Performers

Ben Lasky adopted the moniker Quadeca during preschool recess in an attempt to name his imaginary superhero alter-ego. At ten years old, he took on the heroic task that’d become the central focus of his multi-hyphenate creative career: building one-of-a-kind worlds through self-produced music and visuals. Now at the age […]

Spilly Cave is a composer/guitarist from Central Pennsylvania. In his music he creates a fusion of jazz and 90’s indie rock with inspirations ranging from Masayoshi Takanaka to Nirvana. He tours with a four piece band (Phill Cave, Michael Kleine and Logan Bedard) and has played shows all over the

There are those rare bands that, once you step into their sonic world, captivate you entirely. Western Australia’s breakout band DICE is one of those bands. Comprising Ben Hodge, Tom King, Regan Beazley, and Sam Barrett-Lennard, in 2024 DICE invited listeners into their vibrant universe with their debut album Midnight

Adrian Younge is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, composer, and orchestrator who has produced for entertainment greats such as Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Wu Tang In 2007, Younge relinquished his position as a professor of law to find himself at the center of the Black Dynamite phenomenon. He served as the

Mndsgn, aka Ringgo Ancheta, was born in San Diego,raised in the southern region of New Jersey, and iscurrently based in Los Angeles. The youngest in a familyof Filipino descent, Ringgo grew up in a household wherethe love and appreciation for music was alwayssynonymous. Ringgo has aimed to explore the humancondition

Flyte is the tender self-titled amalgamation of Will Taylor and Nick Hill’s decade writing music together, touring the globe, but always returning home to their loved ones.

Worthington’s Law started in late 2020 when Nick Faber and Scotty Sandwich connected over a love of 90s ska and punk and started recording tracks at Scotty’s studio, the Sandwich Shoppe in Oxford, NC. They blend high-energy punk rock with humorous, satirical lyrics to create a sound reminiscent of the

Narsick was formed in the fall of 2022 by Chapel Hill bassist Sarah Landis, when she pulled up to her long-time drummer friend, Kyle Parker, at a stoplight and asked him to play in a punk band. They added the talents of frontwoman Ash Graña. Shane Peterson now joins the

Tana Matz is an artist/songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio that has been passionate about music from a young age. By four, she was picking up tunes on toy instruments by ear. By high school, she had taught herself guitar and started crafting her own songs. For seven years, Tana performed over

A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist from Southern California, Cameron Lew has crafted his Ginger Root project steadily since 2017, inviting a fervent and growing legion of fans into storylines drawn across mediums: captivating albums with accompanying films and globe-spanning tours. The Ginger Root sound — handmade yet immaculately

The Antlers are Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner. In 2021 the band released their first album in seven years titled Green to Gold, a bucolic record which Pitchfork described as “a post-rock orchestra playing around a campfire… the sound of hard-won peace of mind, rendered in the lightest brushstrokes.” The

Over the course of his career, Will Sheff has released ten albums that have given the front man of esteemed indie rock band Okkervil River a reputation as one of the greatest working songwriters in the country. As Sheff and his shifting lineup of players have traveled the world many

While Posthuman mined the unflinching d-beat brutality of Deathreat, blistering thrash, groove and the icy nihilism of industrial bands like Godflesh and Demanufacture-era Fear Factory, the new LP integrates in elements of paranoia-driven ambient ala Lustmord, glacially-paced doom (early Melvins, Khanate) and even Meshuggah-like polyrhythms in it’s fully-automatic onslaught. The

Full of Hell burst forth with incredible force from the small, dagger-shaped city of Ocean City, Maryland, 15 years ago. Over five full-lengths, five collaborative full-lengths, and countless splits, EPs, singles, and noise compilations, they’ve evolved at extraordinary speed, their music becoming more complicated and technical without ever slowing down

It’s been nearly a decade since Charleston’s Brave Baby released their last record, but with 3x blood, they’re back and better than ever. Known for their dynamic indie rock, the band—Keon Masters, Ryan “Wolfgang” Zimmerman, Christian Chidester, Steven Walker, and Jordan Hicks—reunited to craft an album that feels both fresh

“Underground music is filled with all kinds of characters, personalities, and peculiarities. Rare are the musical/artistic soul mates who have forged life, as well as creative, partnerships. Foundationally, the work of couples like Alice and John Coltrane or La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela set standards of artists who share

zzzahara is a US singer songwriter, born and raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles to Mexican & Filipino parents and previously part of The Simps duo alongside Eyedress. zzzahara’s music wades into the deep waters of love, lust, and self-discovery in a part of the world where artifice and authenticity

Rose City Band’s music is sun-kissed timeless country rock whose seemingly effortless momentum carries the joy of its creation without ignoring the darkness pervading our consciousness. Led by guitarist/vocalist Ripley Johnson, the music of Rose City Band is rooted in his love of private press records of the mid to

Lights is many things all at once: Singer. Songwriter. Producer. Multi-instrumentalist. Comic book author. DJ. Artist. She’s also unabashedly honest and unapologetically confident. Weaving in and out of alternative, indie, electronic, and dance, she makes manic pop irreverent of boundaries, yet reverent of truth. She speaks her heart musically and

Biking With Francis began when Garrett and Max started college in North Carolina with plans to make music together. Garrett was working on his first album, which birthed the name and alter ego “francis.” Max had just finished a song called “bike.” While the two were brainstorming a joint email

Brennan Wedl delivers sweetly lilting country one minute, and crashing rock the next, ringing out with jangling brightness at times and introspective in hushed acoustic guitar picking elsewhere. Her knack for encapsulating the moment has been apparent since co-founding the teen Boston band Dazey & The Scouts in 2017 and

Militarie Gun are a truly uncategorizable band. Led by vocalist Ian Shelton, the band’s debut full-length, Life Under The Gun, is almost impossible to describe without bouncing between contradictions. Is it abnormally aggressive pop music or is it unusually catchy hardcore? Is it deeply intellectual or is it satisfyingly primal?

Birthed in 2016 from a cross-section of beloved UK punk groups, London’s High Vis have steadily become legends by virtue of their passionate performances and evolving discography of poetic, progressive hardcore. Comprised of singer Graham Sayle, drummer Edward “Ski” Harper, bassist Jack Muncaster, and guitarists Martin Macnamara and Rob Hammaren,

The idea for Bartees Strange’s new album Horror surfaced suddenly, at an inopportune moment, from somewhere deep within. Strange had just released his debut album Live Forever, and was beginning to write and work on its follow-up Farm to Table, when he received a complete vision for a whole other

Hailing from small Canadian town of LaSalle, ON just a stone’s throw away from Detroit, Michigan, and shortly thereafter relocating to the Detroit area, Autumn Kings is best described as the offspring of Linkin Park and Fall Out Boy. What started as a serendipitous encounter while both working in a

From Cleveland, OH, Heart Attack Man originally started as a solo recording project for singer/guitarist Eric Egan in 2013. Driven by an ingrained appreciation for addictive melodies and hard hitting alternative rock, the project quickly evolved into a full band. Shortly after the EP Acid Rain was released, the band

emotionally charged music written and recorded in the backwoods of northern Vermont

Katie is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. A recent Berklee College of Music graduate, her music fuses singer-songwriter pop with jazz and R&B. Katie began her journey in music at her summer home in Ireland where she learned to play Irish traditional fiddle tunes by ear. In the ten+

With bold, witty lyricism that brings you to that liminal space between laughter and tears, Theo Kandel has been described as “a modern-day James Taylor, albeit slightly scruffier and a good deal shorter. But maybe also sexier.” (Source pending.) Having amassed over 160k followers across social media and 8M+ worldwide

Texas-born and Nashville-based artist Denitia grew up outside Houston, immersed in school choir and learning multiple instruments. Influenced by country legends, praise and worship music, and alternative rock, she moved to Nashville for college and spent a decade in Brooklyn before returning to her country music roots. Her 2022 album,

“just saw THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND, unbelievable. hard as hell, free as a ray of light, there is not a band on earth that is better. stunning.” – Flea, Red Hot Chili Peppers For almost 4 decades, the Grammy winning Rebirth Brass Band has been “stunning” fans with a fiery

Momma is the musical project of Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman. After moving to New York from Los Angeles, the two brought on bassist and producer Aron Kobayashi Ritch, and drummer Preston Fulks, to flesh out their sound. Produced by Kobayashi Ritch, Momma’s new album, Welcome to My Blue Sky,

Hailing from Long Island’s North Shore, Julia Wolf is a once-in-a- generation artist, genre-bending storyteller and a beacon of inspiration to music fans, tastemakers and fellow artists alike. Her journey is a vivid narrative of vulnerability, growth, experimentation & the human experience. Her 2023 debut album, “Good Thing We Stayed”,

Across his career, Brett Dennen has established himself as the kind of singer-songwriter who finds inspiration by digging into the nooks and crannies of the human condition—exploring pain, joy, sadness, and all points in between. If It Takes Forever (Mick Music), the California native’s eighth solo album and first full-length

WILLIS is an indie/alternative-blues band based in Nashville, TN.

Evocative artist-writer Zandi Holup is a wildflower: unique, free as the wind, and blossoming in Music City. Born in Pennsylvania, she drifted from city to city until she found her home in Nashville six years ago. Cut from the same cloth as legendary folk singer-songwriters like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan,

The music Ella Williams makes as Squirrel Flower has always communicated a strong sense of place. Her self-released debut EP, 2015’s early winter songs from middle america, was written during her first year living in Iowa, where the winter months make those of her hometown, Boston, seem quaint by comparison.

Annie DiRusso is a Nashville based indie-rock artist born in NYC, who wears the influence of both of these cities on her sleeve. Blending buzzing garage rock guitars and high-energy performances with a pop-infused flair, the magic she creates in her hooks and melodies is apparent in her previously released

Mary Bue is a songwriter, international retreat guide and yoga teacher based out of Minneapolis, often roaming this beautiful world. Named Best Songwriter of 2020 by City Pages, her music touches upon archetypal themes of the human condition: love, loss, survival, dreams, and the natural world. A longtime student of

Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra, led by bassist/composer Vattel Cherry, is an effort to wake up consciousness, bring people together, interpret, explain, denounce, keep record, and provoke changes through music. TAO takes its inspiration from: Afro Beat creators Fela Kuti & Tony Allen: Afro Funk pioneer, Geraldo Pino; pianist/singer Nina Simone; trailblazing

People Talk is the album Lauren Morrow was born to create. The Nashville-based, Atlanta-raised singer-songwriter has spent the better part of the last fifteen years cultivating her sound, pouring in a variety of influences, and honing her live show until the sound felt unabashedly her own. After spending more than

Sex Week, the rising New York duo of actor and musician Pearl Amanda Dickson and songwriter and producer Richard Orofino, released their debut, Sex Week EP, on August 30th via Grand Jury. Songs like, “Kid Muscle” showcase the band’s unique seductive sound and alchemy, pairing sprawling slowcore with black metal-inspired

Pulsing with the energy of their hometown New York City, ‘If There’s a Heaven’ (2024) is the debut album from indie band Melt. Melt is simultaneously at their most airtight and freewheeling–evoking the raw, communal spirit of Fleetwood Mac as much as the modern, danceable hooks of MUNA. Recorded live

Greek is an multi-hyphenate experimental indie artist who uses bedroom alternative soundscapes as a vehicle for introspection and storytelling. Born Michael Davie in Southwestern Virginia, Greek’s musical foundation spans from picking up the piano at the age of eight to the construction of “Studio B-RAD,” his own closet sound booth

Briscoe, West of It All West of It All, the debut album from Americana folk-rock band Briscoe, is a coming-of-age soundtrack set against the backdrop of the Texas Hill Country. Written in the Lone Star State and recorded in North Carolina, it’s an album that charts its own musical geography,

You may have heard Mega Ran’s distinct retro meet futuristic sound on television (WWE, AEW), movies (Clerks III) and several top-rated video game releases (TMNT Shredder’s Revenge, Mortal Kombat 1 River City Girls 2). The Guinness World Record holder has 6 albums that have hit Billboard including his latest, “Buddy’s

“Starbenders are a rock-n-roll dream come true for every hard luck dreamer occupying this third stone from the sun. Singer/songwriter Kimi Shelter is the love child Johnny Thunders and Joan Jett should have had, raised with an impeccable education from Blondie Elementary School, Def Leppard High, Bowie College, and a

Hailing from Concord, NC, “Fox N’ Vead” is an alternative rock band that is largely influenced by country/southern culture. The band creates a fresh blend of hard hitting, grunge-like riffs with melodies that nod to country and blues classics. All of this captured in an electric live performance that demands

Maggie Antone’s voice has always won people over. Singing along to the radio from her carseat, it first won her parents over—enough so that they supported her through voice lessons, musical theater, and national anthem gigs around her hometown of Richmond. Later, with her recording of Tyler Childers’s “Lady May,”

THE BAND FEEL is a Rock band from St. Louis known for their dynamic sound that pays homage to the Classic Rock era while adding a modern twist. With influences ranging from 70’s rock to Laurel Canyon to mid-century jazz, THE BAND FEEL has garnered attention for their high-energy performances

The communion between an artist and a room full of people endures is one of the most sacred forms of connection. As emotion and energy transfer back-and-forth, this interchange of feelings might be the closest thing we have to true magic in our physical world. Billy Raffoul writes music with

Chandler Leighton is an American singer-songwriter known for her evocative voice and emotionally charged lyrics. Blending elements of pop, alternative, and electronic music, she has crafted a distinct sound that resonates with fans seeking raw authenticity and vulnerability. Chandler first gained attention through her collaborations with electronic music collaborations including

Blackpool’s Boston Manor formed in 2013 and, in two short years, worked their way to signing with renowned US indie label Pure Noise Records, worldwide. In that period, they’ve successfully built a name for themselves with their modern day emotive rock anthems and DIY work ethic. A band with expert

Easy Honey was born out of the small-town innocent college days: the days of walking home under the starry night, and springing under the watchful eye of sunny graveyards, Dairy Queens, and neo-gothic cathedrals. Easy Honey’s witty melodies dotted with catchy hooks serve as anthems of nostalgia for their indie

Things are looking brighter. Corum has been clean and sober for about five years now, and somehow Lonnie Walker has kept the original lineup of guitarist Eric Hill, drummer Raymond Finn, keyboardist Justin Flythe and bassist Mic Robinson alongside him. Corum formed North Carolina indie rock band Lonnie Walker in

Skylar Gudasz has an easy way about her as she contemplates the futility of trying to order the world into shapes of convenience. “It’s wild, the ways that humans try to make boundaries out of things,” she says. The subject of this restless, eternal wrangling has been on the singer-songwriter’s

On their self-titled debut album, Fancy Gap–the duo of singer/songwriter Stuart McLamb (The Love Language) and songwriter/producer Charles Crossingham–takes listeners on a journey that steers through life’s melodies with windows down. It’s a country-tinged, radio-ready sound, yet delves deep into universal themes. From stirring reflections on death and aging to