Groovy guitar based bossa nova en espanol. Great for any summertime mix. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Spare, powerful indie folk with amazing lyrics and vocals from singer/songwriter Genevieve DeGroot. Excellent flavor added by the rest of...

Finally somone with something to say. Compelling African-flavored rap-trance music with strong storytelling and an amazingly fresh point...

Original, highly listenable garage punk with interesting lyrics, great energy, and a contagious sense of fun. A retro sound...some songs...

Amazingly fresh riot grrrl punk rock band. Taking the best from New York Dolls, Hole, Bikini Kill etc, repackaged in an arresting full-on...

Boston band formed at Berklee! Interesting, surprising, musically aspiring compositions with a dash of quirkiness and a tsunami of...

Very cool, creative, listenable jazz from a South African multi-instrumentalist. Very well produced. Mostly instrumental, but some great...

Spectacularly original alt pop. Musically rich. Piano based, with frequent staccato. Lyrically deep and evocative. Fresh voice.

Listening to her songs is like looking at abstract paintings where there's just enough definition to make out shapes or figures but...

Creative & melodic Japanese guitar-based alternative rock. Good singer. Musically excellent. Surprisingly full sound for just a trio...

Very fine, gentle indie pop with great atmosphere and attention to detail. p.s. they are not from Ohio. Click here for Apple Music playlist

Excellent keyboard and violin based songs with unique atmosphere. Great vocalist. Interesting lyrics. Very well produced. Kinda copies...

Great storytelling roots folk reminiscent of Leonard Cohen. Musically lush, lyrically excellent.

Contemporary quiet-loud electric guitar based country -- without cliches! Nearly every song has a substance abuse context. Very well...

Innovative, musically complex, mesmerizing prog black metal. A chaotic mix of heavy metal with impossible chords, jazz improvisations,...

Like opening a can of fire! Well crafted indie rock that does quiet/loud very well. A little angry - in a good way. Great lyrics &...

Contagious guitar-based instrumental Cuban-Latin style jam trio. Would be great sprinkled into a playlist, or enjoyed on its own.

Intelligent pop rock overflowing with hooks.

Enveloping grooves across many styles of jazz, soul, rap Click above for Apple, below for Spotify

If Springsteen did country. Excellent songwriting. Production is fantastic - drum sound is reminiscent of Steve Lilliwhite - but Mr....