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Nov 13, 2023 · The group’s recent double EP for Matador evokes touchpoints like Unwound, Fugazi, Wire, and Mission Of Burma — noisy, explosive, and laced with melody in a way that rarely scans as pop.
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These Dubliners formed a band as teens at St. Andrew’s College and gradually grew together both personally and musically. By the time they released their 2021 debut album, It Won’t Always Be Like This, their mix of 80s dance rock and 90s indie-pop influences with a crisp, modern vibe was exploding with propulsive beats and earworm hooks. If the voi...
The Lathums met in school too, but things developed at a breakneck pace for them. Hailing from Wigan, outside the historic music hub of Manchester, England, they were thrown together by their teacher at music school to work on a project. Realizing they were onto something, the new rock band scored themselves a big-time record deal within less than ...
Houston’s Colson Baker, better known as Machine Gun Kelly, had an early life that involved being shuttled all around the globe with his missionary parents, so by the time he started thinking about making music, he’d already seen a lot. There’s a lot of life experience in his work, which was initially on the hip-hop tip, but MGK had always exalted t...
Take a soupcon of 90s shoegaze and toss it in a pot with some twee pop and a dash of 00s indie dream pop, add something entirely original and contemporary, and you’ve got the basic ingredients of the beabadoobee sound. The artist otherwise known as Beatrice Laus was born in the Philippines and raised in London, where she signed with prominent indie...
London was also the breeding ground for rising indie outfit Sea Girls. Despite the name, they’re a quartet of lads, all of whom have been friends since their teens. They started out on the little London label Almanac Recordings and quickly attracted attention with singer Henry Camamile’s larger-than-life vocal presence and their hooky, melodic indi...
Dorothy is an LA-based rock band that bears the name of its dynamic frontwoman, Dorothy Martin. Martin has a big, bluesy voice that immediately commands attention, but she’s far from the only attraction in the band. Produced by legendary pop/rock songwriter Linda Perry and released on Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label, the group’s second album, 28 Days in t...
The three young women who make up Meet Me @ The Altar all lived in different states when they met online. Music brought them together, and they first emerged as a band in 2015, setting off a series of DIY singles and EPs. Their 2017 debut album, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, is as melodic and accessible as it is unrelentingly hard-hitting. Pop-punk is...
Ayron Jones comes blasting out of Seattle with a slamming-but-soulful sound heavily powered by local influences. Jimi Hendrix and 90s grunge are the twin pillars from which Jones has built his sonic template, adding an alt-rock roar all his own to the mix. When the single “Mercy” from Jones’ 2021 album Child of the Statewent to the top spot on Bill...
Elsewhere in Seattle, the trio Deep Sea Diver seems to soak up more inspiration from hometown heroes Death Cab for Cutie than anything that emerged from the city’s grunge boom. LA native and frontwoman Jessica Dobson brings some heavy history to the table, having played with The Shins and Beck. The band is filled out by her drummer husband Peter Ma...
Completing our little Emerald City triumvirate of best new rock bands is the brother-and-sister duo of singer/guitarist Eva Walker and drummer Cedric Walker, who have learned to do more with less in their stripped-down format. But don’t go jumping to the obvious White Stripes conclusions. For one thing, they do slip a bass into their sound, and lik...
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Sep 11, 2024 · The best new rock bands are revitalizing the genre with fresh sounds, dynamic performances, and a blend of classic rock elements with modern twists. These emerging artists are gaining traction worldwide and capturing the hearts of rock enthusiasts, proving that rock and roll is far from dead.
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- Imagine Dragons. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar.
- Måneskin. Måneskin - Beggin’ (Official Video) Måneskin is an Italian rock band that gained international recognition and popularity after winning the Eurovision Song Contest with their hit song “Zitti e buoni” and their other hit song “Beggin”.
- Twenty One Pilots. twenty one pilots - Chlorine (Official Video)
- Hozier. Hozier - Dinner & Diatribes (Official Video) Irish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Hozier rose to global attention in 2013 when his moody and soulful rock single “Take Me to Church” became a viral success.
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- Age Of Apocalypse. Bandcamp. LOCATION: Hudson Valley, NY. They might come from the same fundamentalist hardcore scene that gave us Mindforce, and they might have teamed up with beat-you-up specialists Pain Of Truth on a split 7″, but Age Of Apocalypse are on some other shit.
- Anxious. Bandcamp. LOCATION: Fairfield, CT. Anxious pull from multiple emo eras — from the pop heights of Fountains Of Wayne, Death Cab For Cutie, and Jimmy Eat World to the more post-hardcore stylings of Pianos Become The Teeth.
- Blackbraid. Bandcamp. LOCATION: Adirondack Mountains, NY. “I kind of live in the middle of nowhere, and that’s always been a huge part of my life,” the indigenous black metal musician known as Blackbraid said in an interview earlier this year.
- Caroline. Bandcamp. LOCATION: London, UK. You don’t see many eight-piece indie groups in the 2020s, if only because the ’00s post-rock era feels more conducive to that band structure.
Jan 23, 2023 · From twisted R&B auteur Liv.e to club rap regenerator Bandmanrill to indie rock realists Wednesday, these are the musicians we’re keeping a keen eye on this year.
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Nov 3, 2021 · Its pair of title tracks are counterpoints to each other — “New Music” is a shaggy folk ramble, while “Big Pop” is rousing and anthemic.
