If Not For Me is a four piece metalcore outfit hailing from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Composed of veterans ranging from all over the central PA music scene, INFM delivers their own brand of catchy choruses, driving riffs, and hard-hitting breakdowns with an explosive live performance to match. If Not For Me […]
Wind Walkers has evolved from their Massachusetts roots into a dynamic force in the modern metal scene. According to Charm Music, this musical collective started their journey in 2013. They initially called themselves ‘Atlas’ before embracing their current identity through thoughtful reinvention.
Blending dark melodic punk with fuzzed-out stoner rock, OVERTON burrows into that space between failing bodies and failing countries.
Returning with ‘caroline 2’, the eight-piece collective embrace a bolder, more expansive sound. Going beyond their debut’s explorations of repetition, slowness and space, the new album pushes further into dynamic contrasts — organic and electronic, raw and refined. Launched with the striking single ‘Tell me I never knew that’, featuring
Chasing Abbey – the award-winning trio from Tullamore, Ireland—is returning to the U.S. in autumn 2026 for a twenty-four-date North American tour. Known for combining cutting-edge electronic production with the heart of traditional Irish music, Chasing Abbey has become one of Ireland’s most exciting and dynamic acts. With massive
Adam Weiner is a rock & roll artist from Philadelphia who has released 7 studio albums under the name Low Cut Connie. Since forming in 2010, Low Cut Connie has earned a devoted fanbase that includes President Barack Obama, Sir Elton John and Bruce Springsteen. In 2024, he released the
“It clicked for me one day, that the album was going to be about hornets,” explains Sputnik, the mononymous songwriter behind the noise-pop project Weatherday. “It just made sense to me.” Hornet Disaster, Weatherday’s follow-up to their 2019 debut Come in, and spiritual successor to 2022’s collab release Weatherglow, is
Smerz is a Norwegian electronic music duo consisting of Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt. The duo splits their time between Oslo, Norway, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Their music has been described as “deadpan, vividly detailed electro-pop pulsating with personality”
PawPaw Rod is a Hawaii-born, Oklahoma-raised rapper and singer known for seamlessly merging hip-hop, 60s soul, funk, and alternative into a genre-fluid sound all his own. Since his breakout single “HIT EM WHERE IT HURTS” in 2020, Rod has released four EPs, amassing over 200M streams and critical acclaim from
Meltt’s upcoming third album is the culmination of everything the Vancouver indie-pop quartet have accomplished so far, all the while pushing their sound in new and exciting directions. True to its title, Pathways finds Chris Smith [lead vocals, guitar, bass, keys], Jamie Turner [drums, percussion], James Porter [guitar, keys, bass,
“I’ve been the hurricane we’re in, waiting out the storm” People discover Chuck Ragan in different ways. Some people know Ragan from the pioneering punk act Hot Water Music he’s co-fronted for the past three decades. Others are aware of his successful solo career or the Revival Tour, a collection
The thing that humanity clings to is hope. In the darkness, light will prevail. In uncertain times, prosperity will ultimately endure: without it, there is simply nothing. On ‘Blue Garden’, Delta Sleep’s 4th studio album, out 27th September on Sofa Boy Records & Wax Bodega (US), the band find themselves
Dead Calm is a band from Liam McCay… a young, prolific Irish musician from County Donegal, known for creating music under numerous aliases, most notably Sign Crushes Motorist, Dead Calm, and Take Care, exploring genres like slowcore and indie rock with poignant, introspective, and often melancholic themes, gaining significant online
IDLE HEIRS, the new band featuring vocalist Sean Ingram of COALESCE and producer Josh Barber sign to Relapse Records and prepare to release their debut full-length in 2025. For over a decade Sean Ingram’s focus had been elsewhere; due to the prolonged hiatus of COALESCE, music was no longer at
True life transpires, and music results. COLD is : Scooter Ward – Vocals/piano/Guitar Lindsay Manfredi – Bass Guitar Tony Kruszka – Drums Ed Cuozzo – Guitar Angelo Maruzzelli – Guitar
Only a few years ago the life Drayton Farley now lives seemed nothing short of a pipe dream: there he was at the time, working the railroads, strumming his guitar, singing his songs for his ass-busting railroad coworkers, dreaming about the life of a touring musician. A dream, he now
Midriftis an alternative rock/ shoegaze band based out of San Francisco, California consistingof brothers, Manoa Neukermans, Kai Neukermans, and Gus Merkam. Pulling influences rangingfrom Deftones, Title Fight, Whirr, to The Smashing Pumpkins, Midrift released their first self-titled EP on December 10th, 2022 which quickly gained traction. This past year, the
Myles Mills, better known by his stage name Skizzy Mars, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer from Harlem, New York
A veteran of the L.A. psychedelic scene, Michael Collins turns the trippiness down to a slow boil for his Drugdealer project. Built around his smooth keyboard playing and plangent soft rock melodies, the band re-creates the laid-back sound and vibe of Laurel Canyon of the ’70s, while also sounding as
OCT (On Company Time) is a musical comedy trio blending sharp satire with chart-worthy bangers. Known for viral hits like “Don’t Touch My Clogs” and “Half Horse, Half Man,” they combine high-concept storytelling with absurdist humor and genre-hopping production. With over 25 million streams and a growing cult following, OCT
Death Valley Girls is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2013. The band plays a mix of garage rock, punk, psych rock, and gothic rock, and has released five studio albums and several EPs and singles.
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Pangea was formed in 2008 when longtime friends William Keegan and Danny Bengston met drummer Erik Jimenez at Cal Arts The group began playing several shows on the California Institute of the Arts campus and as well as many local venues throughout Southern California, releasing a few singles and EPs
The Red Pears Hailing from El Monte, a sleepy suburban town just east of Los Angeles, Henry Vargas (vocals/guitar), and Jose Corona (drums), draw their sound from the spectrum between the early 2000s New York indie rock and grunge scene to the cumbia and corridos that soundtracked their childhoods.
Max Clarke, known by his stage name Cut Worms, is a singer, songwriter, and musician hailing from Ohio who is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. On Cut Worms, Clarke leaves behind the legendary studio and sought after producers for a more homegrown approach, working with a cast of gifted
Within the quiet, cascading corners of Pittsburgh lies a community – nothing short of one large family – that spans zip codes, histories, occupations, and generations, always tumbling inwardly into itself, propped up by steadfast pillars of conviction toward spiritual and emotional mutual aid. The kind of earnest community scaffolding
Fust — the Durham, North Carolina-based band — announce their new album, Big Ugly, out March 7th via Dear Life Records. Big Ugly arrives after the release of 2024’s Songs of the Rail––“one of the best alt-country compilations…in a long, long time” (Paste) –– and 2023’s standout Genevieve, which unassumingly
Semones self-released her debut EP, Tsukino, in 2022, during her last semester of college. Later that year she released Sukikirai as a graduation project through Northeastern University’s Green Line Records. In 2024, Semones released her second EP, Kabutomushi, through Bayonet Records. In 2025, she released her debut studio album, Animaru.
Voxtrot first captured global attention in the 2000s blog era with a pair of beloved EPs (Raised By Wolves and Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives), released on their own Cult Hero Records label. That momentum carried into 2006’s Your Biggest Fan EP, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot
Red Leather is an anonymous alternative-rock artist from Reno, Nevada, whose music fuses the grit of classic Americana with the raw emotion of early 2000s rock. He emerged in 2022 with a bold vision: to tell the truth about addiction, sobriety, and the long, hard road to self- redemption. Now
Swar is a contemporary Nepali indie/alternative/pop-rock band that blends heartfelt lyrics with a modern sonic palette. Formed in 2021, the band crafts songs that explore themes of longing, resilience, and human connection.
Matteo Mancuso, born in 1996, a guitar child prodigy, approached the world of music at an early age, thanks to his father Vincenzo. He enrolled in a musical high school where he deepened his studies in classical guitar and founded the trio “SNIPS.” With this trio, he released the famous
Georgia native Logan Crosby is redefining the southern sound. Since the release of his debut EP 23 Days In L.A. and his follow up album 2019, Logan has introduced a bold new sound. With soul in his voice and anthem choruses in his songs, he’s bending genres into something new,
Nabin K Bhattarai is considered to be the first real pop-star and unarguably one of the greatest pop singers of Nepal.
A true ambassador of DJ unity and reggae history, DJ Ras J delivers high energy sets of heavyweight roots, dancehall, and live dub mixes. From his genre-bending sessions at the Grassroots Vinyl Lounge to major festival stages, Ras J has opened for legends like Lee “Scratch” Perry, Black Uhuru, Khruangbin
Soulful and energizing, dub Addis combines intricate Ethiopian melodies with the rhythms of Reggae to create an original sound that moves both the heart and mind. Continuing the rich traditions of Ethiopian music and the legacy of the great Reggae artists, the music of dub Addis unites people of all
John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcohols. They are told in beautiful, unnerving, specific detail because he is a very good writer, and
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Jens Lekman is an accidental wedding singer. But he’s also a wedding singer for a reason. Ever since his 2004 song “If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)” he has had a side gig fielding requests from strangers to sing at their weddings. For over twenty
Ken Pomeroy will break your heart. She’ll do it with a single line––sometimes, just one word. The pain begins as an empathetic ache. Then, as Pomeroy sings her stories, you begin to see yourself in her hurt and hope. And you realize: We’re in this together. “A lot of the
A couple of months after graduating from high school, Mikey Carnevale (vocals/guitar) and Richard Dotson (bass) got together as The Frights to play a one off 30 minute set as sort of a joke. The feeling they got from the crowd in their hometown of San Diego inspired them to
UK native Fonteyn spent her formative years pursuing Musical Theatre and acting in England, but it wasn’t until she started making music that she felt able to express herself authentically. Writing songs provided a home for her idiosyncrasies to coexist. Bewitched by the sound of the 70’s, Fonteyn draws from
THE CASUALTIES are the voice of the disenfranchised, the disillusioned and the dispossessed of this planet. These street fighters are still angry, still political and still keep the heart and spirit of Punk alive. This was already the declared aim of THE CASUALTIES, when vocalist Jorge Herrera founded the band
There’s a long tradition of bands that can compellingly explore the nuances of the human experience within the confines of pop music, that can elegantly consider both the lighter and darker elements of life through a deceptively sunny-sounding three-and-a-half-minute song. On their sophomore full-length album, Velveteen, Toronto’s reigning power pop
“So, how to proceed?” Travis Harrington asks on the final track of Running From the Chase, the commanding new album from Truth Club. How do you move forward when the present moment is rife with mounting challenges — when you’re caught between the weight of the past and the uncertainty
Pool Kids’ third album, Easier Said Than Done, shimmers with emotional clarity and courage. Adrenalizing and irresistible, it brings the dynamism of the band’s live show into the studio, showcasing a style that’s unmistakably their own. Pool Kids first started playing on Tallahassee’s house show circuit. The band earned a
Alex Bingham, fully eight years old, was sitting in the backseat of his friend’s car on the way home from the neighborhood pool, sun just touching down on the horizon, when he first heard “Dancing Queen.” The ripeness of kid summer made everything sweeter and a little bit sad. He
Jules! (they/them) is a beloved children’s artist, songwriter, and educator known for their original, inclusive music that inspires empathy, self-regulation, and self-expression. Their debut album, Jamming with Jules!, was released in fall 2024 and was featured on the 2025 GRAMMY ballot for Best Children’s Album. Jules! has been featured on
“Two Dykes and a Mic” is a weekly comedy podcast and internationally touring live show. Comedians and IRL BFFs McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon host the world’s greatest and gayest show of all time. Get your nose ready, because you’re about to snort queer joy and laugh your gay cans
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Pacing is the songwriting and recording project of Katie McTigue (she/her). Various Small Flames wrote that she “follows in the playful, tongue-in-cheek tradition of the likes of Kimya Dawson, yet always nudges the ideas further to be more than mere twee humour or sardonic fun.” Fans and new listeners alike
Ever since Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty formed AJJ back in 2004, it’s felt like the world has been playing catch-up. That’s because the band—completed these days by guitarist/keyboard player Preston Bryant, cellist Mark Glick and (relatively) new drummer Kevin Higuchi—has always woven apocalyptic themes and imagery into many of
For Angel and Lulu Prost, the sibling duo behind Frost Children, home has always sounded like dance music. The St. Louis-born musicians grew up steeped in the sleek catharsis of golden-age EDM: huddling over YouTube videos of 2010s festival staples like Zedd, Skrillex, and Krewella; watching rapt as Virtual Riot
Canine Heart Sounds are a Durham North Carolina music quartet, originally formed in Duluth Minnesota in 2007. And it should be mentioned they were all born in Wisconsin. Its members spent the late 2000’s & early 2010’s individually lending a helping hand for other music projects (Bowerbirds, Rosebuds, Lost in
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Lightning Bolt play with abandon that is unmatched and remarkably undiluted since the duo’s formation 25 years ago. They are often called one of the loudest rock outfits in existence, both on record and on (or famously, oB) the stage. Brian Gibson creates sounds that are unexpected and remarkably varied
TOPS — musicians David Carriere, Jane Penny, Marta Cikojevic, and Riley Fleck —write timeless music that reliably threads immediacy and depth. Bury the Key, their first full-length since 2020 and with new label home Ghostly International, is a captivating reintroduction for the Montréal band: ever refined, undoubtedly masters of their
The Spill Canvas is an American alternative rock band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Known for their hits “All Over You” “Our Song” and “Staplegunned”, as well as several emo classics like “All Hail the Heartbreaker” “The Tide” and “Polygraph, Right Now!”
Born and raised in West Virginia, Philip Bowen’s uplifting sound is heavily inspired by Appalachian roots. The dynamic, internationally touring singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist began playing fiddle at the age of four & has developed quite a fan base over the years – amassing over 1.5 million followers online. His popularity
With two back-to-back, critically acclaimed full-lengths–2021’s ‘I Became Birds’ and 2023’s ‘the whaler’–Home Is Where established themselves as one of the defining bands of emo’s fifth wave. These records showcase the band of Bea MacDonald, her songwriting partner/guitarist Tilley Komorny, bassist Connor O’Brien, and drummer Josiah Gardella channeling their Florida
Pixel Grip’s sound is both seductive and confrontational – a dark, club-driven sound that blends elements of synth-pop, EBM (electronic body music), house, and industrial into their own edgy, danceable, and immersive ethos. Pixel Grip is known for their high-energy live performances and moody, avant-garde aesthetic. In 2024 they toured
Tre. Charles is an Alternative/Indie Soul artist who dives into the depths of his soul and invites you into his world with an expressive blend of warm and soulful undertones, profound and powerful lyrics, and emotive crooning; all of which helps you navigate your way through the encompassing experience. Growing
VOLA, the Copenhagen-based quartet renowned for their distinctive fusion of progressive metal and introspective lyrics, continues to explore the metaphysical forces shaping human experience. With each release, they challenge themselves and their audience with profound musical complexity and thematic depth, signaling a new chapter in their journey in 2024.
