Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Pop/Review Justin Meyer - Quarter Life
Justin Meyer is a producer, mixing engineer, artist and songwriter. Growing up in Golden, Colorado, Justin has been passionate about music for his whole life. In 2019, he moved across the country to Boston, Massachusetts, to study at the Berklee College of Music. In 2021, he graduated with a degree in Music Production and Engineering, specializing in Commercial Record Production.
R&B/Review Jiré Saffron - Hotel Casa Amor
With a unique ability to transport listeners through time, Jiré Saffron exists within a plane where the past and present collide, where vintage aesthetics intertwine with modern sensibilities. Each of his compositions serve as a portal, transporting listeners through his carefully crafted sounds.
Hip-Hop/Review JUNK - We call it JUNK
JUNK is the fusion of all genres into a jazz, rap, punk, rock, and funk type of crazy musical narcotic! The brainchild of Dirty D, a saxophone junkie who has pasted the world with his hip-hop jazz jams, Dubl A, the Bass master music theory genius, and Nik Anthem, the amazing vocalist and guitar virtuoso composer.
Folk/Review James Spencer - My Hand & My Heart
At the core of James Spencer’s music is the desire to tell stories. Tales of life, love, loss, and folk-lore. He writes songs comprised of folk and country-infused rock. From North Devon, James has been playing in a popular duo, Bicycle Repair Man, since 2015. As a multi-instrumentalist, he draws on traditional acoustic sounds and combines them with pop/punk/rock rhythms.
Jazz/Review Jacques Bailhé - Shiva in flagrante
Jacques Bailhé is a multi-instrumentalist: sitar, guitar, drums, piano, keyboards, and things that make interesting sounds. He doesn’t think much about chords. He seems to work from independent melodic lines in the tradition of counterpoint, although he hastens to add that he has never studied formally except for a UCLA Extension course on Harmonic Analysis.
Folk/Review Juliana MacDowell - I Won't Let Go
Juliana MacDowell is a sonically sensational and sensitive singer-songwriter who unflaggingly delivers spirited performances at every show. She splits her time between the hills and hollers of Loudoun County, Virginia and the riotous rock that is Key West.
Electronic/Review Jaime Travezán - Suicidal Today?
While studying architecture in the 80s in Jaime Travezán's hometown, Lima, he found out that there was a lack of information in the media about all subjects related to youth. This made him team up with two friends and propose to the local newspaper to have a daily page where they would cover all concerns related to the matter.
Electronic/Review JSDavani - imaginary vowels
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, ponypayroll bones, among others).
Folk/Review Jordi Alkema - Put It Behind You
In July of last year, Jordi Alkema dissolved his previous band, 'Yancy Dangerfield'. He didn't want to form another band for the sake of having one. So instead, he started trying to do it all himself and felt like that worked. Ever since, it has just been him.
Rock/Review Jane N' The Jungle - Wasteland
Jane N’ The Jungle is a modern rock band from Phoenix, AZ, with vocals that cut like a knife and a take no prisoners attitude influenced by a combination of alternative rock, metal, and a touch of punk.
Folk/Review - John Tibbits - Light of the Flame
John Tibbits is originally from a working-class part of Birmingham but currently resides in London. With two singles and an album in the late 2023 or early 2024 pipeline, Tibbits is one to watch and will be back even stronger.
Rock/Review Jeff Andrew - The Last Wild Werewolf
Canadian indie folk musician Jeff Andrew returns with his eclectic and ominous new single ‘The Last Wild Werewolf’ out now on all digital streaming platforms. Jeff is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and fiddler with an eye for the unusual.
Pop/Review Jun Parker - Dancing in the Dark
Jun Parker is a Japan-born, Australian-grown Neo City Pop singer songwriter who is slowly building his City Pop music career based in rural South West Victoria. His music is written bilingually in Japanese and English and reflects often the Australian landscapes and seascapes of the region he inhabits while the oozing with Japanese sentimentalism.
Pop/Review J. Matthews - Courage
J. Matthews isn't your typical pop artist. To him, genre's have always been more of an experiment than a definitive style. Any story worth telling has its phases, its unique chapters, its unexpected twists, and J. Matts' music captures this element through an unexpected, yet cohesive, rhapsody.