playlist of the year... this is the Best Indie Music of 2025 🎉 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2k... Spotify: spti.fi/BestIndie2025 Thanks so much for supporting these amazing artists, and for all the love you've given us this year! ❤️ Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! 🎇

Live music is magical. We've shared 68 acoustic performances on alexrainbirdSessions this year, and today we've collected all of our favourites 🎶 WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FokG... A HUGE thank you to all of the artists for lending their time and talents to be part of this in 2025! 🧡

These are the best indie folk & acoustic songs of 2025 🪕 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DMg... Spotify: spti.fi/BestIndieFol... It was very tough to pick just 30 songs from the year, and there were sooooo many incredible folk releases we couldn't fit! Have a fabulous weekend 💚

Out of the nearly 500 indie/rock/alt songs we shared this year, these are our top 30! Best Indie Rock of 2025 is out now 🎸 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQym... Spotify: spti.fi/BestIndieRoc... This is your cheat sheet of all the artists and bands you need to know in 2025 and beyond! Enjoy! 😄

Cold days are here again and so is our Winter Cabin collection. Inspired by quiet snowy moments, our mugs, sweatshirts and t-shirts are back for the season. Grab something cozy while they’re here - once winter melts, they disappear again ❄️ store.alexrainbirdmusic.com

This year has been SO good for independent music, that we're making multiple Best Of 2025 playlists! First up is Best Indie Pop of 2025, out now 🙌 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j91l... Spotify: spti.fi/BestIndiePop25 We hope you enjoy our top 30 indie pop picks from the last 12 months! 😄

There's no better feeling than being cozy at Christmastime... welcome to A Very Cozy Christmas Playlist 🎄 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBU7... Spotify: spti.fi/VeryCozyChri... We've picked out some of our favourite festive songs from years past to bring in a very special festive season. ✨

It feels surreal that after sharing over 100 hours of music this year, our final collection of new indie songs for 2025 is out today - this is December Indie/Rock/Alt! ❄️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwIX... Spotify: spti.fi/IndieRockAlt... Happy December! Hope this is a great month for you 💙

And that friends, is that! Our final monthly Indie/Pop/Folk compilation for 2025 is here - HAPPY DECEMBER! YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkZ... Spotify: spti.fi/IndiePopFolk... If this is your first alexrainbirdMusic video, or if you've been watching for years, THANK YOU so much. We love you!🩵

Our dream came true... we finally saw the Northern Lights!!! We weren't able to catch them in our past trips to Canada and Iceland, so it was so very special to witness the absolute beauty of the aurora for the first time here in Lapland, Finland and capture them for you - they did NOT dissapoint 🌌

Hello from Lapland, Finland! We just landed in this beautiful country for the first time, for a week of exploring the snowy wilderness and taking our own photos for 2026! Everywhere looks like something out of snow globe and we're feeling so grateful to be here... -27 degrees never felt so good ❄️

It's that time of year again!! Our Indie Christmas 2025 playlist is out today 🎄 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FStN... Spotify: spti.fi/IndieChristm... It's hard to believe that this is our 12th annual Christmas playlist, and we're once again back with two hours of festive songs. Enjoy! 🎁

Hazel the Pumpkin Bird is flying away soon! 🎃🐦 Grab our exclusive autumn merch before it disappears at the end of the season. 👉 store.alexrainbirdmusic.com

There have been so many incredible albums this year, but Harrison Storm’s Empty Garden has truly stayed with us 🌙 One of its most emotional moments is ‘Moon and Back’ - a song that captures heartbreak, and the ache of losing someone you thought you’d have forever. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXW6...

If you're looking for an endless mix of chill music to start your week, our Winter Radio is BACK today! Streaming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it's the best place to find the best acoustic/folk music and some stunning winter footage from our travels ❄️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGC3...

We're sadly saying goodbye to autumn today... but this beautiful song by David Nevory makes it a little easier 🍂 'Golden Season' is about nostalgia, enduring love and the promise "I’ll be coming home to you, whatever winds blow" 🧡 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcU...

Welcome to our final volume of new live sessions for 2025... alexrainbirdSessions is back 😌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3os... www.youtube.com/@alexrainbir... Our biggest and best collection yet, it's an honour to present these 20 beautiful performances! Thank you for watching and hope you enjoy! 🪕

Winter is coming, and we couldn't wait any longer to share our latest discoveries with you! Our new Indie Folk Compilation is out now ❄️ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMa... Spotify: spti.fi/IndieFolkWin... We hope you find something to love here, and have a wonderful winter 💙

An autumn weekend at a cabin in the woods 🍂 We spent last weekend in this beautiful forest; watching the golden leaves fall outside the window. and recharging. We also took so many photos/videos for next year, when we finally switch from stock photography and use our own content... so exciting! 🌲

Just two months of 2025 to go! Count down the end of the year with the best new music - our latest Indie/Rock/Alt comp is here 🍁 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z_o... Spotify: spti.fi/IndieRockAlt... As always, these are all REAL humans and original songs - no AI here. Here's to a great month!

Welcome November with the best new music! Our new Indie/Pop/Folk compilation is out today 🚣‍♀ YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpbV... Spotify: spti.fi/IndiePopFolk... The days are getting colder, crisper and darker and we couldn't feel more cozy. Here's to a great month for us all! 😄

Hey friends! Hope you're having a wonderful October! Ours so far has been full of autumn walks, a pumpkin patch trip, and our first SYML show! 🍁 November’s indie music is on the way: 🚣‍♀️ Indie/Pop/Folk - Oct 29 🍂 Indie/Rock/Alt - Nov 3 Early access is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/alexrainbird... ❤️

Happy Halloween week! Here's another spooky track from an amazing indie artist... Feather & Bone’s ‘Untethered’ is about searching for home and finding connection in nature - the perfect soundtrack for dark forests and giving yourself to the wild 🎃 🎧 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUig...

It's one week until Halloween! So we're bringing the spooky today with this haunting song from channel-favourite Dave Thomas Junior. 'All Roads Lead To You' sounds like a misty walk through a dark forest, and we think you're gonna absolutely love it 👻 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxu...

If you're feeling low on hope today, this song should turn that right around! One of our favourite new discoveries of 2025, it's a pleasure to share Booshle G.'s 'Broken Heart' with you 🌲 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=anc-...

Mondays can be tough, but 'Morning Light’ by School House is here to lift you up ☕ Best enjoyed with a tea or coffee while watching the sun rise, we're sending you love and warm wishes for the start of the week - you got this 💪 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfUa...

Reading time with @alexrainbirdmusic.bsky.social's new playlist in the background. 🧡🍂

If you've ever found yourself replaying the past in your head, this is for you. Today's song is the new collab single from Francis Moon and Sine Wave Square. ‘I let the poems have you’ is honest, vulnerable, and perfect for a cozy fall night 🌌 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8cm...

If you're like us and tired of endless AI all over the internet, this is for you... here's an hour of music all written, recorded and performed by actual people 🪕 📹 WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw7d... We hope it's a lovely break from all the bots and algorithms, if only for a little while ☺️

After chilling with our quiet autumn days playlist a few days ago, it's now time to unwind in the evenings with cozy fall nights! 🕯 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5fQ... Spotify: spti.fi/cozyfallnights Dark, mysterious and ethereal but never too spooky. Thank you for supporting indie music! 🍁

Autumn music doesn’t always have to be melancholic - sometimes it’s about finding light in the darker days 🧡 Salt Tree's 'Cold Hard Ground' is a beautiful reminder that even when things feel heavy, hope is never far away 🍂 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7Z...

We’ve been building our own photo catalog of landscapes, seasons, and quiet moments that inspire our playlists. 📸 From Jan 2026, every video will feature our own photography. No more stock images, just Alex and Beth behind the lens. We can't wait to share the music and places we love in one ❤️

Introducing... the first of two very special playlists to celebrate the season! quiet autumn days is out now 🍁 YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLg... Spotify: spti.fi/quietautumnd... A collection of peaceful, chill songs for slow days indoors while the leaves are falling. Enjoy - you deserve it!☕

This year we’ve made two autumn playlists just for you, think pumpkin spice and cozy vibes! 🍂 ☕ quiet autumn days - out Mon Oct 6 🕯️ cozy fall nights - out Fri Oct 10 Hours of indie music for the season and Patreon supporters can hear both now 👉 www.patreon.com/alexrainbird... Happy October! 🧡🍁

Happy first of October! We’ve just posted Garrett Kato’s 'Take Off' on our YouTube channel - a dreamy love song for autumn road trips, and the perfect way to start the month 🍂 🎧 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilG_...