At just 22, alt-pop singer-songwriter Ella Red is reshaping pop storytelling with her debut album IT’S NOT REAL, a project that circles beginnings and endings with cathartic force. Opening with the stark line “I can see my corpse in reflections” on “Parasite,” she builds whole worlds from single lyrics. Across tracks like “He Asked For…

LA-based indie-pop artist BEL (Isabel Whelan), originally hailing from the small town of Clovis, CA, blends a folk songwriter’s heart with the alluring polish of a classic pop artist. Raised in a bilingual household as the youngest of five, she first found her creative footing in theater, choir, violin, and harmonizing in the car with…

Like most things in life, it started in a pub. There were two boys looking for a girl. No. Not like that. They were looking for a girl who could play darts as well as she could sing. A tall order at the best of times, but two boys with their heads in early 90s…

City of the Sun may live in Brooklyn, New York, but their genre-defying music drifts like a tide across borders. They weave together a mosaic that pulls from a global array of sounds and cultures. Shades of indie rock, Latin folk, blues, and World Music carry the weight of their stories and memories, revealing entire…

Everyone has their own world. Fragments of moments lived, translated and understood through metaphor and storytelling. Rabbitology is the world created by the odd-running mind of Michigan-based alternative-folk singer/songwriter Nat Timmerman. A little land of the harebrained and burrowing. Venture into these eclectic soundscapes, and there you will discover a collection of memoirs turned into…

Inspired by the greats of ‘80s synth pop and cold wave – an era that married pleasure and pain, making chart-bothering stars out of life’s tortured outsiders – the music that William Barradale makes as A Thousand Mad Things finds similar solace in untempered expression.  The project itself began in 2023 when a mutual friend…

Hailing from Bingley, Yorkshire, Marmozets first exploded onto the scene as fearless teenagers, their sibling-powered lineup delivering chaotic shows far beyond their years. Early buzz led to a deal with Roadrunner Records US and debut album The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets, which won Kerrang!’s Album of the Year and earned major acclaim, followed by global…

Driftwood Choir cements the musical union of two curious creative spirits—Ed Prosek and Drew Southwell (a.k.a. Portair)—whose songwriting eloquence and acuity matches their clear proclivity for adventure. Born in California and based in Berlin, Ed instantly hit it off with the Australia-born Drew, bonding over a spirit of wanderlust both personally and sonically. The pair…

Winter Moonlight represents a gorgeous full-circle for Russian pianist and composer Evgeny Grinko. Across these ten songs, Grinko pushes his melodic sensibilities to the absolute zenith with a patient elegance and little accentuation beyond the glassy figures he’s crafted here. Recalling the emotional potency of Max Richter’s piano-based reveries as well as the filmic drama…

CAPYAC is a surrealist dance band that fuses French house, Detroit electronic, jazz, funk, and several other modern genres. Originating in Austin, TX, the founding duo of Delwin Campbell and Eric Peana, joined by official third member Obie Puckett, migrate regularly to Berlin, connecting with a slew of collaborators along the way, from guest vocalists…