Massive Records, which debuted earlier this month and is run by the all-conquering Six60, wasn't going to sign just any band as its first signee. However, everything about Coterie just felt right. The reggae rockers' self-titled debut album, which was released on Massive Records, was an obvious choice for the first track. With the backing of their ardent following, Coterie recently waged a... read full bio
Chris Sebastian, the winner of The Voice Season 9 and Kelly Rowland's mentor, captivated the country of Australians with his extraordinary talent as well as his kind, charming personality. His development during the program has demonstrated his range of talent as a singer, guitarist and writer—a true artist. At a very young age, Chris Sebastian discovered his voice and his love of music.... read full bio
Australian singer-songwriter Caiti Baker is a musical shape-shifter. She was a member of the experimental hip-hop duo Sietta before going solo and adopting a more natural, rootsy sound. Darwin, a city in Australia's Northern Territory, is where Baker was born. When Caiti wasn't accompanying her parents to blues and folk concerts, she spent her childhood in a musically rich environment... read full bio
When Thomas Busby saw the multi-talented musician Jeremy Marou strumming his ukele in a verdant woodland close to the banks of the Fitzroy River in Rockhampton, he made the decision to put his "office worker by day, rock star by night" theory to the test. The Australian music landscape is increasingly being impacted by Busby Marou. If you are unfamiliar with them,... read full bio
Brendan Maclean is a well-known singer-songwriter who has amassed over ten million Spotify streams for his original music and an equal number of views for his breathtaking, dance-heavy music videos. After Brendan's debut single gained traction in a developing online market, Maclean was signed to Universal Publishing and released funbang1, an electro-pop album that appealed to Australian listeners and attracted new... read full bio
Ife Ogunjobi is a Nigerian-born musician who was reared in London and whose music is a synthesis of the noises in his environment. His upbringing in South East London exposed him to a variety of musical styles, including jazz, afrobeat and hip-hop. His creative concept, which was influenced by musicians like Fela Kuti, Erykah Badu and Freddie Hubbard, breaks through borders between... read full bio
Panchiko, a band from Nottingham, has been together for a while and has a distinctive sound that straddles indie rock, post rock and trip hop. When a 4chan user discovered a copy of Panchiko's debut, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, in a charity shop and uploaded it to YouTube, the band experienced a brief surge in popularity as new fans tried to learn more about who... read full bio
A dark, alternative music duo from Scotland goes by the name of Midnight Ambulance. They were nominated for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year and formed between Paris and North Berwick. The pair performed a sold-out headline and launch event at Sneaky Pete's and The Caves (Edinburgh) to celebrate the release of their debut EP, "Smoke and Sweets," which... read full bio
In Austin, Font started giving performances. Their frantic, collage-style live performances had amassed enough fame by the time they published "Sentence I" to often fill venues. They are influenced by dance, post-punk, disco, electronic and art rock music. According to Mars Salazar in the Austin Chronicle, Font "believes that 'the medium is the message,'" culminating in this bold performance being a... read full bio
Pachy Garcia, a native of Puerto Rico, began playing the guitar at a young age, but his growing fascination with early Jamaican music led him to move to piano and bass. He didn't start teaching himself to play drums until he moved to Los Angeles. Around that time, he started the band Prettiest Eyes and began amassing cheap recording gear... read full bio
Reggae DJ Patrick Williams, alias Rebel Clash, is located in the UK and is forging his own path. His love for sound-system culture inspires him to play vinyl and acetate dub plates. He was first influenced by artists like General Smiley, Papa Michigan & Amp, the fabled Studio One label and other recordings from Bob Marley's Tuff Gong Imprint while growing up... read full bio
Towa Bird has been playing guitar for a time, both as a member of the electro-pop-rock band Cassyette and as a proficient and creative solo guitarist. However, TikTok has propelled her to stardom, giving her a global audience and a way to interact with fans in the midst of a disruptive period for the entire industry. The videos made by Bird... read full bio
Singer-songwriter Anna Robinson, sometimes known simply as Robinson, hails from New Zealand. She is an expressive performer with a preference for passionate, energetic pop, folk and electronic dance music. Robinson, a native of Nelson, New Zealand, had an early love in music and taught herself how to play the piano and guitar. By the time she was in her adolescent years, Olivia... read full bio
William Crighton is a well-known storyteller and rock performer from Australia. Crighton released his third album, "Water and Dust," performed for sold-out crowds in his native Australia and completed a three-month tour of the UK and Europe. This tour included major festivals as well as opening slots for artists such as folk hero Beans on Toast, Canadian bluegrass sensation The Dead South,... read full bio
Short Stack's Shaun Diviney (vocals), Andy Clemmensen (bass) and Bradie Webb (drums) first met in high school and started playing together before the band's explosive first album Stack Is The New Black came out when they were all just 20 years old. Short Stack reached amazing heights, debuting at the top of the ARIA Chart, being featured on the cover of... read full bio
Pedro Hernandez, a Latin R&B singer-songwriter, goes under the nickname "st.Pedro." Pedro received a recording contract with Interscope Records after finishing in the top three on The Voice Spain. He then made his formal debut as st. Pedro with the release of his first single, "PhoneSex." St. Pedro was born in Tejina, a village on the island of Tenerife (Canary... read full bio
Enisa, an immigrant from Albania who is a first-generation American, has spent her whole life preparing for this adventure. She attended Brooklyn College after graduating from the prestigious Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, where she continued to hone her distinctive musical vision. A string of standout cover renditions went viral on social media, garnering her millions of views... read full bio
TDJ's vaporous and acidulous cosmos ranges from sorrow to bittersweet ecstasy and is an odd fusion of Geneviève Ryan-Martel's years of writing guitar ballads and experimenting with electronic music creation. Geneviève's earliest interests of techno, trance and eurodance have materialized. She draws inspiration from her nostalgia for old tracks like Tiestö, Gamemaster, Signum and ATB as well as from her emo teens with... read full bio
Chris Bowers Castillo, a Chilean-American musician, relocated to Valparaiso years ago and started working as a walking tour guide there. When Chris returned to Denver, he searched for a name that captured the evocative and slightly rebellious musical ideas brewing in his mind. Chris finally opted on the name kiltro, which is a word used in Chile to describe stray... read full bio
The term "alternative emo inspired sounds born and bred in Jersey" is used to characterize Reece Young's music. Forget Don't Forgive, his third EP, only deepens the enigma surrounding the New Jersey musician. Nevertheless, his music is the stuff of scene fans' fantasies. His first track, "What You've Become," is alternative emo with a touch of electronica. It sets the... read full bio
