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
In addition to producing a number of well-received chamber folk albums under the moniker S. Carey, Wisconsin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Carey is best known as the drummer and pianist for the indie pop band Bon Iver. Beginning with albums like Range of Light and Hundred Acres, Carey's solo career progressed to the profoundly contemplative Crack Me Open. Carey started playing the... read full bio
Noah Weinman, a musician residing in Los Angeles, has been performing as Runnner for the past several years and for the most of those, Runnner has been working. As well as working on his collection album, Constantly Repeating, Like Dying Stars, We're Reaching Out, he is also producing music for the Skullcrusher records. He has been deeply involved in the art... read full bio
Four-piece indie band The Royston Club from Wrexham, North Wales, consists of Tom Faithfull on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Ben Matthias on lead guitar and the band's primary songwriter, Dave Tute on bass and Sam Jones on drums. Tom, Ben and Dave started performing together after becoming friends in high school because they all loved playing indie music. Sam joined them... read full bio
A brand-new five-piece psychedelic pop-rock band from East London, Roscoe Roscoe studied music performance and technology, the band's members—frontman Charlie Read Clarke, guitarist Jacob Muna, synthesizer Milanka Caballero, bassist Charlie Brown and drummer Ben Limmer—met and became friends. Roscoe Roscoe's wide yet distinctive sound was inspired by the band's ever-expanding mutual admiration of avant-pop acts like Stereolab and Broadcast as well as contemporary,... read full bio
The Roly Mo are an indie rock band from the fringes of Glasgow that perform their music loudly and quickly. Excellent at narrating stories, whether they are bravely imaginary or painfully true. While the world stood still, the band issued their debut EP, "TRM," on the Glasgow-based label 7 West Music. Jack Saunders dubbed them his "Next Wave" and Dan... read full bio
The Reytons, a South Yorkshire band, play indie rock with a sound that is deeply emphasized and grounded, not too unlike from the early work of their forebears, Arctic Monkeys. The group, which has members from both Sheffield and Doncaster, came together by accident at open-mic events and recording facilities. Jonny Yerrell, who sings and writes the lyrics and Lee Holland, who... read full bio
A producer from Eindhoven, Netherlands, is known as Timecop1983. His aesthetic may best be characterized as romantic and cinematic, with an 80s influence. He is a one-man band that uses (old) synthesizers and a computer to create Synthwave music, but he frequently collaborates with other musicians and vocalists. When a buddy handed him a floppy disk containing Scream Tracker for MS-DOS,... read full bio
Rolling Stone, HillyDilly, Ones To Watch, Complex and Lyrical Lemonade have all taken notice of the producer and artist Ben Kessler. Ben's earlier albums have been on Apple Music's New Music Daily and Spotify's New Music Friday. Ben has also been highlighted on playlists for Apple Music's A-List Pop, Easy Hits, Breaking Pop and Feels as well as Spotify's Indie Pop, Fresh... read full bio
Sen Senra's narrative is among the most astonishing achievements in the recent history of the music industry, especially when you consider how unfavorable the conditions were at the turning point between his early albums and the popular Sensaciones. His third album, Sensaciones, was the first that Sonido Muchacho and Universal jointly issued. With 14 songs, the artist finally delivered on the... read full bio
Brimheim's lyrical fragility, which was born out of a beauty in brokenness, glitters in the sun while stormy guitar layers smash on the coast. Brimheim means "home of the breaking waves" in the literal sense. A moniker she adopted from her mother in honor of her Faroese ancestry and a tribute to the overwhelming emotions that characterize Brimheim's work. Critics... read full bio
With backing from organizations like Glastonbury, NME, SoYoung Magazine and BBC 6 Radio music, Maruja has already gained a reputation as one of the most electrifying live artists on the UK underground scene. Their string of sold-out performances has wowed audiences around the UK and Europe. Maruja is a powerful evocative force that carries listeners to a diverse and grimy realist universe. The... read full bio
Music is an out-of-body experience and Mary Droppinz lives by this simple concept. Mary aims to elicit the complete gamut of feelings and movements as she shakes the decks with her ever-eclectic sound, which fuses experimental, breaks, acid, house, g house, hip hop, electro and more. Thanks to her father's seasoned drumming talents, Mary developed an interest for rhythm when she was growing up in... read full bio
Drum & bass producer Justin Hawkes, formerly known as Flite, is headquartered in Austin and he offers a distinctive musical dynamic. He has gained a lot of support over the course of his ten-year career from significant artists including Wilkinson, Andy C, Netsky, Porter Robinson, A.M.C, Sub Focus, Dimension, Noisia, R.L. Grime and many more scene heavyweights. Justin's release discography spans notable... read full bio
Eugene Entsir is a British Ghanaian composer and recording artist best known by his stage name "Eugy" in the UK. One of the major figures leading the wave of African-inspired sonics that has swept the UK scene is Eugy, who relocated to London and has since made it his home. His London upbringing and Ghanaian origin have combined to create a... read full bio
Anja Plaschg, an alternative singer-songwriter from Austria, had Top Five commercial success in her own country while releasing her critically praised album debut as Soap & Skin as a teenager. Plaschg, who was born in Gnas and grew up on a pig farm, started playing the piano when she was a youngster and eventually went on to study at the Vienna... read full bio
