In an article by NPR, the band THE HU was highlighted as "a band from Mongolia that merges the screaming guitars of heavy metal and traditional Mongolian guttural singing," elaborating on the significance of culture and the band's distinctive musical identity. Gala, Jaya, Temka and Enkush are a modern rock band with roots in Mongolian culture that was founded in Ulaanbaatar.... read full bio
With a style rooted on six-string distortion, electronic manipulation, loud rhythms and strange lyrics, the raucous indie rock quartet Gilla Band became well-known. Less daring listeners might recoil in horror at the intensity of their assault, but there are glimmers of humor hidden behind the abrasive surfaces that soften the blow and the band's fiercely uncompromising music has gained them a strong... read full bio
Geese is a Brooklyn-based band that was founded as a basement home studio construction project amongst friends. Their shared goal of creating music through any methods required gives birth to each of their tracks. They started recording together in the afternoon after a school day, using sneakers as mic stands and blankets to cover the amps, until they started to... read full bio
Ecca Vandal is a true original because she is loud, genre-defying and unafraid to stand out. Ecca was up in a musical home and was exposed to a wide variety of art and music from an early age because her family had immigrated to Australia from Sri Lanka via South Africa. Her ability to effortlessly balance between soulful melodies and raw,... read full bio
The subject of escape runs throughout Django Django's latest album Glowing in the Dark: from limitations, from hopelessness, from small-town life and in dreams, even from the Earth. The band's entire career has essentially been about avoiding, eluding and evolving beyond things, including situations, sounds, expectations, influences and even their own perspective of themselves. However, that is not something new. The goals may... read full bio
Clinic, one of indie music's most distinctive and enigmatic acts, combines decades' worth of well-known sounds in unexpected ways. It's conceivable to detect traces of the Velvet Underground's chugging cool, the Seeds' churning garage rock, Suicide's cold pulse, Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western drama or Augustus Pablo's brooding dub in their music at any given time. The Liverpool-based band's distinctive appearance and... read full bio
The Black Queen, a kind of power synth pop trio, started off simply and eventually became a full-fledged band that its members considered as much more than a recreational endeavor. Greg Puciato, the singer for Dillinger Escape Plan and Steven Alexander, a seasoned producer (DEP, Nine Inch Nails, Ke$ha), started collaborating on songs that differed greatly from the former's primary band.... read full bio
Thirsty Merc is an Australian indie rock band that was founded in Sydney. The original line-up included singer/guitarist Rai Thistlethwayte, lead guitarist Matt Baker, bassist Phil Stack and drummer Karl Robertson. The band released its debut EP, First Work and scored hits with the songs "Wasting Time" and "Emancipate Myself." The band's subsequent self-titled full-length, which featured the songs "My Completeness" and... read full bio
Apocalyptic music is produced by Lunch Money Life, a band willing to portray the deteriorating face of our failing surroundings. They are becoming more and more essential as the end draws closer. Jagged guitars, belligerent percussion and gloomy low-end whisper are mangled together with dated electronics, submerging the listener in a world of loathing and need. The musicians have spent years operating on... read full bio
La Dispute, a post-hardcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan, has undergone many abrupt changes throughout its years-long artistic development. During their formative years, the five-piece transitioned from dissonant blasts with poetic lyrics to music that integrated a wider range of musical influences. The band experimented with jazz, progressive and dynamic changes as they went along. They were interested from the start... read full bio
The ambitious sights and sounds of Andy Black's debut album combine timeless American iconography with broadminded arena bravado of sophisticated pop, devilishly intimate seduction of dark-wave dedication and the biting style of music's sharp-tongued and best-dressed paramours. These elements are combined with crisp leather jackets, vintage Hollywood, teen idols and rebels of every stripe. Andy's music fires a melodic adrenaline shot across the... read full bio
Curse Your Branches and Strange Negotiations, David Bazan's first two solo albums, were deeply rooted in queries. Questions about religion, relationships, politics and addiction. Bazan is not the place to go if you're searching for art to dispel your doubt. His songs are the tiniest speck of light, the first breath coming up for air and the rest stop on a journey with... read full bio
Dan Lancaster is a London-based artist, producer, mixer and songwriter who has received two Grammy nominations. In the previous three years, he has been engaged in songs with over 1.3 billion Spotify streams and has written, produced and mixed a number of Radio 1 A-listed songs. At the Heavy Music Awards, he has been nominated for Producer of the Year twice. With the releases... read full bio
It is obvious that Southampton's Creeper are operating on a completely different street than the majority of bands, who are content to huddle in the security of the middle of the road. The Southampton Six are once more pushing hard against the limits of the art a "punk" band can be expected to produce with the release of their broad, ambitious and much anticipated... read full bio
A new band will occasionally appear that feels significant, as if they are about to mean something to a large number of people. Crawlers are a band from Liverpool that was founded on an empathetic passion that drives them to stand up, speak out and open their arms to anyone in need of a safe space and community, in addition to their... read full bio
On their debut, No Regerts, Chastity Belt balanced intelligent, edgy music against lyrics that were frequently filled with goofball wit and feminist satire, drawing inspiration from both the politics of the riot grrrl scene and the intricate, moody guitar-based sound of early '90s Pacific Northwestern indie bands like Sleater-Kinney and Autoclave. On their third album, I Used to Spend So... read full bio
British indie-electro bands HMLTD blend punk, synth pop and other elements into a throbbing, grinding brew while incorporating experimental embellishments. The group, previously known as Happy Meal Ltd., was founded in London and featured the flamboyant vocalist Henry Spychalski in addition to the guitar duo James and Duke, bassist Nico and drummer Achilleas. They created an androgynous, gender-bending look that garnered a lot... read full bio
FUR, who still call the seaside town where they were formed just over four years ago home, might not have anticipated this quick rise, but their drive and tenacity have been there since Day One, when Murray began to look for undergraduate flatmates solely based on their musical abilities. Once he had located the others, they started to write songs that combined... read full bio
The Swedish rock duo Johnossi, winners of a Grammy and a platinum record, is back and this time they're bolder and bigger than ever. The huge rock/pop choruses of Johnossi's cosmos are incredibly easy to get lost in. "Air Is Free," their most recent hit, is no exception. Ossi's thunderous drumming and John's notable guitar riffs remain the foundation of... read full bio
Kaizers Orchestra, a Norwegian sextet, creates cathartic rock tunes that significantly reference Tin Pan Alley dirges and Eastern European folk music. The band, comprised of Jan Ove Ottesen and Geir Zahl on vocals, guitar and oil barrel, Helge Risa on pump organ, Yvind Storesund on accordion and bass, Terge Vintersten on guitar and percussion and Rune Solheim on drums, was founded in... read full bio
