Once freed from his role as the Keith Richards of scuzz rock, Rowland S. Howard was determined to forge a path with his own vision at the forefront.

Michael Isaak fuses dreamy indie pop with intimate acoustic folk on his journey through a world that is ever-changing and tragically beautiful. The Los Angeles native draws audiences into his deepest cerebral spaces, showcasing songwriting as a profound tool for healing.

With members split between New York and New Jersey, indie pop collective Gramercy Arms presents their fourth album ‘The Making Of The Making Of’, released via Montclair, NJ-based Magic Door Record Label, along with a new video for ‘Never Say Anything (Magic Door Session)’.

Gramercy Arms is a revolving collective of musicians and artists, masterminded by Dave Derby (The Dambuilders, Lloyd Cole) and producer Ray Ketchem (Guided by Voices, Luna, Elk City). Inspired by the artistic heyday of ‘70s and ‘80s New York, Gramercy Arms makes addictive indie pop – exquisite hook-laden melodies filled with lyrics that will have you floating back in time and remembering your favorite mistake.

Recorded live at SMOKE Jazz Club in 2023, Reverence stays the course of McPherson’s career, featuring performances that reveal his fealty to the old school bop sound.

Actor, composer, singer-songwriter, dad. Co-founder of The Lobbyists. My latest release is “Mountain Song”, which I wrote while hiking with my then 9-month-old just after moving to Vermont. I hope it inspires you to go out hiking and to sing along with the chickadees.

Written, developed and recorded in a home studio in Los Angeles, desk lamps’ unique style of music builds on simple percussive rhythms with organic layers of vibrant guitar, desolate, orchestral synth and measured bass to evoke feelings of tension between anxiety and carefree release.

We are 2 Far Out, your own Swedish lovable douchebags. You can also call us “The Sucker For Heartaches Association”. 
 We’re here to captivate your senses, to make you feel alive, and to remind you that you’re not alone in everything that life throws at you. Our music draws inspiration from the likes of Blink-182, Green Day, and Machine Gun Kelly, The songs tackle themes of love, heartbreak, self-discovery and the ups and downs of youth with authenticity and vulnerability.

Plenty of guitar bands these days attempt to revive the spirit of the nineties, when six-string noise ran strong and melodies were plentiful. To these ears, however, it seems like that kind of sonic maelstrom is best swirled by those who were there the first time around.

DEEP DIVE SPECIES were formed during (and basically because of) the 2020 lockdown in New York. One part of the duo is Vadim Militsin, an electronic scene veteran who stands behind numerous projects like AUTiSM, Logica Abstracta and Robotov-Millentrop. The other component of this unlikely mixture is Sergey Popovich, a guitarist and vocalist with a string of projects, like Vopli Vodoplyasova, famous in and beyond his native Ukraine, Hey! Lubo!, and the NY-based Goodswan.

We are The Margaret Hooligans: One woman (electric ukulele, lead vocals), one man (drums, teapot, back up vocals), forming one band that incorporates garage rock, funk, and soul to create a swirl of sloppy transcendence.

Two thirds of Boston 80’s post-punk band Native Tongue, Lee Leffler and Michael Frackleton comprise the psychedelic/alt rock/post-punk duo Dream of a Man in a Top Hat. After their well received EP and debut album, Dream of a Man in a Top Hat spent 2022 and 2023 releasing a series of singles (many appear on the Buzzy Beans compilation album).

heavy on the heart. is a melodic rock band fueled by the soul & drive of 4 misfits with nothing to lose. heavy on the heart. is Nikki Brady (vocals), Costas Themistocleous (guitar), Nick Kolokathis (drums) & Andrew Nicolae (bass).

Seven and Counting is a new, eight-piece band with 1st studio album to be released on March 30, 2024. Their sound is a kind of a mixture of styles and influences each and every one of us picked up “along the road”, from rock to country and blues and whatever falls between.

J.J. Chamberlain, or John Chamberlain is a Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter. He is the main songwriter for the band Box Time and plays lead guitar for Love Barons. Based in York but frequently seen in London. John spent 2023 playing shows in York, London and Liverpool.

Having successfully crowdfunded, released, and toured five albums worldwide, including the critically acclaimed Libellus (2009) Tallulah Rendall is poised to release her latest single, “The Heart Sutra (with Choir),” from her latest album, Love Carries Me Home, produced by the acclaimed 3x Grammy Winning & 5 times Nominated Danton Supple, a record that is a testament to her artistic brilliance and showcases Rendall’s unique ability to craft melodies that mend and uplift the human heart.

NYC’s Big Bliss is back with a cracking outtake from their insanely good “Vital Return” LP released last September on Good Eye. Featuring Wallace May’s vocals (with BV’s from normal vocal frontman, Tim Race), the biting lyrics fit the snarling music perfectly.

Singer/keyboardist Martha Johnson (known for her work with Canadian art-pop outfit, Martha & The Muffins), has just released “Slow Emotion” under the Martha Johnson and Company moniker. The uplifting single brings awareness to Parkinson’s disease, which she’s had since 2000, and features an array of musicians who have PD as well.

Pop singer and songwriter Natalie K releases her eighth single, “Dance With Me,” a vibrant pop anthem meets neo-soul dance groove, inspired by an unforgettable night out in Los Angeles.

Orchestras fulfills a long-held dream on the part of Frisell.

With members split between New York and New Jersey, indie pop collective Gramercy Arms presents their fourth album The Making Of The Making Of, released via Montclair, NJ-based Magic Door Record Label, along with a new video for ‘Never Say Anything (Magic Door Session)’.

Stripping her sound down from a quintet to a trio, the Madrid-born/NYC-based composer presents Perpetual Void, the next step in her creative arc.

The Shrubs are a psychedelic rock group.

Colin Woltmann, a singer-songwriter from Madison, Wisconsin currently living in Alabama, started playing guitar and writing songs almost 20 years before releasing his debut album, Brown Recluse, in 2021. Two years later he and Heath Fogg (of Alabama Shakes) formed Lake Nakoma and released their self-titled album. Woltmann has just released “The In-Betweens”, ahead of his new EP, Case of the Times, set for release in early 2024.

For Silent, Listening, he goes it alone, planting his own entry in ECM’s long line of classic solo piano records.

The Outers are a London based indie rock band. Their songs are characterised by a distinctive, up-tempo rhythm section supporting catchy guitar and vocal melodies. “We try to incorporate the vintage sound and subtle melodies of British pop, and the depth of Post Punk with the edge of electro pop to add a bit of a dance groove.”

The Silence Industry was formed in 2007-ish, possibly from the wreckage of other music projects and have released 12+ releases, most of which are available to download for free in some form online.

Vaguely gothy. Always diy. Always honest. Sometimes weird. Not always accessible. Guitars. Vocals. Electronics.

The Silence Industry was released music through Enough Records, Aenaos, Ekleipsi and others.

Annakye is a dynamic and promising band that burst onto the music scene end of 2021. Originally formed that year, the group saw a significant expansion in 2023 with the inclusion of talented singers Lucas and Camron. This addition brought a fresh energy and dimension to the band’s sound. Their breakthrough moment came in 2023 with the release of their single “Too Far South,” which soared to the impressive position of number one on the unsigned pop punk charts in the USA.

Indie rock trio Onceweresixty are back with the album Loco Sunset Boulevard / Ghetto Blast Noise Machine, created over a period of three years at Villa Albrizzi Marini, a magical place in the Venice countryside hills en route to the Alps. Having set up their studio on this 1400-villa property, owned by the Armenian Church, finally they can present this 8-track album (structured in two parts as a double EP).

Miles East’s “All Hands On Deck”— the third single from his forthcoming album Between Lightning and Thunder — arrives just as the artist has won a newfound audience: his first two singles have garnered nearly 250,000 streams and glowing press coverage on five continents. “You hope your music will resonate with those who listen to it,” says East. “But the response to this new music has honestly been beyond my wildest dreams.”

DEEP DIVE SPECIES were formed during (and basically because of) the 2020 lockdown in New York. One part of the duo is Vadim Militsin, an electronic scene veteran who stands behind numerous projects like AUTiSM, Logica Abstracta and Robotov-Millentrop. The other component of this unlikely mixture is Sergey Popovich, a guitarist and vocalist with a string of projects, like Vopli Vodoplyasova, famous in and beyond his native Ukraine, Hey! Lubo!, and the NY-based Goodswan.

Hailing from Berlin, Circolo Vizioso is made up of Tony Scafidi (guitar, bass, drum, hi-hat, vocals) and Paul Geigerzaehler (violin, snare drum, vocals). The band plays abrasive, groovy punk music that is influenced by the sound of 1990s New York, Chicago and Washington (i.e. Fugazi, Blonde Redhead and Sonic Youth), as well as the sound of early 80’s-90’s Eastern German and Eastern European punk bands like Dezerter8, *Sandow and Schleimkeim.

“I’m wound so tight my head could pop,” sings Alex Edkins.

From California to Texas to New England, New Jersey native son Dean Harlem has in true troubadour fashion made America his home. Deep-rooted in Americana and classic country sounds, with a picking style that blends Townes Van Zandt and Justin Townes Earle, and with an honest, soulful voice, Harlem has distinguished himself as a young singer-songwriter to watch, with what the press calls a “long, storied career” ahead of him. His debut album, Asbury Park, pays homage to his New Jersey origins, even as it points into new songways and highways he’s heading into. Currently, he makes his home in Nashville and is working on a new album

Though they were brought together in part due to a shared love of Sun Ships, saxophonist Brent Bagwell and drummer Seth Nanaa adopt the band structure of Interstellar Space, cutting out any middle men that might provide things like chords and a bottom.

Nick Noon brings an indescribable refreshing timeless aura to the music community. The Nashville, Tennessee-based artist is a rising multi-genre artist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. The talented jack-of-all-trades is poised to make waves in the scene with his emotion-evoking sound and relatable style. Inspired by his life experiences, the artist strives to push the envelope with his sound to make a dynamic style that encapsulates his love for various genres.

Hailing from Brussels, Belgium, Lovelorn Dolls is made up of Kristell Lowagie (lyrics, vocals, arrangements) and Bernard Daubresse (music, programming, guitars, production). Purveyors of synth-laced gothic rock, their sound resembles a mix of Theatre of Tragedy, Lacuna Coil and The Birthday Massacre.

bikethrasher is a Boston based emo/indie punk band formed by singer and guitarist Joe Love and guitarist Jake Mandl. Named after an unreleased song by Swedish dream pop darlings The Radio Dept, bikethrasher delivers songs simultaneously rapturous and tormented, capturing the ecstatic highs and chaotic lows of the human condition.

The blend of two masterful jazz musicians with a pair of post rock heroes plays to the strengths of both.

The Palace of Tears is Leah Kahn aka LV Darkling (vocalist, lyricist) and Erick r Scheid (guitars, electronics, engineering), who met in Germany in 2018 when Erick was performing with his band Mercurys Antennae at the world-renowned WGT Festival. After a collaborative exercise in co-writing long distance, the duo released their debut album Of Ruination in 2020 with Erick also moving from the Bay Area to join LV in New Orleans.

VERSKOTZI is the award winning, LA based artist, producer/multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Joey Verskotzi.

The Pull of Autumn is a ‘super group’ of sorts, orbiting around Rhode Island artist Daniel Darrow of 80s post-punk group Johanna’s House of Glamour and core members Bruce MacLeod, Matthew Darrow and Luke Skyscraper James (I.R.S. recording artist Fashion). Each release involves a revolving door of notable and emerging artists, both from the local music scene and further abroad. The band’s debut 2018 eponymous album was followed by Afterglow in 2019, Small Colors in 2020 and Beautiful Broken World in 2022.

Is there another songwriter as prolific as Thomas Anderson?

After attending NYU for the performing arts and scoring gigs on Broadway, and in television and film, Madeline Rhodes decided it was finally time to share her own stories with the world. She began releasing music under the stage name MuMu, focusing on the female experience and using her music as a platform for her activism. In 2018, MuMu made her debut with the powerful single “Free the Nip,” a feminist anthem that addresses the censorship of the female body.

Ricardo Fiel, known as Moon Cowboy creates a unique fusion of shoegaze, dreampop, ambient, & alt-country echoes Ride, Slowdive, The Verve, & My Bloody Valentine. Aiming to launch a #shoegazeforgood movement, he donates music revenue to charity. Collaborating with Darren Allison & Rachel Goswell during his Phase years, this unsigned prodigy is destined for greatness.

A force to be reckoned with, Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions have been releasing numerous singles prior to the release of their Destiny Road Album released May 26, 2023. The album features the talent of Jerry Manftedi on bass and Jethro DeFries on drums, , and Tommy Mars on keyboards. Having gigged extensively in Southern California, Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions are now looking forward to spinning magic in and around Salt Lake City and Park City, *UT