Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Rock/Review Dom Brinkley - Bad Wine
Since emerging as a solo artist in early 2020, Naarm-based singer-songwriter/guitarist Dom Brinkley has had a creatively busy few years, exploring a psychedelic blend of folk and blues-based music; merging inspired songwriting with his ever-growing prowess and reverence for the guitar.
Folk/Review Danielle Schroeder - Ancient Desire
Danielle Schroeder is a singer-songwriter based in Vancouver, Canada. Her music comes from deep within the heart and grew out of her work as a counsellor supporting people living with cancer and those at the end of life. Being with those facing their own mortality offered her a window into some of the deepest realities of being human and inspired her to write music as a way to process and express all that she witnessed.
Rock/Review The Muster Point Project - I Love That Song
The Muster Point Project began in late 2020, the brainchild of Kevin Franco, a multi-instrumentalist from Calgary who splits his time between his native Canada and Santiago, Chile.
Pop/Review The Heidi Incident - Under The Lights
The Heidi Incident is a diverse group of characters that collide from different walks of life, sharing a common bond in the form of a love and passion for music in all its forms! With a sound that can only be described as "Modern meets Retro" they combine elements of Pop, Rock, Disco, Dance, New Wave and even some Hip-Hop!
Pop/Review Horizonte Lied - Memorias de Crónicas Futuras (Remastered Edition)
Horizonte Lied is an electrifying band that produces a unique dark pop electronic and organic blend of music with industrial sound textures. The band was first established in June 1992 by longtime high school friends who were influenced by bands such as Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox, Recoil, and Nine Inch Nails.
Jazz/Review Bill Cantos - Sensibility
Bill Cantos has a reputation in the music industry that is simply unparalleled in terms of songwriting, producing, singing, and delivering live performances on the keyboards that are simply amazing. Working with a cavalcade of celebrated artists, his reputation as a musician is firmly etched in the minds of some of the biggest names to have ever graced the industry.
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.