ARTIST PROFILES

Canadian Indie rock/new wave band, Metric had me go back in time with their music. It's refreshing and done in a new way. The consists of lead singer-songwriter/guitarist, Emily Haines, guitarist/synthesizer, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead on bass and backing vocals, and drummer Joules Scott-Key. The band originally was a duo but expanded to its present lineup. The band members each have distinct stories of how they got into music. Lead singer, Emily Haines says her dad would re

London-based band, Folly Group has survived a very rough 2 years. Like many artists, during the pandemic, they found ways to continue to be creative and bring their music to the masses in a different way. The Folly Group who love playing with foolishness don't like the word band and don't really like the typical indie band lineups either. Band members, Sean Harper, Louis Milburn, and Tom Dougherty were always playing the local scene and later added percussionist, Kai Akinde-H

Irish indie post-punk rock band, Fontaines D.C. wants to let people know that they don't have a license to speak for Ireland. Now that that's out of the way this exciting band from Dublin has been creating quite a stir on the indie music scene. The band consists of Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan III (bass), Tom Coll (drums), and Grian Chattan (vocals). The band got together in 2017 when they met while attending music college. Lovers of poetry a

English rock band, Nova Twins consists of 2 female leads, vocalist/guitarist, Amy Love, and bassist, Georgia South. These 2 ladies can rock hard. The two friends met in school when they were kids and growing up were playing in different bands that were always on the same bill together. Logically they decided to form their own band. They first formed a band in 2014 called BRAATS and released the song, Bad Bitches. These ladies are involved in every aspect of their brand from d

This multi-talented singer-songwriter, artist, animator, and video director I discovered while checking out new music. Beth Jeans Houghton aka Du Blonde has been making music since they were 16 years old. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in England they started writing songs in their teens. They picked up the guitar and taught themself to play and it was off to the races from there. Born in Newcastle Upon Thyne in England they started writing songs in their teens and dropped out o

This Indie band from Cleveland, Ohio really took me back to my college radio days when we would play a new rock band every day. Cloud Nothings is a four-piece rock band consisting of singer-songwriter and founder, Dylan Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, bassist TJ Duke and guitarist, Chris Brown. It all started when founder, Dylan Baldi started recording music in his parent's basement while attending college. It started off as a solo project but he created a fake band name and na

Outsider, real name Sean O'Corcorain, is an up and coming singer-songwriter to watch. He is a multi-instrumentalist who released his debut album last year and since then has set the internet on fire. Born and raised in Tipperary, Ireland, and based in Dublin where there is a bustling music scene right now and with so much amazing talent coming out of that city. He says that he chose the stage name Outsider because of this music scene where he feels at times like an outsider.

Lead singer-songwriter and lead guitarist, Dana Margolin started playing around the clubs in her hometown of Brighton, England. Performing at many of the open mics and just sat in her bedroom writing songs. She started her band Porridge Radio in 2015 as a way to express her music and her inspiration from the sea and seaside home. Since then the band has been playing out and was voted by The Guardian as one of their top 40 new artists in 2018. Dana says when she was young she