A rising Canadian star, Jules is a 15-year-old with a bright future. This indie pop artist belongs with the best of them. Her music is fun, catchy, and makes the best pretend life-movie soundtrack ever. (Don’t pretend you don’t do it.) Having an after-school career seems stressful, but you’d never know from Jules’ stunning songs. Who […]
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From Melbourne, Australia, comes unapologetic rock-n-roller Dallas Frasca. The band — also featuring Jeff Curran on guitar and Josh Eales on drums — has been playing for a full decade and has collected a number of awards (to include Artist of the Year), and they have supported legendary artists like Patti Smith and Van Halen. You […]
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In 2015, I chased a dream down and caught it. I crowdfunded a full-length studio album and recorded it from start to finish. The album, called Rising Rising Rising, is about my personal journey out of low self-esteem. I hit a very dark spot in life a few years ago, and while I was there, […]
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From Yucaipa, California, comes a pop rock group with a touch of punk, Hoity~Toity. The band — made up of Shelby on lead vocals, Sarah on lead guitar, Kelsey on drums, and Spike on bass — has that “modern-day riot girl” feel with a perpetual forward-moving and catchy musicality. This is the band you call up when […]
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“This Johnnyswim cover is one I did with my friend, David Vicchiollo. As a much more experienced and versatile musician with a concrete grasp on technical aspects of music, David taught me a lot through this cover and other collaborations. When I began my obsession with this band (as I have many others), David immediately […]
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Featuring: Lo Alaman, Alison Brunk, Tyler Daniels, David Vicchiollo “This cover is special to me because falling in love with the band Daughter has been so special. Like my older sister, I spent my time in high school and at Ole Miss only singing in choral ensembles. Soon after my junior year, however, I grew […]
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Colorado native Emma Back’s music hit me like a ton of bricks the first time I happened to stumble across it. Starting her song “Qui Tomber” instantly transported me into this romantic, film-noir Parisian back alley with its interesting and dark lines in the strings, simple piano accompaniment, and intriguing and haunting lyrics. Back has this […]
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I think it’s safe to say that many of us can appreciate the artistic sensibility of the powerhouse that is ’90s Alanis Morissette, but sometimes there’s only so many shrouded metaphors one can take. Allow me to introduce you to New York native Rorie Kelly, the Alanis Morissette of sensical lyrics. Rorie comes at you […]
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From Southern California comes this punk rock band that will give you a ’90s nostalgia while still keeping you grounded in the 21st century. Girl Fry is perfect for your angsty brooding, your bedroom air-guitaring/thrashing, your general anthem singing, or just your casual listening — you decide. Punk is notorious for its focus on conveying a certain feeling via simplicity […]
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