Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Pop/Review Mick J. Clark - It's Getting Near Christmas
Mick J. Clark is a singer/songwriter on the Sonorus Record Label. With over 1,000,000 Spotify streams on his songs, he reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the USA iTunes Top 100 Rock Songs in June 2020 with: We Know It's True. He has written over 60 songs, of which 54 are being played by Emerge Music in shops, and with two songs on the ‘Goa Chillout Zone Vol. 9’ album, which reached No. 1 in the iTunes Electronic Chart.
Rock/Review Knút - Hjartasláttur
Knút (Knút Háberg Eysturstein) is a musician, songwriter, and singer. He’s also a researcher in Music Education at the University of the Faroe Islands. He has been a central figure in Faroese music life for over two decades as a musician, programmer, producer, scholar, and all-around "doer.”
Rock/Review Gary Dranow - Destiny Road (Re-Mix)
Gary Dranow and the Manic Emotions. They play Alt Rock to Hard Rock. English and Ukrainian songs. Gary has released singles from his Destiny Road album, which Gary and Klim are re-mixing now, and he has four songs from his 24-song double album, Never Give Up. Starting in January 2024, the band will be releasing one song a week for 24 weeks. Gary, Chris, and Klim are already writing songs for their third album.
Pop/Review All Things Automatic - This Is an Invitation
All Things Automatic. Not everything's automatic, mind. There's the playground bully theme, an impending war track, the achingly empty spot where your beloved should be, a peek into your kid's world with an invitation into yours, and the struggle to spit out your soul when words fail. ATA's new tunes unpack all this.
Pop/Review Robert Vendetta - Fool
Robert Vendetta loves Mexico and all kinds of music. This has made him into a melting pot of influences, which all shine through in his music and stage performance! Robert Vendetta invented retropop—or modern old, as he sometimes calls it—and carries its flag as a producer, songwriter, and artist. Robert Vendetta calls the stage his second, if not first, home. He’s played for the Norwegian royal family several times.
Rock/Review Koalra - The Clouds Still Hang On You
Fusing the fuzz-fueled guitars and loose rhythms of acts like Dinosaur Jr. To the experimental soundscapes of artists such as Sonic Youth and The Cure, Koalra is an emerging indie rock band who recently moved to Portland from their native Chicago. The 90's-influenced four-piece released their self-titled album in December of 2019. The eight-track debut is a noise-fest of uplifting yet thrashing guitar tracks full of grungy melodies.
Pop/Review Allen Yu - One Shared Destiny
Allen Yu is a piano composer who, after over three decades of composing privately (he has been composing since high school), finally decided in 2023 to publish some of his music. In 2023, he had the pleasure of meeting a great musician and pianist, Victor Morales, serendipitously. He decided to collaborate with him to release some of his music, and it has been a wonderful experience.
Rock/Review Guild Theory - Indignant Swines
Guild Theory is a British alternative rock band duo consisting of Matt Smith (vocals and lyrics, synths) and Rob Lewis (music, multi-instrumentation). Formed in February 2022, Matt and Rob began recording music together remotely after the two met on a music forum. The two musicians have been working together since, creating their unique blend of alternative and progressive rock.
Pop/Review Cadenti - Bleed
Cadenti is the UK-based solo project of Chris Paul Martin, best known for his work in the successful group W O L F C L U B. He has contributed to millions of streams for the band, which has traveled the world touring their widely acclaimed electronic albums. Cadenti also worked on the soundtrack for the 2021 film Infamous.
Pop/Review Gunning for Allie - Alive
Gunning for Allie, formed by accomplished actor Joshua Mulheran & ‘Isla Vera’ frontman James Waters, is a two-piece Synth Pop-Rock Outfit from Brisbane. Their latest single, Alive, released on November 17th, is the third single off the EP Sleeping Alone. The two-piece has found online streaming success from their earlier Braille and subsequent Everyday War EP, with plans now to take their music to the next level.
Pop/Review Rob Giles - Meditation Drive-Thru
Rob Giles is a Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter, producer, andmulti-instrumentalist who pivoted to film and television writing when he sold two spec scripts to Warner Bros. Television. Warner Bros also developed two shows, “The Fare” and “Near Beth Experience” with the CW. He has also developed “Conspiracy/ O+” at Bad Robot and is producing a stage musical with Willie Williams (U2) and Tony Award winning director Michael Arden. His newest series “The F?ck” is in development at CBS studios.
Jazz/Review Neil C. Young - ReWorks Vol.1
Neil C. Young has worked with and played alongside many artists, including Nick Blacka (Go Go Penguin), Nathan Bray (Guy Barker, Ronnie Scotts Big Band), Soweto Kinch, Wendy Kirkland (Piano Divas), Ben Crosland (Jim Mullen, Rod Mason, John Etheridge), Gary Boyle (Isotope), Ben McCabe and Matt Robinson (Deep Cabaret), and Steve Tromans (Indo Jazz Fusions, Dan Nicholls, Alison Symons).
Hip-Hop/Review Skrap Hussain - Never Be the Same
An artist steeped in the traditions of hip-hop culture is emerging rapper and songwriter Skrap Hussain. After releasing his last mixtape, Rebirth, in 2021, he retreated back into the studio to concentrate on his craft as he planned the next steps of his journey. His unique lyrical flow and mastery of the deep hip-hop essentials were evident throughout the recording of Rebirth, and now, like a phoenix, he is regaining the territory that the album left behind with his latest release, "Never Be the Same.”
Pop/Review Edie Yvonne - Girl Code
Edie Yvonne is releasing the new single “Girl Code” on her 15th birthday, 11/22/2023. She started releasing music as a 13-year-old singer and songwriter based in LA.
Metal/Review Bitchin’ Hour - Time to Burn
Bitchin’ Hour return in their new form with the addition of two Bitchin’ Boys. Still just as gay and still as in your face, Bitchin’ Hour stands for LGBTQ+ rights, witchy shit, and the right for everyone to feel safe no matter where they are. Taking things down a heavier road, Bitchin’ Hour are out to prove that glitter makes the breakdowns slap harder.
Rock/Review Trickshooter Social Club - Truck Stop Dangerous
Trickshooter Social Club is a full-on, lean-in, roots-rock band from Chicago whose celebration of stomp and clap American rock-n-roll is oddly literate, a little whiskey-soaked, and world-weary, always leaving room for redemption. Their musical mosaic of roots, alt. country, and blues is the sound of garage rock with a conscience.
Country/Review Podge Lane - Snow/Hailstone
Based in Cork City, Podge Lane yields his unique authorial voice alongside folk and alt-country stylings. Podge began to independently record and release his original material in 2018 with his debut singles; 'The Dark' and ‘Move on’. With honest to a fault lyricism embraced with explorative instrumentation, Podge was spotted by Echoing STEM as the 2017 newcomer of the year and released his debut EP, People Leave In Colour on April 4, 2018.
Hip-Hop/Review Polyvoda - Bonfire
Ukraine-based, genre-fluid Polyvoda emerged amidst the chaos of besieged Kyiv in 2022. Instrumentalists Denis Levchenko (bass), Kyrylo Chykhradze (keys), and Mykhailo Birchenko (drums) transcend borders, partnering with international voices to articulate their shared experience.
Rock/Review The Train Rockers - Black Sheep (Radio Edit)
The Train Rockers started as a band in 2015 on the streets of Munich, at the "Munich Liberty" on Friday nights, a famous bar district. Soon after, they started to play in subways and pubs as well, sometimes even in jails. All these places and their people shaped their sound, and their influence is heard in the songs and lyrics of their new "Black Sheep EP".
R&B/Interview Obi Alfred - Follow Me
Obi Alfred is carrying the torch of classic R&B for a new generation. Born in New Jersey and raised in Texas, the Nigerian-American’s distinctive style pays tribute to the legends of the genre while pushing into bold, modern territory. Now, with the most compelling music of his young career, Obi is establishing himself as one of the most vital new voices in R&B.