Amidst a music industry so fixated on virality and the future of what’s deemed “marketable” music, Nashville-based Emma Ogier has quickly grown in popularity by doing just the opposite. Known for her vulnerable songwriting and twangy vocals, Ogier blends indie-rock and Americana seamlessly. Notably inspired by icons like the Indigo Girls, Joni Mitchell and Aretha Franklin, her most recent single, “Hands Tied” is so humanly intimate, similarly to the work of her inspirations.

Samuel Norris lay down with his eyes wide open, yet all he could see was the darkness pressing in around him. It’s 2025 in the mountains of Estes Park, Colorado, the night his dad remarried. What was supposed to be a celebration for the family was the culmination of some of the darkest years for Norris. The wedding was a reminder that his family was reshaping itself around him, at the exact moment he felt most like he didn’t belong in it. The blackness he was witnessing wasn’

Out of South London, 28 year old Josie Man’s most recent EP, "God Forbid A Girl Has Dreams", offers fans fresh, shimmery “identity pop” with a ton of personality embedded in each track. Written alongside Jared Laville, Lees, and Louis Stanley Issacs the five song EP holds back no emotion, and speaks to Man’s love for authentic songwriting. Compared to her very first single, “Colours”, Josie has stayed true to her value of authentic expression, just boldened the shimmery synth