10 Up-and-Coming Artists in 2024
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With music being easier than ever to find and access through streaming platforms and social media sites like TikTok and Instagram, new artists have the opportunity to make it big almost overnight.
But with newfound opportunities comes competition, as the number of emerging artists has increased substantially, making it difficult to find those diamonds in the rough. That being said, those diamonds are out there, waiting to be found, as this summer has unearthed a number of talented musicians.
Connor Bracken and the Mother Leeds Band
This promising indie-rock band, hailing from Asbury Park, NJ, has self-released two albums as well as several singles. The group has toured for years and has cemented their standing as Asbury Park’s emissary of Rock and Roll, opening for artists like Ceramic Animal, Emily Wolfe, and Vintage Trouble. They often work with Dan Malsch (Avenged Sevenfold, Ghost), who produced the band’s most recent single. Combining the live show of Arctic Monkeys with the songwriting of Tom Petty, Connor Bracken and his band are not to be missed
Be sure to check out Connor Bracken and the Mother Leeds Band’s website, Instagram, and Spotify.
Manatee Commune
Manatee Commune is the electronic project of Grant Eadie, a multi-instrumentalist from Spokane, Washington. A profound love of the ambient genre, an obsession with all forms of dance, and a foundation of classical training has molded Eadie’s sound into an earthy, busy, bright, and strangely familiar amalgamation of instrumentation.
His new LP, Simultaneity (his 3rd on the label Bastard Jazz) leans fully into the world of Ambient House. It’s been five years since his last LP, PDA, and he’s reemerged with a fresh take on the characteristic tone: mature, unfettered, calming, and distinctly personal. In this upcoming album, Eadie explores the collision between texture and time.
Fans of Four Tet, Jon Hopkins and Cairbou are going to find a lot to like from standout tracks like “Mosaic” and “Faulted.”
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Heart of Pine
Steven Bagwell and Travis Richardson formed Heart of Pine in 2015, after one of those Athens, Georgia hangout sessions that coincidentally conjures a dangerous but debonair musical demon.
With passion and precision, they cut through the noise, building a solid fan following with members Todd Headly (drums), Jesse Fountain (keys), and Boone Hood (anything and everything else).
Southern Soul Revival captures all of Southern rock’s deep-fried guitar attack while leaning into the wounded pride behind its majestic swagger. The band’s woozy, bluesy tracks trip-sit for sincere, straightforward, effortlessly existential lyrical confessions. Standout tracks include the sing-a-long “Movin’ On”, Stapleton-esque rocker “Hello Heartache” and the closing barnburner “Phetamine & Pearls.”
Local Brand
Local Brand is an indie-alternative band formed in Florence, AL. The band seeks to “make music for humans,” giving people something to dance to and tell stories about. Their debut EP, Short Stories, was released this February, with their new single, “Party Crime,” coming later this summer. The group is set to tour in the American southeast in August and September.
Find Local Brand’s website, Instagram, and Spotify here.
Kelley Swindall
Memento Mori is an object that acts as a reminder of the inevitability of Death, as well as the ancient practice of contemplating one’s mortality in order to live a better life . Georgia-born NYC/Nashville Artist Kelley Swindall’s latest EP The Memento Mori Demos acts as just that. Created in the wake of grief following the sudden passing of her Father, The Memento Mori Demos shepherds the listener through the darker waters of Cosmic Americana with humor and pathos. By the end of the EP , Swindall has cunningly challenged us to reframe our relationship with death via the transformative agent of Memento Mori, so that we, too, might live a more inspired life.
You can find Kelley Swindall’s Instagram, Facebook, and Spotify here.
Lisa Bouchelle
Lisa’s latest album, Jump In!, yielded two Billboard A/C Top 25 singles, including “Love Is For The Making,” which reached the Top 20 and stayed on the chart for over 4 months, an impressive feat for an indie artist. Videos utilizing the song garnered over 4.6 million views on TikTok and the official video is over 1 million views on YouTube. Lisa will be dropping her
new album, Vandals, Thieves & Lovers, in the Fall and her unique blend of Americana Pop and inspirational, uplifting songs should serve to bolster her rise to one of the top artists of the genre.
Bouchelle’s website, Instagram, and Spotify can be found here.
Electric Ramble
“New Orleans-based Rock band Electric Ramble consists of musicians Evan Hall, Brook Danos, Tyler Self, Rob Davis and William McMains, all of whom drive the band’s sound toward groovy stylings with moving lyrics. Releasing their debut single “Willin’ and Tryin’” on May 31 of this year, the band is now set to record their debut album and also attended the 2024 New Orleans French Quarter Festival. There they performed alongside other talented New Orleans artists.”
You can find Electric Ramble’s website, Instagram, and Spotify here.
Tim Harper
Coming from a musical family, Texas based singer Tim Harper worked as a country music tour manager, merchandise manager, and bass player for a decade before releasing his own music in 2022. Harper started on this journey with producer, writer, and “Rockett Queen” singer Walter Lee and formed Push Button Romance as a result. Last year, Harper released his first single “Hands Up,” with another single, “Drugs,” to release this fall.
Find Tim Harper’s Instagram, Facebook, and Spotify here.
Cashavelly
A multifaceted American manifesto for a time when no one’s ready for what’s already happened…
Cashavelly calls the bluff of a societal narrative that seeks to diminish women with age, knowing they often find their full power at the moment they’re written off. Her anthemic pop music defies, provokes, and benevolently empathizes, convincing all who listen that the rebirth of a new world is not only possible, but already underway.
Her latest album, Meditation Through Gunfire, is a bold manifesto, weaving together threads of unflinching personal inquiry, societal critique, and urgent philosophical defiance. The LP releases this October, through the UNCSA program. First single, “Rewrite” sets the tone for a phenomenally deep album.
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JS aka The Best
JS aka The Best brings his diverse talent from the DMV area to his music, incorporating R&B, Go-Go, and Afrobeats into his various projects like self-produced “LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS,” which seeks to explore ideas of breaking generational curses and healing through the process. The artist’s work has shown up in a number of shows and commercials on Netflix, Nike, Disney, and ESPN. He also co-starred in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga.
Check out JS aka The Best’s Instagram, Facebook, and Spotify here.
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