DISCOVERING THE NEW MUSIC UNDERGROUND AROUND THE GLOBE
Rock/Review CS Hellmann - The Fear I Felt
CS Hellmann is a Nashville-based songwriter and guitar aficionado inspired by the greats of alt rock, guitar god wizardry, and the honest intimacy of rootsy blues. With his emotionally charged, dark indie anthems CS Hellmann channels anger, frustration, and fear into positive and calming energy.
Metal/Review Moat Cobra - DCxPC Live & Dead Vol. 1 Presents Moat Cobra
Formed in 2013 in Orlando, Florida, Moat Cobra is: Brett Beavers - vocals, David Moreno - guitar, Al Serrano - drums, Roberto Oppenheimer - bass.
Rock/Review WILLJACK feat. Tom Tikka - Overnight Sensation
Tom Tikka, the former Sony/BMG songwriter best known for his work with Carmen Gray & The Impersonators, began his solo career in 2020 and has since released two critically acclaimed albums "This Is My Happy Face" and "Better Man". The group WILLJACK (formerly called Doctor Zee) might not be a household name, but in all honesty, they should be. Instead, they are one of the best-kept secrets of the London music scene.
Pop/Review Dania O. Tausen - ja (pt.1)
Dania O. Tausen is a young Faroese singer, songwriter, and poet who loves to express herself in her mother tongue, Faroese. Her highly approached debut album, gonguteigatúnatos (crosswalktalks), is unique and experimental, with light, pleasant, and intelligent music. Dania has an extraordinary, natural lyrical talent and is strengthened by wonderful melodies and harmonies mastered by her intimate and soft voice.
Folk/Review Jane Allison - Frayed
Welsh folk trobairitz Jane Allison returns with her second single, ‘Frayed' from the critically acclaimed folk rock album ‘Like Magdalene’.
Rock/Review Couvo - Why Do You Want
Couvo is a songwriter, an ex-Bon Appetit YouTube channel aficionado, and an outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
Pop/Review Hikaru Hidaka - another sad night, under moonlight
Hikaru Hidaka is singing sentimental, saturated songs. Sometimes smiles, sometimes tears.
Folk/Review Arliston - How In Heaven
Arliston's Ambient/Alternative/Indie music is coming to you from Brixton, London.
Rock/Review Ubiquity Machine - Combustioneer
Ubiquity Machine is Dan Marsh (Rabbit) and Howard Rabach. They have been writing and performing alternative and indie music for more than a decade in the DC Metro area.
Electronic/Review JSDavani - Again Begin
JSDavani is a multi-instrumentalist; he participated in the experimental music and arts scene in Atlanta, GA, from 2006–2014, and during that time performed and collaborated with a number of local artists and groups (White Lions, Khovicoobah, Butterface, Mengele, Pony Payroll Bones, among others). In 2015, he went off the grid and moved to the middle of nowhere for approximately 5 years.
Rock/Review Love Ghost x FLVCKKA - Haunted House
Love Ghost’s Finnegan Bell is currently in Mexico writing and recording with many Latin artists, including Dan Garcia, Ritorukai, Go Golden Junk, Phyzh Eye, Jozue, Young Dupe, Blnko, and many others. Producers they are working with in Mexico include Shantra (Santa Fe Klan’s latest album), BrunOG (Latin Grammy nominee), and SAGA.
Pop/Review My Name Is Ian - Go Bananas Go Bananas Go Bananas Go Bananas Go Bananas
Creatures of Cardiff, My Name Is Ian have already built a back catalogue that would have taken The Stone Roses millennia to mirror. Since 2010, their output has dealt with breakups, breakdowns, mysterious lion paintings, and characters from the Tom Hanks movie Big. This restless productivity has seen genres including but not limited to lo-fi, bedroom punk, garage rock, prog, and anti-folk all filtered through the pop-oriented cranium of frontman Reginald Foxwell.
Rock/Review Speak Easy Circus - Gros Michel
Speak Easy Circus are an experimental indie/funk posse from the East End of Glasgow. Their chaotic crescendos and eclectic overtures, a celebration of the strange and the new, are a "circus" of tongue-in-cheek attitude and unpredictability. Speak Easy Circus are a breath of fresh air for everyone into never-the-same-way-twice musical curiosity and funky grooves.
Pop/Review Natalie Clark - Mission
Scottish singer-songwriter Natalie Clark, who has reaped plaudits from Richard Branson and BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, launched her self-released debut EP, Eagles, in Scotland before heading stateside. Selected as a Mercedes-Benz KTLA "Artist to Watch", Natalie was featured in the Mercedes-Benz U.S. commercial campaign, which also included performances at the famous Roxy on Sunset, and The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
Rock/Review Jane N’ The Jungle - BED OF ROSES
Jane N’ The Jungle is a modern rock band from Phoenix, AZ, with vocals that cut like a knife and a take no prisoners attitude influenced by a combination of alternative rock, metal, and a touch of punk.
Rock/Review deeprest - time
deeprest main influences are Lil Peep, Softheart, Eazy Mac, Golden BSP, The 1975, and The Neighborhood.
Folk/Review Rusty Reid - Our Love's With You
Rusty Reid is a Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle singer-songwriter who writes melodic, guitar-oriented pop-country-rock songs, including many with modern liberal philosophical, political, and spiritual content.
Pop/Review Justin Meyer - Quarter Life
Justin Meyer is a producer, mixing engineer, artist and songwriter. Growing up in Golden, Colorado, Justin has been passionate about music for his whole life. In 2019, he moved across the country to Boston, Massachusetts, to study at the Berklee College of Music. In 2021, he graduated with a degree in Music Production and Engineering, specializing in Commercial Record Production.
Classical/Review Dustin Nuttall - Returning Home
Dustin Nuttall is a pianist and music recording major, and he has been playing piano since he was four years old. He has struggled for many years with his bipolar disorder and manic episodes, so he never really had a chance to put himself out there like he needed to.
Rock/Review PolSky - Executive Functions
PolSky evolved from the bedroom laptop electronics of Kris Warren (vocals, guitar) to a fully-formed, energetic pop band with the appointment of the executive board: Senior Synth Architect, Ben Warn (keyboards), Rhythm Logistics Engineer, Alex Robertson (drums), and Low Frequency Systems Analyst Chris Norman (bass).