Canadian singer/songwriter Luca Fogale has a clear mission with his music: to provide comfort and sanctuary, not just from the cruel world that can so often bring us down, but from the dark thoughts and messy feelings that can plague us in our most insecure moments. Raised on a steady diet of Nina Simone and…

Joe Alexander Shepherd is a composer and pianist from York, UK, and a graduate from Paul McCartney’s acclaimed Academy of Music in Liverpool. Writing and composing music since he was 15 years old, Shepherd mixes modern contemporary-classical with subtle touches of atmospheric melancholy. The piano has always been in the heart of his songs, adding…

Led by husband-and-wife duo South Africa-born Jean-Philip Grobler and Germany-born Patti Beranek, St. Lucia burst onto the scene with their shimmery synth-driven pop debut effort, When The Night, in 2013. The record was produced by Grobler himself, with additional production and mixing from Chris Zane, Rich Costey (Muse, Foo Fighters) and Andy Baldwin (Bjork, Elle…

Having supported the likes of M83 and Lily Allen, showcases at SXSW and collaborations with the likes of Holy Holy, Allday and Charli XCX, Gab Strum (aka Japanese Wallpaper) has spent the three years since his 2016 debut experimenting with new sounds and honing his craft as a songwriter and producer.  Japanese Wallpaper originated after Strum first composed a string of…

Jaguar Jonze and its adjacent projects, the narrative illustration project Spectator Jonze and the gender-subverting photography project Dusky Jonze, are powerful ways in which Deena Lynch has always processed her most intimate vulnerabilities while empowering others to do the same. Deena’s meticulously realized work has earned her the partnerships with brands like Christian Louboutin, Reebok,…

If you look hard enough, you might just find yourself. However, the search may never be a matter of miles or a series of drastic shifts. Instead, it often happens when you sit still long enough to let yourself be found. UK-born and Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, and self-professed “chronic overthinker” Luke Sital-Singh has engaged this…

Raised in Santa Ana, CA, and now living in Los Angeles, Folick first attracted acclaim with two EPs, 2015’s Strange Darling and 2017’s Give It To Me EP. Folick’s 2018 Terrible Records/Interscope debut album Premonitions drew critical praise from NPR, GQ, Pitchfork, The FADER and many more; landed her a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR.…

This exceptional understanding of the human condition is what sets Wafia, who identifies as both Arab and queer, apart from other pop acts. Her 2015 cover of Mario’s “Let Me Love You” earned five million SoundCloud streams. A year later, she won the attention of Pharrell Williams, who played her track “Heartburn” on his Beats1…

After four albums, and countless shows with his band The Collection, David Wimbish returns to his origins with the onset of his new incarnation as a solo artist, David Wimbish & The Collection. The singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist’s first demonstration of this new direction will be his self-titled LP (Nettwerk), featuring new music and alternate…