Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Country/Review Louise Burke - Benevolent not Malevolent
Louise Burke recently made her first television appearance as the band’s stripper, Kay, in Danny Boyle’s Pistol, starring alongside Toby Wallace and John Lydon. In the summer of 2021, she was cast as the Princes’ Royal Nanny in Netflix’s The Crown, starring alongside Elizabeth Debicki. On the music front, Louise has been training privately with renowned vocal coach Mary Hammond (West End, Lea Salonga, Adele, and Chris Martin) since early 2015 and is working with lead singer Sonja Kristina of Curved Air on her first album.
Electronic/Review Creative Vibrations - Electronic Wow
Creative Vibrations Music is a reflection of the musical mind of Peter Sahaidachny (Sah-high-dotch-knee), an American composer, pianist, and guitar player with Ukrainian and Native American ancestry. Formally trained but driven by instinct and intuition, Sahaidachny produces progressive classical music works that contain rhythmic layers and time shifts that have a uniquely modern and universal dimensionality.
R&B/Review Child of SP - Issues
Leo, known as Child of SP, is a singer/MC/songwriter originally from the city of São Paulo who grew up in South Florida, where he found his true passion as a teenager in high school. Music. He started doing covers and freestyles on social media in 2016 and, years later, signed his first worldwide major label contract in Europe in 2021. Currently based in Lisbon, Portugal, he brings his dark r&b/pop sound along with his cadence and rhymes about his city, his story, and his beliefs.
Rock/Review Shyfrin Alliance - Unconditional
A personal crisis can be a curse or a blessing, either plummeting the victim into despair or forcing them into making change for the good. After years as a successful businessman, mathematician, and physicist, Eduard Shyfrin had a crisis that prompted a life-changing revelation. A whole new way of thinking was born as the award-winning scientist embarked on a steadfast pursuit of meanings and purpose, research, and writing bestselling books – all of which has culminated now in his debut album, Shyfrin Alliance.
Pop/Review Jack Bailey - Open Heart Surgery
A small musician residing in a little town outside of London, UK, Jack Bailey dives into his deepest thoughts and emotions to share stories of love, loss, and tragedy from the comfort of his bedroom. He writes and produces his own tracks, sharing his stories on Instagram and his music with the world.
Pop/Review Looporia - Mothership Down
Looporia is an indie dream pop project created by Daniel Lopez. The exploration details his character diving into a cosmic journey—a process of individuation into the unknown.
Pop/Review The Levy Circus - Tales of the Unconnected
The Levy Circus rose with grit and purpose from their East Midlands grass roots to arrive on the music scene as one of the most significant burgeoning indie, rock, and pop bands of the year. A self-curated five-piece group of master songwriters, musicians, and vocalists, The Levy Circus defy every rule and mold of the industry and have become ringmasters of their own destiny. Forging a unique path, this band has its own box-fresh sound, delivering outstanding original music.
Metal/Review Forever in Transit - Streams of Thought
A focus on the journey and growth rather than a fixation on the end goal or destination. The sensation of floating, suspended in the air, never quite reaching your intended destination—carried over peaks and valleys of high-energy progressive metal and complex, multilayered ambience. Armed with an ethos of artistic freedom and a forward-thinking mentality, Forever in Transit aims to take the listener on a sonic journey without regard for established conventions.
Electronic/Review Zach Bilcsik - Videogame!
Zach Bilcsik likes to make music while you party, game, or roll d20s. Right now, he is eating frozen raspberries and making tracks.
Folk/Review Said Sara - Then There You Are
After performances in Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Berkeley in 2023, San Francisco singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Said Sara, aka David Benson, is coming full circle. Said Sara is a smoldering extension of Benson’s essence—a true itch. As a child of the 70’s, he grew up on the singer-songwriters of that era of emergence: Baez, Stevens, Croce, Taylor, Buckingham, and Mitchell. But Benson was/is a metalhead and a punk (yes, both) in the 80s, 90s, and beyond. In 2008, he joined crust punk-turned-death metal warhorse Acephalix, of which he remains the drummer.
Afrobeat/Review Prince Coffeo - Mammy Cuss
Prince Coffeo is a songwriter and singer with love and feelings.
Rock/Review Mercvrial - Glittering Oblivion
Rock/Review Slim Loris - Hands Up
Slim Loris from Stockholm, Sweden, blends Indie Pop/Rock with Americana and a pinch of Swedish melancholy. Formed in 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden, Slim Loris consists of singer/bass player Mattias Cederstam, guitarist Robert Barrefelt, drummer Tobias Lundgren, and singer/guitarist Leon Lindström. As the leading light of Scandicana, the Swedish cousin of Americana, Slim Loris has already received glowing tributes from the likes of Huffington Post and Axs. After releasing three albums, however, the band was forced to take a break, battling collectively through personal setbacks.
Hip-Hop/Review Proklaim - LIFE
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.
Pop/Review Melina Hazewood - Simple Desire
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.
Rock/Review Harry Kappen - Cool Down
Harry Kappen is a Dutch musician and music therapist. He is a multi-instrumentalist and composes his songs in his home studio in the Netherlands. His music is eclectic: catchy songs, dramatic works, poppy, solid guitar rock, smooth ballads, and classical. Most of his lyrics are very personal. About his past, his love, his fears, etc. Music and text are presented as one coherent whole. A nice mix of Bowie, McCartney, Motorpsycho, and especially a lot of ‘Harry’.
Pop/Review Anacy - Delight
Original, revolutionary, and compellingly creative, Anacy is an Indie Pop musician like no other. Anacy's creative exploration is part of her multi-disciplinary practice, spanning music, performance, acting, dance, and radio. As an artist, she sketches a musical experience. The last few years have seen Anacy's attention driven towards live performances at shows including Cape Town Coffee Festival, Cafe Roux, and Raptor Room, to name a few.
Rock/Review Mark Howard - The Light Behind Us
Phillip Island troubadour, Mark Howard has shared his musical tales across 45 countries, earning critical acclaim in both his native Australia and across the globe. Crafting his debut album, 'Passing Strangers,' while navigating the global pandemic in his coastal hometown of Phillip Island, Victoria, Mark's music blends swampy grooves with fresh melodic twists weaving between the boundaries of folk, rock, blues, and alt-country.
Metal/Review Illyria - Wanderlust
Originally based in Perth, Western Australia, Illyria was founded by Ilija Stajić in late 2013 whilst travelling in Europe looking for a new, refreshing sound to compose and bring back to the Southern hemisphere. Inspired by fellow contemporaries Alcest, Deafheaven, Lantlôs, and Les Discrets, Illyria's goal is to capture the gracious melodies and pulsating rhythms of the hybrid genre while promoting the accessibility of the genre to new listeners around the world.
Rock/Review Shaun Finn - So Bad So Good
For those who don't "know," Shaun Finn is one of the best-kept Canadian secrets, though that will soon change. The indie musician out of Vancouver, Canada, possesses the rare ability to command the elements of rock and soul to combine an elegant yet raw mix of music. For his live shows, he expertly uses a live loop pedal and an ever-evolving tool kit of multi-FX pedals and instruments: guitar, vocals, percussion (beatbox, whacking his guitar), harmonica, and a midi keyboard equipped with synths and drum pads.