Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Pop/Review Arrow Santi - Sanctuary of Serenity
Arrow Santi, a rapper out of Long Island, NY, delivers an energy-filled chorus’ with melodic, carefree verses sprinkled in between. Even though Arrow has gone through pain and trials in his personal life, he usually expresses happy, upbeat energy in most of his releases. Arrow displays a variety of different moods and emotions in his songs. In songs like Lotus Dreams, he showcases energy-filled vocals with an aggressive melody. While in other songs like Not Happy and 19 Arrow uses a much more relaxed tone and decides to use more extensive lyrics throughout the single.
Country/Review Backstrom - The Journey (feat. Bart Topher)
Backstrom is a Swedish independent songwriter in the genres of country, folk, and rock music. After a long break from music, he had a creative year and wrote a lot of songs in the winter of 23. Then he spent the rest of the year producing them, and he will release his debut album, "The Carousel," on January 18.
Rock/Review Gary Dranow - Jimi's Song
The band's formation is a story of musical passion crossing geographical boundaries. Gary Dranow, based in Park City, Utah, joined forces with Chris Zoupa from Melbourne, Australia, and Jason Jones from Springville, Utah, to create a sound influenced by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Their music, enriched by personal experiences and a diverse range of influences, spans genres like blues rock, alternate rock, and hard rock.
Rock/Review Natalia Quest - Inversion
Natalia Quest is a singer-songwriter born in Russia and currently based in Los Angeles. She combines genres such as progressive rock, symphonic metal, nu metal, dark wave, alternative rock, industrial, classical, and electronic. Her genre has no analogs; she's an innovator and knows how to embody complexity and sophistication that reflect her old soul. Natalia has been writing songs for years, and in 2023 she felt mature and ready enough to share her worldview and depth with the world, so she released multiple old singles as well as new ones.
Rock/Review SVYNX - Harvest Season
Meet the dynamic musical force that is SVYNX, a rock music duo at the cutting edge of sonic innovation. This electrifying duo, characterized by intricate rhythms and offbeat time signatures, infectious pop hooks, high-octane energy, and futuristic electronic elements, brings a fresh and exhilarating experience to the world of rock music.
Electronic/Review William Sanford - Deep Mollusca
William Sanford is an eclectic, avant-garde, ambient, and electronic musician from the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland area.
Rock/Review Mike and Mandy - Caught The Bug
Mike and Mandy are a married indie duo based in Los Angeles. Both performing artists, Mandy can be seen in the St. Vincent movie “The Nowhere Inn" as a member of St. Vincent’s extended family, and Mike may be best known as a businessman caught air-drumming to Rush in a Volkswagen Jetta commercial.
Rock/Review Underdog - Trans Global Amnesia
Underdog is a band from Boston playing supersonic alternative rock. Formed in 2013 by Scott Ferguson (guitar, bass, drums, and vocals) and Bryn Carlson (lead guitar, drums, bass, and vocals), they have been joined onstage by Aram Heller (bass) and Harry MacKenzie (drums). Bryn and Scott shared the songwriting duties and released their first album, Ether Dome, in September 2020. Scott and Bryn have known each other since the early 1980s, when Bryn moved to Boston from the Washington, DC, area.
Folk/Review Backstrom - Animal (feat. Bart Topher)
Backstrom is a Swedish independent songwriter in the genres of country, folk, and rock music. After a long break from music, he had a creative year and wrote a lot of songs in the winter of 23. Then he spent the rest of the year producing them, and he will release his debut album, "The Carousel," on January 18.
Electronic/Review Lakeside X - Love Disappears (Remixes)
Lakeside X are a synthpop band based in Prague, Czech Republic. Their sound has been compared many times to acts like Mesh, De/Vision, or even Depeche Mode. Over their history, the band has released three albums and established themselves on the electronic scene. Fans of the band may be found all across the world, from their home country of the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, the UK, Russia, and the USA, to even countries like Argentina.
Blues/Review Gary Dranow - I'm a Man
Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions are a rock band known for their energetic performances and unique sound. Blending influences from various rock legends, they create music that resonates with fans across generations.
Pop/Review ALIA - I'm Getting Off
As a nonconformist, ALIA has sustained an unvarnished, striking outlook in their work. Staying true to their word of honesty, free spirit, and love for this world. The queer, androgynous, non-binary musician is a child of this world, a child of the universe, and wants to take that step forward and open the door into the realms of their heritage, culture, love, and who they are for all to see and hear. Represent unity in diversity.
Trance/Review Nickon Faith - Signs
Nickon Faith is a multi-genre producer and DJ hailing from Manchester. He has been sculpting his distinct production style and eclectic mixes since 2015, propelling himself into a plethora of musical projects over the years. He’s developed a unique reputation as one to watch for 2023, with recognition from the likes of Mixmag, who heralded his debut album Circumambient as a beaming success.
Drum and bass/Review Kate Pending - Onyx Skies
Kate Pending is a solo artist, creating music using a combination of hardware and software plugins, compiled and constructed using the Ableton DAW.
Hip-Hop/Review Vincent Krennerich - Sommerregen
Vincent Krennerich is a composer and producer. He writes and produces relaxed and melodic beats that blend classically nostalgic jazz and lo-fi elements. His favorite aspect of writing and producing is that he can learn and experiment a lot in the process.
Rock/Review Space Owl - Flask
Ari Joshua, Bob Lovelace, John Ewing, and David Appelbaum started Space Owl in 2011. The band began playing original compositions around the Pacific. The original material was mostly brought in by guitarist and singer-songwriter Ari Joshua, and Bob and John both contributed as well to the band material. Over the years, there have been a few keyboardists and drummers in and out of the project. In 2020, Ari started releasing Space Owl music as part of his From the Vault series, and the interest in the music sparked a new interest in the band.
Electronic/Review The Screaming Pope - Neon Heights
The Screaming Pope is techno music veteran George Bolton, who has been doing electronic music since 1979. He has played with, written for, done session work for, and opened for many bands. He even worked as a music video production assistant in the 80s and 90s and was an assistant engineer at the Cars studio SyncroSound in Boston.
Rock/Review Rykarda Parasol - A Gigolo's Manifesto
Rykarda Parasol is an American musician from San Francisco, California. Her music has often reflected her own personal evolution, slowly evolving from the dark to the light. Despite sonic transformation, her music is still interlinked with a classic and authentic quality carried by her darkly tinged voice and intimate vocals, as well as a shadowy-chic vibe reminiscent of the Velvet Underground. Combining 60s psych pop with folk and garage rock, Rykarda takes inspiration from travel, philosophy, psychology, poetry, literature, and her real-life experiences.
Rock/Review Tom Minor - Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
Hailing from London N1, the singer-songwriter of distinctively well-crafted pieces of music and lyrics feels a certain kind of musical kinship with the likes of The Last Shadow Puppets, Blur, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Paul Weller, Nick Cave, The Clash, Nick Lowe, The Who, Brian Wilson, and The Kinks. After several years in the shadows of showbiz and odd jobs as far as down in New Zealand, Tom Minor (né Miner) now splits his time mostly between London and Helsinki, writing and producing with various associates from across the orb.
Rock/Review Intercontinen7al - Lipstick On Your Collar
Intercontinen7al is the first rock band in history to record music across all 7 continents, and is comprised of over 30 musicians from 15 different countries. Their songs "Manor Hill", "Puerto Aisen" and "Night Shift" are the only original compositions to ever include instrumentation recorded on 7 continents. The band's music spans a multitude of genres, including alternative & hard rock, folk, pop, blues, jazz, Latin, funk, metal, gospel, prog, classical, reggae, bluegrass, and even showtunes.