Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Pop/Review Melo RoZe - Young Forever
Melo RoZe started recording in 2020. Her main influences are Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Prince, Aaliyah, Chris Brown, Miguel, and Neyo.
Rock/Review Museums - Sink Your Teeth in My Brain
Montreal's Museums is the psychedelic, shoegaze, indie-rock project of Ali Kouri, Nic Barkun, Anthony Kameka, and Lou Raskin. Their music is characterized by impulsive, evocative vocals coupled with dense, layered guitars, distortion, and driving drums. Despite being a young band, Museums has performed in venues across Quebec, Ontario, Germany, and the Netherlands, in notable spaces such as Festival sur le Canal, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled 1996 installation at Fondation PHI, and Nuit Blanche for Montréal Boreal.
Pop/Review myah - flames
myah was born and raised in South Florida. She started making music at a young age. Her sound blends alternative rock, pop, and pop-punk melodies. Influenced by bands like Foxing, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Sylvan Esso, and Twenty-One Pilots, her love for alternative music solidified her decision to make music of a similar caliber while still incorporating those familiar pop beats. Storytelling is a huge part of her music identity; she writes lyrics that tap into her own life experiences with hints of nostalgia.
Pop/Review Mia Catalina - Otra Galaxia
Mia Catalina is a Chilean singer and songwriter born in Viña del Mar. She began her path in music in 2016, creating her first songs where she explored different styles such as pop, indie, R&B, and soul. Mia Catalina seeks to enchant the public through her sweet voice, with lyrics inspired mainly by love and fantasy.
Rock/Review Mortal Prophets - New Breed
Beckmann doesn’t waste any time setting the scene in the opening salvo of his Mortal Prophets debut, Stomp the Devil. As the sky turns black, a sinister rainstorm slides across the horizon, and lightning cuts through its inky canvas like Death’s scythe—a not-so-subtle warning to step away from your speakers or succumb to Beckmann’s raw, ominous sound.
Electronic/Review Midnight Mystery Club - A Church In Ibiza
Midnight Mystery Club, the creative duo of David Newell and drummer Llavar Mindley, has carved their niche in electronic music since 2015. Originating from California's Central Coast, their journey began with the Balearic foundation of 'Keep a Beat' on Secret Life Records.
Rock/Review Mercvrial - Glittering Oblivion
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 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.
Rock/Review Monrad - The Game
Monrad is the solo moniker of Matthew Ramon. Part of a reverb-drenched, instrumental surf punk band for most of his twenties (Rencontrez l’amour - Born of punk and reverb), he only grabbed back to music when he finally settled in a rural Italian village. Loyal to a reverby guitar sound, Matthew started experimenting with other instruments and different genres, styles, and sounds.
Rock/Review Monotronic - Sun Song
Since emerging in 2016, Monotronic has maintained its status as a ponderous and provocative enigma. Conceived by guitarist/producer Ramsey Elkholy, Monotronic started as a loose collective of NYC-based musicians. The rotating cast of musicians has shared the stage and recorded with the likes of Joe Jackson, Robert Randolph, Elliot Moss, The Spin Doctors, and Dweezil Zappa, to name a few.
Electronic/Review Me & Melancholy - Illusio Veri
Me & Melancholy is the brainchild of musician and producer Peter Ehrling, a one-man project that delves into the world of electronic music with a focus on melancholic, synth-based sounds. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Me & Melancholy was derived from Gränsen, established in 2022, and draws inspiration from some of the most influential synthpop and new wave bands of the 80s and 90s, including New Order & Depeche Mode, as well as indie bands from the 90s and today such as Radiohead, Pavement & Bloc Party.
Rock/Review Mad Painter - Empty Bottles
Mad Painter consists of: Alex Gitlin (keyboards, vocals); Al Nahabedian (guitar); Kenne Highland (bass); Al Hendry (drums); Julie Gee and Sharon Crumrine (backing vocals).
Pop/Review Marika Lejon - Forbidden Love
Marika Lejon is a Norwegian artist, songwriter and producer born in Stavanger. She grew up in Søgne — now lives in Langhus with her husband and two daughters. She is also known as a feminist, media scientist, digital marketer, jewelery artist, blogger, nutritionist and chairman of Ski Art Association. In the year 2000, Lejon was named best vocalist in the NM in Rock. She has also participated in Kjempesjansen on NRK where she won a cash prize to produce her first record.
Reggae/Review Mikhaelize - Elle était l'océan
Mikhaelize is a writer and poet working to harmonize environmental energies. He writes about a variety of themes, such as the multidimensionality of being and realities beyond the visible. For him, tending towards these dimensions through art—the sensitive vibration of words and sounds—constitutes the musical and emotional space whose source of inspiration draws directly from the currents of infinity.
Electronic/Review Mélanger le Miel - Changing States
Mélanger le Miel is a 21-year-old producer, pianist, and DJ from Geneva, Switzerland. Having spent much of his time studying in the UK and Australia, ‘Sebastian’ produces Jungle and Electronica, influenced by the sounds of Four Tet, 4AM Kru, and Adam Pits. As a member of the 6-piece jazz/funk group ‘Flavour’, the Melbourne-based collective offers a platform to express more jazz-fused electro music. Now, through an independent scope, the founder of artist-connect platform and record label Mélange brings a piano-based electronic tapestry fuelled by synth melodies, melancholy vocals, and dance music.
Electronic/Review Mortal Prophets - Brian Eno In Heaven
Beckmann doesn’t waste any time setting the scene in the opening salvo of his Mortal Prophets debut, Stomp the Devil. As the sky turns black, a sinister rainstorm slides across the horizon, and lightning cuts through its inky canvas like Death’s scythe—a not-so-subtle warning to step away from your speakers or succumb to Beckmann’s raw, ominous sound.
Pop/Review myah - notice you
myah was born and raised in South Florida. She started making music at a young age. Her sound blends alternative rock, pop, and pop-punk melodies. Influenced by bands like Foxing, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse, Sylvan Esso, and Twenty-One Pilots, her love for alternative music solidified her decision to make music of a similar caliber while still incorporating those familiar pop beats. Storytelling is a huge part of her music identity; she writes lyrics that tap into her own life experiences with hints of nostalgia.
Rock/Review Marky J - End of the Line (feat. Bizarre)
Marky J - End of the Line (feat. Bizarre)
Pop/Review Maya Salafia - Swim
Songwriting is an innate passion for Boston-based Maya Salafia, who wrote her first pop song at age nine and released her first EP of originals at thirteen years old. Currently a rising freshman at Berklee College of Music, Maya is highly active in the music scene, regularly performing at festivals, events, and venues, while garnering an impressive tally of awards and recognition along the way.