Olivia O’Brien Is Bringing Songwriting Back

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“I hate you I love you, I hate that I love you. Don’t want to, but I can’t put nobody else above you. I hate you I love you, I hate that I want you. You want her, you need her. And I’ll never be her.” As soon as I heard Olivia’s sweet voice singing all-too-relatable lyrics I’ve been so curious about her. She’s been singing and writing songs since she was a kid and was self-taught. She started posting songs on SoundCloud just for fun. When gnash reached out to her on Twitter after she covered one of his songs, her life was completely changed. She sent him a voice-note of the start of “i hate u, i love u” and he invited her to L.A. to record.

Sizzy Rocket’s Cult Is Unstoppable

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Sizzy Rocket is from another world. Her changing hair colors, her latex bodysuits, and her unapologetic lyrics make her one-of-a-kind. She grew up in Vegas and started out performing in a kids performance group. That’s where she knew that performing was where she belonged. Asides from her incredible persona Sizzy, she writes for countless other musicians, and you can always tell when there’s a Sizzy lyric, it’s just her personality.

KAYE’s Honey Is Indie Pop Perfection

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KAYE isn’t new to music, not in the least bit, she caravanned to New York with a group of musicians after college and started waitressing. From that point she released two solo albums, toured with various bands, and is also the female vocalist of San Fermin, after a couple of years touring she’s finishing up her new debut EP under KAYE.

Ella On The Run Brings A Hint Of Darkness To Electro-Pop

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Stephanie Gautier, the woman behind the electro-pop sounds of Ella on the Run, has never wanted to do anything except music. She went to Berklee because that was the only thing she wanted to do. That’s where she studied music business and vocal performance. After school she went back to London and started working for labels, booking, and promotions but the performance bug never left her. She said her coworkers weren’t surprised.

Wonderbitch Gets People Dancing and Gets People Laid

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“So i want you to imagine a beautiful nebulous starscape, close your eyes, you are far away in a galaxy and you are on a yacht but it’s not like a yacht in the ocean. It’s a space yacht. There’s all these space yacht things: space cocaine, space caterers and you’re sailing among the stars. That’s what we want to be,” that’s how Bruce describes the sound of Wonderbitch. Interstellar yacht rock.

Explosions Of Magic With Strangers You Know

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Strangers You Know had a packed tent at Coachella, they brought out an orchestra to help them perform their hit “Used”, and after they danced around the stage and crowd-surfed, Adam looked at the audience and said “This has been a dream to be here, we don’t even know what to say,” and he meant it. Adam and Grady met at Coachella years earlier.

How To Get Your Concert Tailgate In Formation

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Once upon a time I tailgated a Beyoncé concert. It. Was. AWESOME.
I had never done it before and never ever EVER thought that a beloved sporting event pastime could do a crossover into the musical world. Maybe this has been happening and I have completely missed the memo on that but let me tell you, I have decided that tailgating at major stadium concerts should be a thing from here on out.

Transgressing Politics With Quiet Company

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Quiet Company is an Austin band that garnered a lot of national attention for their album We Are All Where We Belong. What grabbed my attention about them was their dynamic and intense live show, complete with crowd interaction and political rants. I talked to frontman Taylor Muse about their latest album Transgressor, competitive Austin bands, and why bands are scared to “go political”.