The United States' most recent Youth Poet Laureate is Kara Jackson. Kara Jackson is a poet, musician, composer, singer and all-around performer in addition to their new job. Kara Jackson, an alumna of Oak Park River Forest High School, has appeared often with the OPRF Spoken Word Club and at Louder Than A Bomb as a member of the spoken word... 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
P-rallel is a rising musician, producer, and DJ based in London, UK. He is quickly gaining recognition for his unique sound, which blends elements of UK garage, house, and grime with a nod to his Jamaican roots. Born and raised in North London, p-rallel began producing music at a young age, drawing inspiration from the vibrant London music scene. He gained... read full bio
Identical twins Benjamin and Alexander Moore went through a journey worthy of a novel before individually accumulating over 100 million streams, winning The Grammys "Rock The Mic Competition" and garnering praise from OnesToWatch, BBC, Radio 1, KCRW and other outlets. They had to go from their homeland New Mexico to Los Angeles, where they had to endure poverty and a year and... read full bio
Odie Leigh's musical path has always been a little out of the ordinary, starting with a wager amongst friends to see who could go viral. Leigh's musical inspirations are as diverse as her origins in the suburbs of South Louisiana, where Tim McGraw and Lil Wayne are held in high regard. Leigh began singing in church praise bands and school choirs as... read full bio
Nuria Graham is a half-Catalan, half-Irish composer who has released two albums and was thereafter recognized on the national stage as a key figure in the understanding of homemade folk-pop. Nuria Graham released "Marjorie," a magical journey through ten songs, after a two-year tour that took her to the stages of the most important festivals and venues in the country... read full bio
Oscar Jerome is a London-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his eclectic and innovative approach to music. Born in Norwich, UK, in 1991, he grew up in a family of musicians and was exposed to a wide range of genres from a young age, including jazz, soul, hip-hop, and reggae. Jerome studied jazz guitar at the prestigious Trinity Laban... read full bio
The last time New Madrid released an album, they were a single household in Athens, Georgia. In preparation for a release, Phil McGill relocated to New York and established his own Kentucky Bend. It's unintentionally developed into a phase similar of how the band began, writing with Phil in Georgia and Ben Hackett, Alex Woolley and Graham Powers in Tennessee. After magnetkingmagnetqueen,... read full bio
East London native Naomi Kimpenu received the Rising Star with Apple Music award at the Ivor Novello Awards in honor of her artistic accomplishments and songwriting talent. The EP Prelude by Kimpenu includes the songs Only and Who I Am. Dan Alani on Reprezent Radio, Jack Saunders and Sian Eleri on BBC Radio 1, Jess Iszatt on BBC Music Introducing and others... read full bio
Monica Martin is a singer-songwriter from Chicago who spent her childhood in rural Wisconsin, where she spent much of her time waiting for Billie Holiday videos to load on remote dial-up or driving to Milwaukee to see punk gigs in damaged Geo Metros. She was trained as a hairdresser and her only musical aspirations were to sing harmonies over the... 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
One of the most intriguing and exceptional new performers in the UK is the Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Siobhan Wilson. Her CD, There Are No Saints, has received laudatory reviews from Rolling Stone, BBC 6 Music, NPR's All Songs Considered and has appeared frequently on "best of" lists in the UK's underground music press. Wilson's writing is sharp and audaciously unconventional. Her classical background... read full bio
By posting music to Bandcamp, Sidney Gish launched her career. "don't call on me" was her debut single and "dummy parade" was her second. Moreover, she released the Christmas EP "Merry Crisis." No Dogs Allowed, her second album, garnered a 7.7 rating on Pitchfork and was named Album of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. Gish briefly toured with musician Mitski after... read full bio
Shy Boys made their debut with their self-titled album, fusing the lush harmonies and melodic delicacy of 1960s sunny pop and the Beach Boys with daring modern indie music. Before deviating more experimentally with Speak Loud, they honed their sound and highlighted vocal harmonies on Bell House in a manner reminiscent of Animal Collective. Collin and Kyle Rausch are the offspring of... read full bio
Peach Tree Rascals is a San Jose-based music collective consisting of Isaac Pech, Tarrek Abdel-Khaliq, Joseph Barros, Dominic “Dom” Pizano, and Jorge Olazaba. Their breakthrough hit "Mariposa" went viral on TikTok, earning them widespread recognition in the music industry. They have been praised by renowned publications such as Billboard, Pigeons and Planes, and MTV. The group's story began in high school,... read full bio
Quinn Christopherson, a native of Alaska, initially gained recognition for his personal songs when he won NPR's Tiny Desk Contest with the stirring "Erase Me." His full-length debut, Write Your Name in Pink, is an examination of the self and an investigation into identity-related concerns. Christopherson was born and reared in Anchorage and is the youngest of four Native children (his... read full bio
Alanna Royale creates contemporary R&B and soul songs with a vintage aesthetic. Big melodies, brassy explosions, percussive punch and vintage rhythms make up the sound and the songs highlight not only frontwoman Alanna's enormous voice but also her compositional prowess. Alanna Quinn-Broadus wants you to know that she is not "Alanna Royale," a headcase lead singer who is eager to go solo and... read full bio
In the tradition of Suzanne Vega, Cat Power and Stella Donnelly, Sam Windley writes honest urban alternative music. Windley has been writing extensively for the past two years, driven by a recently ended relationship and the introspective despair that comes with living on the grimy Sydney conveyor belt. Seven songs emerged from the flood of thoughts and feelings and with Chris Collins' assistance... read full bio
