Kyoto, Japan is home to the punk-rock-garage trio Otoboke Beaver. The band, which includes Accorinrin (lead vocals and guitar), Yoyoyoshie (guitar and vocals), Hirochan (bass and vocals), and Kahokiss (drums and vocals), was formed at Kyoto University's music club. The band's amazing musicianship combined with Acco's off-kilter, self-taught composing and combative performance talents create for an exciting and must-see... read full bio
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Old 97’s is an alternative country band that’s pioneered the alternative country movement since it’s inception along with bands such as Uncle Tupelo, Drive-By Truckers, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, and The Bottle Rockets. Rhett Miller, the band’s lead vocalist and primary songwriter, has described the Old 97’s sound as “loud folk”. Other members of the band include... read full bio
Chicago-based Old Shoe is a five-piece Americana roots rock group. Old Shoe, which was founded in 2010, has slowly shaped the Midwest scene with its natural grooves and expanding, devoted following. Weekly gigs at neighborhood Chicago pubs were the band's modest beginnings, but they soon progressed to high-profile festival appearances at occasions like Summer Camp and Wakarusa, as well as... read full bio
A pillar of contemporary American roots music is Oliver Wood. Since taking over as the Wood Brothers' lead singer, he has spent the twenty-first century fusing the genres of folk, gospel, country-soul and Americana, gaining a global following and a Grammy Award nomination in the process. His debut album as a solo performer, Always Smilin, upholds that heritage while also highlighting... read full bio
Olivia Jean is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is the lead singer of the gothic rock and garage band the Black Belles. She also has a successful solo career. Growing up in Detroit inspired her garage rock sound and she was writing and recording music when she was very young. Olivia was only seven when got her first guitar... read full bio
Olivia Bartley, a singer/songwriter from Melbourne, was inspired to create Olympia by both non-musical influences like Pele and Carl Sagan as well as musical influences like Neil Young and Stina Nordenstam. She performed under the alias for solo appearances, but she also played in a band with a changing lineup of musicians, most frequently with Peter Luscombe and Pat Bourke. Bartley... read full bio
Atlanta group Omni has always produced fast-moving, powerful music. And their second album for Sub Pop, Souvenir, their fourth overall, is their strongest to date. They approached this recording with a lot of pent-up energy, having been inactive for the most part of the pandemic—the longest period of inactivity in their history. With chopping riffs, staccato rhythms and wiry melodies, guitarist... read full bio
Ona is an indie-rock band that consists of members Brad Goodall, Bradley Jenkins, Zach Johnston, Max Nolte and Zack Owens. The band is based out of Huntington, West Virginia and they rose to popularity after the release of their debut album “American Fiction”. After the release of American Fiction, Ona was featured on outlets such as NPR and on Sirius... read full bio
One Bad Son is a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that consists of members Shane Connery Volk, Adam Hicks, and Kurt Dahl. The band was formed in the early 2000’s and after forming, the band went on to release their debut studio album, “This Aggression Will Not Stand.” Since then, One Bad Son has gone on to release four... read full bio
One eskimO is a London based band. They are known for their imaginative interpretation of the band. The band is sometimes fronted by fictional characters. The characters are the Eskimo (Vocals/Keys), Penguin (Lead Guitar), Monkey (Bass Guitar/Horns), and Giraffe (percussion). These characters are present in media such as album artwork, music videos, online content, and sometimes appear in live... read full bio
One King Down is back, playing crunchy, danceable metalcore that draws extensively from other bands like Snapcase and Earth Crisis. The brothers duo of bassist Bill Scoville and guitarist Mike Scoville, along with guitarist Matt Wood and drummer Derrick Van Wie, established the band in the middle of the 1990s. One King Down created a CD EP for Trainwreck Records with their original singer,... read full bio
A 2-hour stage production on the road called One Night of Queen pays homage to Queen's theatrical antics and music. Gary Mullen and The Works, a band led by the Freddie Mercury impersonator Gary Mullen, who won the talent competition Stars in Their Eyes with his vocal and visual impersonation of Mercury, sing it. Billy Moffat on bass, David Brockett... read full bio
ONE OK ROCK is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo, Japan, that consists of members Takahiro Moriuchi, Toru Yamashita, Ryota Kohama, and Tomoya Kanki. The band is a mixture of emo, pop punk, alternative rock, and post-hardcore. ONE OK ROCK began when Yamashita wanted to start a band in high school. Over the years they started to form and come... read full bio
Just over halfway through the first song on the band's appropriately named debut full-length, This Place You Know, One Step Closer frontman Ryan Savitski yells out this assertion. Home may be a reassuring location, a solid foundation to which you can always return, but when you start to lose the tangible and symbolic elements that bind it together, the idea... read full bio
OOIOO, a Japanese band, started their group on accident. When asked to do a photo shoot as a fake band for a magazine, founder Yoshimi P-We gathered her friends. After a successful shoot, Yoshimi and her friends decided to make the band a real thing. Their sound is experimental, delivering a mix of tribal, psychedelic, and rock elements to listeners... read full bio
Australian acoustic group Opal Ocean is extending the possibilities of two guitars. Alex Champ and Nadav Tabak combine elements of rock, flamenco, and progressive music to create a sound that is both highly emotive and technically stunning. J.A.M., their breakthrough track, rapidly amassed millions of views worldwide and solidified their distinct identity in the instrumental music industry. Since then, they have... read full bio
Operators is a band led by Dan Boeckner, a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a member of various bands which include Handsome Furs, Wolf Parade, and Atlas Strategic. Since starting Operators, the band has gone on to release their debut EP off of Last Gang Records. Since then, they’ve followed their EP with two albums; “Blue Wave,” and... read full bio
Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal/rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1990 by lead vocalist David Isberg. Despite the band's frequent personnel changes, Opeth has remained a force to be reckoned with in the metal world. After the departure of Isberg in 1992, Mikael Åkerfeldt took over as Opeth's frontman and primary songwriter, and has been the only constant member... read full bio
Originating from the West Midlands, Orange River Remedy compose, record, and perform music that is frequently infused with nostalgia from the 1960s and 1970s. They infuse psychedelic, three-part harmonies, and strong guitars into a fantastic modern, post-pandemic age. They have recently opened for acts like Dub Pistols and Tankus The Henge while touring the UK. As a relatively young band, the... read full bio
