Receiving endorsements from organizations like Radio X, BBC Introducing, Apple Music, BT Sport and XS Radio Manchester as well as Wonderland, Notion, Metal Magazine and Loop Magazine, the upbeat new track "Tell Me" by singer-songwriter Harvey Jay Dodgson has been released with high praise. Tell Me is a catchy song that is fueled by a powerful percussion beat, a repeating bassline and subsequently a captivating guitar... read full bio
Haley Blais is a singer-songwriter and musician from Vancouver. Haley has been self-producing song after song of rebellious, scream-into-your-pillow bedroom pop anthems that were really recorded in her bedroom. Her EP Let Yourself Go was a huge hit and fans have been impatiently expecting new music ever since. The up-and-coming artist's debut studio album, entitled Below the Salt, was published by Tiny... read full bio
After becoming friends while attending the University of Florida, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar and Zach Levy began performing together in their living rooms and logging many late nights. Strangely, a polished music sprang from the worn-out carpets of their undergraduate home and when it was recorded, it struck a chord with both students and complete strangers. Their first... read full bio
Molly Lewis' compositions are hypnotic and otherworldly, romantic and starry and they seem to drift into our ears from faraway beaches. Lewis's music has an ethereal quality and is more inspired by imaginal seascapes than by any known port. Her compositions shimmer and fade away like mirages, luring us into undiscovered seas like siren songs. Like after a pleasant dream, we... read full bio
With a smokey voice and a fondness for girl groups, the vocal age and Brill Building pop, Molly Burch's longing indie pop songs on her debut, Please Be Mine, covered infatuation, rebellion and sorrow. Her third album, Romantic Visions, adopted a more glittering, pop-forward sound recorded with members of Tennis and was more driven by self-love than by sadness. Burch was raised in LA by... read full bio
Among the pews of a church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Bobby Kabeya's family would gather each Sunday, the tale of Miloe is first told. This is a place where community and rhythm intertwined. Kabeya was enthralled by the percussion section's ability to keep the entire congregation on its feet each week as parents sung in the... read full bio
The popular band Real Estate's leader, Martin Courtney, has also established himself as a solo recording artist with the publication of the album Many Moons. As a follow-up to the Real Estate album Atlas, Many Moons gave Courtney the chance to experiment with a more condensed, direct writing approach that seemed naturally his. The ensuing album explores the depths of... read full bio
England's Lovejoy, a boisterous indie pop group with a satirical edge, is fronted by Wilbur Soot, a well-known online personality, game streamer and musician. The EPs Are You Alright and Pebble Brain, the latter of which reached the top charts in the U.K. and Europe, served as the group's first releases. The YouTube personality known as Soot, whose real name is Will... read full bio
The Lower East Side band Quarters of Change is driving the rock revival in New York City. The band, which consists of Ben Acker, Attila Anrather, Jasper Harris and Ben Roter, has gained popularity online (and on tour) due to their distinctive brand of alternative rock. Every one of the band members' lives have been influenced by music in some way since their... read full bio
Before signing with Run for Cover Records to release their breakthrough album, Cardinal, New Jersey's Pinegrove amassed a solid grassroots following through a number of well-received independent recordings that blended ragged, emo-tinged indie rock with Americana and folk elements. They eventually joined Rough Trade and released their fourth album, Marigold, to start the new decade. This was followed by the... read full bio
The Pacific Coast Highway, a famous route that runs beside the coast for nearly the whole length of California, including the Southern California South Bay region where Niko Rubio grew up, served as a never-ending inspiration for the singer/debut songwriter's album. Spacious and ecstatic, Niko's brilliant songwriting style channels the powerful emotion typical of any Pisces while wonderfully evoking the... read full bio
West London-born Nick Mono is a singer-songwriter, producer and rapper. Born to Punjabi-Indian parents, the artist grew up listening to a wildly varied range of music, from heavy metal & Watch The Throne listening sessions with his mother to classic bollywood film soundtracks. When Nick was barely five years old, his parents gave him a baby guitar for his birthday and he... read full bio
The four independent artists that make up the Toronto-based group are Kala Wita, Vella, Ben Key and Noel West. Even if their origins, methods of creation and reasons for being in this place may differ, they fit together like long-lost jigsaw pieces. They switch between instruments and pass the microphone back and forth, changing in real-time during each song with an overtly affectionate... read full bio
Natalie Bergman's debut album, Mercy, was self-produced and recorded in an unusual setting during a moment of intense emotional loss and reinvention. It is shocking and frequently lovely to run to the edge of a cliff while maintaining an unblinking gaze below. Bergman has already had a long and successful career as one half of the brother-sister duet Wild Belle, but... read full bio
The Murlocs are a garage rock group that play with a simple swagger while also demonstrating a desire to experiment with many genres and influences. The band, which includes former members of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and ORB, began with their debut album Loopholes by playing simple rock & roll; subsequent albums saw them pushing the boundaries of... read full bio
Since their formation, Spanish Love Songs have undoubtedly made their presence felt, from throngs of underground fans at The Fest and SXSW to media outlets like NPR, which praised their album Schmaltz as a "wellspring of big ideas, bigger riffs and the biggest possible feelings about love, war, fear and existential crisis." Schmaltz was an introspective collection of songs that saw the singer... read full bio
The Boston-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and producer creates snappy pop by piecing together elements of indie rock, alternative experimentation, glitchy electronic soundscapes and even a bit home-made hyperpop for good measure. As a result, on her independent first EP, Basement Party, she subverts the current quo with joy. Her adventurous journey from a young age spent in a beachside Massachusetts village... read full bio
Snarls quietly developed over a period of time; two of their tracks earned the Ohio four-piece recognition on Stereogum's lists of the Top 100 Songs and Best New Bands. Burst's first album uncovers the next endearing coming-of-age tale in glistening character drama (standout track "Walk in the Woods"), hazy indie-pop ("Hair") and blue-eyed nihilism ("Concrete"). Snarls' songwriting is as raw and ghostly... read full bio
Sarah Kinsley, a New Yorker, doesn't require much to earn a lot. Sarah is a young artist who, although being very old-school in her approach, creates brilliant, timeless pop music and inserts it into a very contemporary setting. From the magnetic Karma to the epic Hills Of Fire, her debut albums seem bold, brilliant and surprisingly complete. Frigid but inviting, extravagant... read full bio
Samia, a composer from Nashville who currently resides in New York City, has a lyric on her most recent album, Honey, about the Aspen Grove, a grouping of 40,000 trees in North American plains that are all connected by a single, extensive root system. There is no better analogy for this empathy engine's fanbase that she has been building since she... read full bio
