Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Rock/Review Gethyn Jones - Fatal Equation
Gethyn Jones spent 30 years as a producer, presenter, and journalist, primarily on BBC local radio and, latterly, in commercial radio and community TV. He's an accomplished songwriter and producer, having been part of JUGG Music, which provided music for a variety of BBC and ITV programs, back in the mists of time. He is also an experienced web designer and has run his own company since 2005.
Hip-Hop/Review Love Ghost - TIME TRAVEL
Love clings to you forever, whether you’re in it or out of it. Like an apparition you can’t shake, it never leaves. Love Ghost’s music conjures a style equally informed by Seattle tradition and Souncloud-era fearlessness. Love Ghost is for the misfits, and their music mostly deals with personal battles of mental health.
Jazz/Review Allan Harris - Live at Blue LLama (Live)
Allan Harris, the Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and band leader, is a true luminary in the world of music. Revered by the Miami Herald as an artist graced with "the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole," Allan Harris stands as an embodiment of moving and magisterial artistry. With a career spanning fourteen recordings as a leader, Allan Harris has captivated audiences worldwide with his exceptional talent and charismatic presence.
Rock/Review Gary Dranow - Black Coal Lung
Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions have garnered acclaim for their online performances during Tuesday night livestreams. They've also received recognition in various music magazines and blogs, thanks to their unwavering dedication to their craft and their genuine connection with their audience.
Rock/Review Shining Nothing - Heavy
Shining Nothing are witty garage rock crooners from Milwaukee and Chicago, where they melt melody and Taoism with the philosophy of Alan Watts into joyful yet streetwise indie punk. The band members met playing at basement house shows in the Chicago suburbs. The DIY ethic and the strong community in the Chicago area took them from underground house shows into venues like Beat Kitchen, The Abbey, and Cobra Lounge.
Rock/Review Northern Trails - Through The Grain
Rooted in Americana, 90s Britpop, and Swedish indie pop traditions, Northern Trails has a way of presenting timeless melancholic melodies in traditional pop and rock costumes decorated with genre-crossing pearls. The band was formed in Uppsala, Sweden, in May 2022, when Christer Tinnerholm and Thomas Isberg agreed to focus a little less on ultrarunning and more on pop music. Together with friends Per Larsson and Ulf Eklund, they put the Hearts Went Frozen EP on tape and released it in November 2023.
Rock/Review Giack Bazz - Funny Days
Giack Bazz is an indie rock singer-songwriter based in London. Giack takes the listener on a tour inside his mind, criticizing society and discussing mental health, from love to loss. His first record, Childhood Dream (2016), financed by crowdfunding, paved the way for Giack Bazz Is Not Famous (2018) and Haikufy (2019), a 30-track, 20-minute album that started his personal protest against the unfair paying scheme of streaming platforms.
Classical/Review laisve - Oscillations
laisve is a collective featuring ex-members of the post-punk band The Communion. Their influences are Can, Mark Hollis, Frank Zappa, DJ Shadow, Classical, Mogwai, Morcheeba, and Orbital.
Pop/Review Maria Pellicano - Perdere L'amore
Music and songwriting have not only allowed Maria Pellicano to express her own soulful song but have also been a gift that has touched and inspired both singers and public speakers to use their voices with influence and power. From the age of 14 years old, in her early years, she led worship within the church and performed shows at venues all around Melbourne, Australia. Maria continues today to perform live for special events.
Pop/Review Melina Hazewood - Dear Boy
Melina Hazewood is an English-French 16-year-old singer-songwriter, and she has written 76 songs in the last 4 years. Through her songs, she hopes to share experiences and give a voice to all who want to be heard.
Hip-Hop/Review Jay Kurdy - Rise Again
Manchester MC Jay Kurdy cut his teeth in the UK rave scene, frequenting the likes of Bowlers, Hysteria, and Kinetic and becoming a regular favorite for DJs and radio in the North West. He later toured the world as a member of the 90s UK dance/rap crossover bands N-Trance and Cappella. Returning to his true Hip-Hop and R&B roots, he released his Mis Mix Act 1 EP, which received acclaim in both the UK and USA.
EDM/Review Astralix - Crazy World
Embark on a sonic journey with Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions, a global EDM sensation breaking geographical barriers from Park City, Utah, to Melbourne, Australia. Fueled by inspiration from EDM legends Avicii, David Guetta, Marshmello, and Swedish House Mafia, their latest release, "Crazy World," transports listeners through a seamless fusion of EDM, NU-Disco, and House genres.
Rock/Review Cat Cork - Post Man
Cat Cork is a musician and singer who creates music that is complex but catchy. He has a unique sound and a fresh approach to songwriting. Based in Australia. Friend of many cats.
Pop/Review VAN ELST - Reverie
After a year of touring in the States and Europe as the drummer of the Psych Trio Desert Mountain Tribe (supporting Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy), London/Netherlands based artist Frank van der Ploeg, a.k.a VAN ELST, shape-shifted his Psychedelic Rock background into a style that he describes as a dark, dreamy, electronic, yet romantic set of sounds. Last seen on stage opening for Bauhaus with his previous band Desert Mountain Tribe, Dream Pop artist VAN ELST has learned a thing or two from the gothic legends about writing emotional atmospheric songs.
Rock/Review The Arcane Insignia - Vagrant's Throne
The Arcane Insignia is an acoustic prog rock band formed in New York City by Lodrö Nyima. The band consists of cello, acoustic percussion, classical 7-string guitar, and vocals, influenced by different styles and acts, from Tool to Steven Wilson to The Contortionist, with lyrics inspired by spirituality and different metaphors/analogies. The band looks to incorporate different contrasts, such as Neo-Classical with Metalcore, but keep the aesthetic entirely acoustic.
Hip-Hop/Review Proklaim - 4 ME
Proklaim (Kult Status) is a Ugandan-born MC raised in Zambia and based in Namibia with a passion to glorify the name of God through the medium of hip-hop music and to do so with excellence and passion.
Ambient/Review Carlos Dengler - The After
Carlos Dengler is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, essayist, and actor living in New York City. His music fits comfortably in the New Age genre, though it is interspersed with touches of ambient, fusing a long-nurtured passion for contemplative music with the keyboard style of his early work with the band Interpol. His music practice is based on his naturalist persuasions, which are nurtured through frequent excursions into wild spaces such as national parks, national forests, and state parks.
Rock/Review Vanilla Franco - Traction
Vanilla Franco is the brainchild of independent musician Joey Quinn, who has reached audiences the world over from his home in Bury St. Edmunds. Vanilla Franco began as an inside gag for Joey, who joked about having a band—a bluff for the ages—and accidentally booked a gig. Not one to waste the opportunity, Joey cobbled together a musical bootcamp of friends, neighbors, and instruments. The show was a success, despite the odds, and Franco lives on.
Rock/Review Gary Dranow - Mellow Drama (Remix)
Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions have garnered acclaim for their online performances during Tuesday night livestreams. They've also received recognition in various music magazines and blogs, thanks to their unwavering dedication to their craft and their genuine connection with their audience.
Pop/Review Sophia Stephens - Fervor
Sophia Stephens is a 17-year-old independent singer and song writer from Indiana. She enjoys singing and writing a wide variety of music, having recently released her first professionally produced debut EP album in 2023, demonstrating the range of music she enjoys creating. She has already written three albums and over 300 songs and will be working on producing her first album, due for release next year.