L'objectif is made up of former classmates Dan Richardson (guitar), Ezra Glennon (bass), Saul Kane (vocals, guitar), and Louis Bullock (drums). The young pals have a common appreciation of genres and artists that belies their young ages, including jazz funk, hip-hop, punk, post-punk and practically everything in between. Each member began playing an instrument as a toddler. L'objectif, who were also influenced... read full bio
Junior Varsity, a Los Angeles pair, only wants to feel anything. Real emotion stands out in the midst of the gloom because it might seem like the world is cold and heartless. Greg Varteresian and Zach Michel founded Junior Varsity with that goal in mind and they've stayed true to it as they've began to unleash their challenging genre-blending punk-pop hits. Although... read full bio
Provoker was founded by founding member Jonathon Lopez as a solo project to investigate writing for film. This idea is still valid today, as seen by their cinematic approach to music and video creation. After meeting at a horror movie, he later recruited R&B singer and songwriter Christian Petty, creating a very cinematic marriage both physically and thematically. The group's... read full bio
Hugo Stanley on drums, Gerasimos Livitsanos on bass, Eve Alpert on guitar and vocals and Kasra Kurt on guitar and vocals make up the Philadelphia-based band Palm. They recently released their new album, Nicks and Grazes, on Saddle Creek. With Nicks and Grazes, Palm embraces dissonance to stunning effect by using components from the conventionally gridded electronic music palette while capturing... read full bio
Lead vocalist, composer and rhythm guitarist Logan Hammon founded the band Small Crush as a result of feeling restricted by her band's lack of songwriting freedom. She joined forces with lead guitarist Jackson Felton and launched a new endeavor in their garage. A self-described "inability to crush on someone for a long period, hence lots of tiny crushes," the duo that would... read full bio
Jacob Andrews, a musician, composer and producer from Leeds, goes under the stage name Honey Guide. He is influenced by modern artists like Sam Evian, Chris Cohen, Andy Shauf and others. His Freak-Folk/Soft Rock style offers unhurried, easy listening that conjures up fond memories of love, sorrow and all the nicer things in between. With a satirical British touch and echoes of Whitney, Kevin... read full bio
Polyphia is a four-piece instrumental progressive rock band hailing from Plano, Texas. The group was formed in 2010 and consists of guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage, bassist Clay Gober, and drummer Clay Aeschliman. Polyphia's sound is characterized by intricate and virtuosic guitar parts, blending a variety of genres, including metal, jazz, and hip hop. Their early releases had a heavier,... read full bio
Toe is a Tokyo-based instrumental rock band made up of guitarists Mino Takaaki and Yamazaki Hirokazu, a drummer named Kashikura Takashi and a bassist named Yamane Satoshi. Their free flowing, highly melodic melodies, which are sometimes described as post-rock or math rock, include splashy yet carefully controlled drumming, explosive guitar interplay, as well as occasionally electronic elements and other instruments like... read full bio
Two brothers named The Steens reside in Orange County, California. They started a band using their last name d ue to the duo's music and vision being deeply ingrained in their backgrounds, naming the band was a simple option. Their mother was pursuing a bright career as a stylist while their father was already heavily employed in the music industry... read full bio
Diarrhea Planet take everything you already knew you loved about rock, punk and pop and crank it up to eleven, leaving you gasping for air and massaging the kink in your neck from all that head banging. Diarrhea Planet is equipped with a drummer and bassist that rumble forth with the power of a thousand locomotives and a four guitar arsenal able... read full bio
Drug Church is a testament to "failing up" and a monument to unintentional success. The band has done more than many of its stuffy, "destined to make it" counterparts by not taking its profession too seriously. Drug Church has left its Albany roots in the rearview mirror and is now living the fast life in LA, following a mid-80s template. The... read full bio
The Bouncing Souls have established a successful career playing anthemic, shout-along punk rock in the traditional East Coast vein. Their music features passionate vocals, full-bodied guitars, lean but catchy melodies and rhythms that can either make you mosh or make you pogo, depending on your mood. The band gained popularity after making their debut in the late 80s by travelling frequently... read full bio
Boston Manor, a five-piece punk, post-hardcore and grunge band from Blackpool are noted for their pop-heavy, emo-tinged vocal harmonies and bright, overdriven guitar work that is similar to the sound of well-known pop-punk acts like blink-182 and Bowling for Soup. In their full-length debut, Be Nothing, they debuted and on consecutive albums like Welcome to the Neighbourhood, Glue and Datura, they continued to develop... read full bio
Little Green House, the new album from Anxious, was created with the luxury of time, which is something very few bands have when creating their debut record. Grady Allen on vocals, Dante Melucci and Ryan Savitski on guitars, Sam Allen on bass and Jonny Camner on drums made up the band. With extensive touring plans put on hold and daily life... read full bio
Manchester natives Josh Taylor on vocals, Zack Breen on guitar and Jack Kennedy on percussion make up THE HARA. With their "genre fluid" music, which defies categorization, they continue to sonic innovation and have already established a home on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music playlists. An incredibly successful summer saw them debut at festivals throughout the nation beginning with Download Festival... read full bio
Travis Mills and Nick Gross, who together make up the incredibly prolific duo known as girlfriends, create songs that are both warmly familiar and wholly original. The pair produced not one but two urgent, creative and inspirational albums in less than three years. They've already played a festival with Twenty One Pilots, toured with Mod Sun and Grayscale, opened for Machine Gun... read full bio
The first couplet on Pianos Become The Teeth's fifth full-length album Drift is as intriguing as it is disturbing, a statement that can be applied to the album as a whole. "Out Of Sight" musically parallels that feeling with layered vocals, atmospheric instrumentation and percussion accents that sound like a crackling fire before the song cautiously surges into a strangely satisfying... read full bio
Pallbearer debuted with a magnificent debut full-length, Sorrow and Extinction, from Little Rock. The album, which felt like a 49-minute gloom movement, fused pitch-perfect old sounds with a victorious modern sensibility that made songs about death and grief feel delightfully jubilant. Pallbearer possessed qualities that many other newer metal bands lacked: great guitar tone, timeless hooks and an actual singer. The band... read full bio
Mom Jeans, from California, present an emotional, heart-on-sleeve combination of emo-tinged indie rock, similar to Modern Baseball and the Front Bottoms, as heard on their debut, Best Buds and subsequent efforts Puppy Love and Sweet Tooth. The group, which formed in Berkeley while attending university, wasted no time in putting together their initial release, a self-titled two-track single. A few demos followed before... read full bio
In three years, a lot can happen, and for The Story So Far, a lot did. After the release of their third album of the same name, the band's regular travelling, writing and recording had taken a toll on them. The Story So Far were able to look at themselves with new eyes and creative objectives after taking that time to... read full bio
