Best New Music

A familiar voice resounded through the hallowed walls of the Grand Ole Opry on Wednesday night. Taylor Swift fell right back into her place on the country music stage with ease, as part of the 55th annual ACM Awards. The...

Do you ever daydream about a huge pop star discovering you?  If you’re a songwriter, you’ve probably at least once thought about how awesome it would be if someone like Katy Perry found your...

East-Los Angeles indie-rock trio Lone Kodiak was on its way to another level when a series of unfortunate events delayed their launch. The band had, in short order, gone from formation to frontline...

You’ve probably heard it before: “music is the universal language of mankind.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow first declared that in 1835, and as true as that may have been then, the concept has certainly grown...

Brian Ashley Jones formed Hank You! to take a break from playing his own music and to perform his favorite Hank Williams songs. He didn't expect his tribute quartet to Hank Williams to turn into something bigger....

“Over time, songs take on new meanings as you grow and you move forward,” says Hannah Georgas. Reflecting on the open and close of a relationship and emerging from its heartache, the Canadian artist delicately shuffles through...

If Sarah Beth Tomberlin’s beautifully spare debut album—2018’s At Weddings—was born of isolation, then her forthcoming Projections EP was born of community, or at least collaboration.  The Los Angeles-via-Louisville singer-songwriter initially intended to work...

Didn’t make it to the beach this summer? No worries — just check out j solomon’s new video for “Beach Day 04,” premiering below. “I want people to be able to close their eyes...

Texas singer-songwriter Max Flinn’s new single, Meant to Be, sends a message of perseverance that can only come from a place of raw, honest experience. Max’s writing has a self-awareness that has been missing in recent top-40...

At a time in political and cultural history when “The rejects, the drop outs / Those used to being passed by / The addicts, the burned out / Who’ve lost their way so many times” seemed to get the...