Eli Goldberg needed a breather. This is, to some extent, how it goes every time he completes a new album under his Ann Annie moniker — diving deep into the ether for a new sound, finding it, then walking away for a while to dream up the next destination. But the exacting process necessary to…

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.…

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…

Sharing a mutual love of Queens Of The Stone Age, Muse and Iggy Pop in their teenage years, Joe and guitarist Mike Griffiths started playing covers in their local pubs. Later joined by drummer James Goulbourn in 2015, they were completed by Louis Heaps on bass. HIMALAYAS started making their own unique blend of raucous fast-paced…

Hailing from St. Louis, MO, Danny is an LA-based singer/songwriter & producer whose genreless music straddles indie rock, alternative, pop, and everything in between. He grew up learning jazz and playing in punk bands which eventually led him to college in Los Angeles where he studied music and started working on his solo artist project.…

Vraell (real name Alessio Scozzaro) is a classically trained London-based musician who has been releasing music under the Vraell moniker since early 2019, rapidly building up an online audience for his ethereal sounds. His songs such as “Between” have recently become viral sensations as well as being used by BBC Earth. Scozzaro takes inspiration from…

For Bay Area collective Moonalice, making music is more than just a career; it’s in their blood. It’s family. The ten-piece group includes the father-son duo Lester and Dylan Chambers, the T-Sisters vocal trio of Erika, Chloe, and Rachel Tietjen, and a band of musicians who have performed together for long enough to call each…

Shaan Chhadva is a Mumbai-born, L.A.-based producer and singer/songwriter curating his own musical universe to nurture his worldly curiosity. One may have encountered the virtuoso’s deeply resonant pieces without attaching a face to any of his many names; perhaps in the depths of a playlist, or a popular YouTube channel in the background of a…

PANTōNE VU is a chromesthesia-curious partnership between two musicians looking to explore that intersection of color and sound. Blending found sound, live performance and modular synth-tinkering, their color series EPs (having just wrapped up Green and continuing with Pink) explore the many musical trails that exist in the corners of the color spectrum. Recommended For…