With songs that sound like the last few coveted days of summer, 22-year-old Drew Tarves’ hopeful and honest perspective on the highs and lows of youth are embedded in his lyrics. A trained dancer for most of his adolescence, the Vancouver native switched artistic disciplines after spending time jamming with his musician friends. “I found out…

Under the guise of meija, LA based producer and songwriter Jamie Sierota makes music for our collective inner child. His synth-drenched, indie pop adjacent brand of rock mines the simple moments we tend to ignore, those that tend to mean far more than we'd like to admit. With the release of his 2019 debut EP, So…

As ambient folk artist Black Brunswicker, Etta Helfrich creates rich ground for reflection with roaming instrumentals closely rooted in nature, casting a restful spell. The Bloomington, Indiana-born artist grew up in the Midwest and brings the sweeping plains of the landscape into their expansive guitar-led sound, drawing you closer to something primordial, vast, and earthy.Accordingly…

Lewis Watson, it’s fair to say, has put in his 10,000 hours. Now in his 30s, the singer-songwriter from small-town Oxfordshire received his first guitar at a young age. He pretty much hasn’t stopped playing – or writing – since.In 2012, in his late teens, Watson released his first EP, the pithily titled and exquisitely…

Ann Annie’s The Wind is quietly transformative music that achieves a rarified intersection of subtlety and pure transcendence. The fifth record and Nettwerk debut from Portland-based musician Eli Goldberg conjures pastoral ambience through delicate yet weighty arrangements and warm, enveloping melodies—all possessing the entrancing effect of watching snow fall slowly on the horizon, or leaves…

Since forming in 2015, TENDER have become masters of balancing bedroom pop intimacy with festival-sized ambition, with their superbly composed alt-pop songs gaining fans in NPR, Stereogum and beyond as well as hundreds of millions of streams. A steady progression and refinement of their sound followed on their debut album Modern Addiction (2017) and follow-up…

In just a few short years, Etham has forged a path of musical excellence, dazzling audiences worldwide with his soulful sound and irresistible charm, with a resume that boasts performances alongside music luminaries such as John Newman, JP Cooper, Tori Kelly, and James Morrison, as well as gracing the stage at BST Hyde Park in…

Life prepares us for the future. We absorb the bumps in the road, learn from them, and overcome them a little wiser the next time around. Ira Wolf, a Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and producer processes life’s ups and downs and alchemizes them into fascinating folk with alternative experimentation and unassuming pop appeal. Much like how…