Featuring members of the much-missed art-rock band Women, this Calgary quartet traverses a wide sonic range—from clenched-fist post-punk to Blade Runner-style instrumental passages—sometimes all within the same song. By Evan Minsker.

As Torn Hawk, Luke Wyatt makes smeared, VHS-style instrumental music that shines sunlight on ugly or discarded sounds. He talks to Andy Beta about taking guitar lessons from the Wrens' Charles Bissel, the art of "video mulching," and more.

Inspired by K Records' offbeat ethos, Frank O'Hara, and NYC's infinite humanity, songwriting prodigy Greta Kline uses her prolific output—45 albums and counting—to chronicle life's little hurts, empowering herself in the process. By Jenn Pelly.

Recently signed to the Kendrick Lamar-led TDE imprint, this 22-year-old MC marries the smoked-out bliss of L.A. hip-hop with the easy bounce of his native Tennessee. By Corban Goble.

The Edinburgh producer Steven Shade talks to Ryan Dombal about bending technological boundaries and choosing the right music to help his daughter fall asleep.

This Leeds band has already pissed a few people off by spewing mindless vitriol online but, as Jayson Greene finds out, there's more to these melodic punks than a fuck-the-world attitude.

A producer who positions beat-blasting hardcore electronic music in a refreshed framework, attacking modern dancefloors with an old-school mantra: roll the drums. By Gabriel Szatan.

With his debut album as Mutual Benefit, Jordan Lee finally made the kind of intricate folk record he's spent years dreaming about. Ian Cohen talks with him about "figuring out how to be idealistic when everything around you is insane."

Merging warm beats, hypnotic psychedelia, and streamlined pop songwriting, Germany's Roosevelt—aka 23-year-old Marius Lauber—makes dance music that balances outright escapism with wistful melancholy. By Larry Fitzmaurice.

Combining headlong distortion with radically honest lyrics, Perfect Pussy are one of the year's boldest new rock bands. Evan Minsker talks to singer Meredith Graves about airing out her most personal feelings in public and much more.

The versatile New York-based electronic producer dropped his first track, "Mad Disrespect", just 18 months ago, to instant acclaim. He talks to Gabriel Szatan about early encounters with Miami bass, Black Dice, and "outsider house."

Growing up as a second-generation Ethiopian immigrant, this singer felt both inside and outside of her own culture—an in-betweenness she mines in her own music, which combines R&B and future-minded electronics. By Ruth Saxelby.

After moving from Canada, to Brazil, to America—making music and internalizing influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Modest Mouse along the way—this singer/producer is finally ready to share his songs with the rest of us. By Evan Minsker.