Artists to Watch
Up-and-coming artists we are keeping an eye on.
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Oisin Mod Trades West Cork Isolation for Nocturnal Indie Rock on 'Canary'
The Galway-born, Dublin-based singer-songwriter returns November 6 with 'Canary,' a darker, fuller second album produced by Bill Ryder-Jones. Three singles, 'Canary,' 'Mirror Mirror,' and 'Premium,' are out now.
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Sheherazaad: Urdu Folk-Noir for the 'Selfish Woman'
American composer and theatre artist Sheherazaad releases her self-produced debut LP 'Khudgarzi' on November 20 via Erased Tapes: Urdu folk-noir about the 'selfish woman,' following 2024's acclaimed Arooj Aftab-produced 'Qasr' EP.
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Adjenai: Grief Turned Into Cathartic Indie-Pop
LA songwriter Adjenai's debut LP 'Did It Hurt? Was It Fun?' (out Oct 23) turns grief and caretaking into sparkling, hook-driven indie-pop — co-produced with their wife Marina Paiz.
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PennyTheWizrd Pops Out with 'Stressed'
A brand-new hip-hop unknown submitted 'Stressed' straight to our inbox. No bio, no press, just a song and respectable catalog worth listening to.
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2nd Grade: Twenty Sugar-Rush Power-Pop Songs, Ten Girls, Ten Boys
Philadelphia power-pop five-piece 2nd Grade release Girls and Boys on October 30 via Lame-O Records — 20 sugar-rush pop songs split into ten girls and ten boys, from the band behind Stereogum's Album of the Week Hit to Hit. Three singles are out now; pre-order the limited blue vinyl on Bandcamp.
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Bricknasty: Dublin's Genre-Blur Collective Goes for the Hooks
Dublin collective Bricknasty strips their genre-blur down to hooks on 'forever', a seven-track EP out November 6 via Jorja Smith's FAMM imprint, led by the early-2000s R&B sugar rush of 'the dom perignons'.
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Janky Bungag: City-Country for Everyday People
Vancouver flatpicker Janky Bungag's new album Hangin' Out & Hangin' On (Royal Mountain Records) drops November 6 - ten songs of alt-country for everyday people, with the title track out now. Hometown release show at the Rickshaw Theatre Nov 6, Canadian tour to follow.
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blind commentary: Saskatoon emogaze and the debut album greatsword, out November 1
Saskatoon's blind commentary drop their debut album greatsword on November 1 — prairie emogaze in the orbit of Slint, Title Fight, and Joyce Manor, with a release show November 6 at the Green Room.
