American post-hardcore band Glassjaw is from Hempstead, New York. The group, which features guitarist Justin Beck and singer Daryl Palumbo, played a significant role in the Long Island music scene in the early 2000s. The group, which is known for its aggressive live shows and frequent lineup changes, has had a big impact on the growth of the post-hardcore underground... read full bio
Midtown is a band hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the United States, and playing pop punk music. In November of 1998, three students from Rutgers University came together to form Midtown, but the band quickly expanded to include a fourth member. Before disbanding in 2005, the band issued three full-length studio albums in addition to three extended plays... read full bio
Brisbane's WAAX quintet has recently been putting out a lot of catchy noise. With the help of Australian indie powerhouse Dew Process and frequent radio appearances, they have been gaining fans' affections and selling out entire national tours. The band has been making significant waves on the festival circuit with standout sets at Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival, Good Things and... read full bio
Jakob Armstrong, the youngest child of Green Day singer Billie Joe, started playing the guitar at age seven. He practiced alone and then joined bands in and around Oakland after making friends who shared his musical preferences. With the images of Ultraman action figures fighting in his head, he eventually created Ultra Q with a group of pals he made while... read full bio
Austin Sawyer is a singer-songwriter and Drumming Bird is his primary project. Since the beginning of his career, the musician has been writing and performing music under the moniker Drumming Bird, painstakingly developing a style that sits somewhere between the brash noise of indie rock and the moving working-class introspection of Americana. Nashville's current boom of DIY home studios, as well... read full bio
The formation of Certainly So started with two young Alabama musicians who felt they wanted a larger sound when they recorded acoustic demos, so they contacted their Mississippi-born rhythm section. The demos were sent to Nashville from up north and once Porter and Corder learned what Gray and Wilson were up to, it was impossible for them to refuse. Producer/engineer Toby Hulbert was introduced... read full bio
As a multi-instrumentalist and co-lead singer for Durand Jones & The Indications, the Baltimore-born and Brooklyn-based songwriter first shot to fame internationally. He wrote some of the band's most well-known songs, such as "Morning in America" and performed lead vocals on the instant hit "Is It Any Wonder", which featured Aaron's falsetto and was discovered by producer and Black Keys... read full bio
Philadelphia country band rock band Florry is back with their Dear Life debut, the four song Sweet Guitar Solos after some folk/country tendencies on their EP, Big Fall. On their new EP, they unquestionably seem to have arrived where they needed to be, so whoever gave them those instructions did a fairly excellent job. From a four-piece lineup to a seven-piece band... read full bio
James Page, a British singer-songwriter, performs and records sophisticated, frequently moody indie music under the moniker Sivu. Page, who was up in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, spent his teen years playing bass in punk and indie bands before relocating to London to broaden his musical experiences. When he met Charlie Andrew, the producer of Alt-J, he had already started discreetly working on... read full bio
Snapped Ankles is a London-based post-punk band that has been making waves in the music industry since its formation in 2011. The group's unique sound is a combination of post-punk, performance art, and art rock, which has earned them a cult following among music enthusiasts. The band members' identities are shrouded in mystery as they perform in ghillie suits and... read full bio
Skylight is a South African pop-rock band that has been spreading a message of peace and love since their formation in Johannesburg in 2009. The trio, Gregory Jorden, Bradley Cumming, and Peter Klein, met while playing Christmas carols in 2008 and started writing music together, eventually forming Skylight, a name that symbolizes bringing light into people's lives. The band gained recognition... read full bio
The Word is a blues/jam rock ensemble made up of Robert Randolph, the gospel/pedal steel sensation John Medeski, the Dickinson brothers, Chris Chew and one-third of the jazz-funk trio Medeski, Martin & Wood, who together made up North Mississippi Allstars (of the famed Sacred Steel series on Arhoolie and his Family Band). The gospel album, which the Dickinsons and Medeski had... read full bio
Rebuke is the best option if you want to make an entrance with a splash. The most exciting new artist in years has arrived thanks to a project born in the scorching environments of the Irish underground club and rave scene. Rebuke is a producer and DJ coming up with something fresh and genuinely intriguing. House, techno and rave tracks from the... read full bio
Powerful alt-rock artist LYELL is on a quest to inspire moments of profound understanding in those around her. She strives to create a landing zone for everyone with her distinctive vocals and songs about feminism, mental health and messages to the misfits. Her most recent song earned her a spot on Spotify's "All New Rock" and "5 New Music Friday" playlists as... read full bio
MORA PROKAZA is a Belarusian extreme metal band that was formed in 2013 by Farmakon and Isvind. Their music is a unique blend of Avant Garde Black Metal and New School Trap with a strong influence from their Belarusian arts roots. The band quickly gained recognition in the local metal scene with the release of their debut album, "Bringer of Plague"... read full bio
Sincere Engineer, the stage name of Chicago-based, fiery punk-pop, emo and folk musician Deanna Belos, is reminiscent of bands like Lawrence Arms, Direct Hit!, Real Friends, Hop Along and Waxahatchee. Belos got her start in the acoustic-heavy DIY folk-punk culture of the Windy City. She was signed by renowned Chicago punk label Red Scare Industries and she entered the recording studio with a... read full bio
The title track from Michigan's Saturdays at Your Place's forthcoming EP Eat Me Alive, "it's always cloudy in kalamazoo," is titled after their city. Punchy rhythms and dazzling guitars open the track by the Midwest emo band. The song's vocals add a ton of anguish while remaining true to Saturdays at Your Place's style, which their followers have become accustomed to... read full bio
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers' journey has been a significant resume-builder; selling out a headline performance at the illustrious Corner Hotel, receiving invitations to some of the biggest festivals in the nation and making it into triple j's Hottest 200 with the catchy "AHHHH!" are just the beginning. Together, Anna, Scarlett, Jaida and Neve feel more confident after these professional victories and... read full bio
Daisy Grenade, a power-punk bubble grunge band that dishes a punch with a glitter lip-glossed kiss on the side, is made up of these two gloriously broken girlies. It's the manic pixie dream tumblr girl look, which was originally created for men but has since been reclaimed by women. The ladies have backgrounds in musical theater, which gives them the ability... read full bio
The cancellation of a senior prom because of pandemic worries would be a catastrophic blow to the social high point and pre-adult sendoff that students throughout the nation have been looking forward to for years for the majority of high school seniors. But, the singer, songwriter and guitarist known as Blessing seized the chance and used the wasted opportunity as inspiration for her... read full bio
