Interviews

From Raleigh, North Carolina Sage “Gemïny” Wesley is a recording artist who blends smooth jazz and raspy rock into his pop-soul vocals to create a distinctive sound that gets crowds moving. After taking a break from music, Gemïny returned to the scene in 2020 and started doing freelance work, recording…

Demons in my soul, a song by rising pop star Feen!ks, is about feeling small and being in a controlling relationship. Feen!ks is a female singer-songwriter from Finland who works with her producer to transform piano-driven melodies into electropop songs. On Friday, April 22, she released Demons in my Soul,…

Asian-American musician, designer, artist, and content producer Boywithahalo works independently and is currently putting out singles from their upcoming album, “innerspace.” The artist explores new ground in RnB, rock, and dreampop while also delving deeper into their familiar indie pop genres on this self-produced, AWAL distribution release. The theme of…

Natives of New Haven, Connecticut In their guitar-driven, catchy pop songs, Hawkns, an indie pop rock band, deliver out-of-the-box production while capturing the untrained and unpolished vocal abilities of lead singer Hawkins French. Hawkns draws inspiration from both historical and contemporary transgressive artists, aiming to produce work that is both…

Amelie Eiding and Jon Kresin, the core members of 7000apart, have been hailed by the Green Bay Press-Gazette as “a husband-wife pop duo with a high school love story, inspiring presence, and an international following.” Amelie left her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden in 2012 to enroll in high school as…

THEIA, who identify as “the bastard sons of Royal Blood and Twenty One Pilots,” combine Biffy Clyro’s viscous sound with a stark lyrical honesty that reflects their cynically upbeat outlook. Frontman Kyle is the band’s creative driving force and is in charge of the band’s guitar tricks, vocal gymnastics, and…

Lapels is a trio of East Midlands-based singer/songwriter/musicians made up of Nathan, Andy, and Adam. With their straightforward, honest approach to indie/pop, Nathan & Andy, a dynamic songwriting duo who alternate as the front men of Lapels, are quickly being compared to the early stages of mid-90s Britpop. Lapel’s straightforward…

HeartMouth vocalist Casey Allen digs up old bones at a relationship’s grave in “Six Feet Under” in an effort to find closure. Six Feet Under, which Riccardo Barletta and Lauren Light co-wrote, illustrates how past regrets and memories can hold you back from moving forward unless you finally confront them…

Robin Cisek, a Metis singer-songwriter who won Best Emerging Artist at Indigenous Superstars 2022, makes melodic electro-pop with an alternative edge. After battling health issues for years, Robin Cisek started her music career. Her experiences and Indigenous heritage serve as Robin’s sources of inspiration, which are expressed in her music…

Kiey, who was born in 1994, grew up loving and listening to US-UK pop music. Kiey is an independent artist who has complete creative control over every aspect of his music, from the lyrics to the production. He specializes in euphoric, ethereal mid-tempo electro-pop songs and primarily explores the themes…