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Izzy Mahoubi Gets Soulful in New Single “Good”

August 8, 2025 “Good” feels like it’s been pulled straight from Mahoubi’s tear stained diary pages.

Author: Rebeccah Blau

indie

Songwriter

Izzy Mahoubi

Good

BEL Reflects on Modern Dating in New Single “Amor”

August 8, 2025 Singer-songwriter BEL explores the complexities of desire in her latest bilingual single “Amor.”

Author: Rebeccah Blau

pop

indie

BEL

Amor

WATCH: Big Ass Truck Perform Heavy-Hitting Tracks For ‘Something Loud’ Session [EXCLUSIVE] | THE NOISE

August 7, 2025 Watch Big Ass Truck perform "Beef," "Big Ass Beer" and "Cornfed" plus talk about their recent rise in the hardcore scene landing them on multiple big time festivals all across the US.

Author: Jimmy Smith

The Noise

Something Loud

Big Ass Truck

Aidan Bissett's 'shut up and love me' Is Playful and Hypersensitive [Q&A]

August 7, 2025 The Tampa-born alt-indie artist dives deep in this debut.

Author: Noah Wade

pop

alternative

Aidan Bissett

shut up and love me

It's 4pm in the Morning Somewhere, If Felicity Has Anything to Do With It

August 7, 2025 Wanting to catch up on the amazing EP and so much more, we spoke to Felicity via the inter webs, and found out whats happens at four in the morning here.

Author: DJ Connor

pop

indie

Felicity

4pm in the Morning

BETWEEN FRIENDS Romanticize Everything in Sophomore Album “WOW!”

August 7, 2025 If you’re looking for electro-pop that pushes ideas forward and celebrates the simple moments in life, prepare to be WOWed by BETWEEN FRIENDS’ transformative sophomore record.

Author: Giselle Libby

pop

electronic

BETWEEN FRIENDS

WOW!

Welcome to the Gauzy Dreamscape of Wisp's Debut Album, 'If Not Winter'

August 6, 2025 Wisp has unveiled their highly anticipated debut album, If Not Winter, that is a fever dream of maximalism, shoegaze, and woefully exquisite angst.

Author: Hillary Safadi

alternative

shoegaze

Wisp

If Not Winter

Outside Lands 2025: 5 Acts to Catch in The Bay this Weekend

August 6, 2025 These are five stars in the making.

Author: Carter Fife

ones to catch

outside lands

festival

black party

royel otis

2hollis

lexa gates

arcy drive

Isabel LaRosa Channels the Yearner in All of Us in “My Girl”

August 6, 2025 “'My Girl' is about wanting someone you know you can’t have, but still not being able to let go of the ‘what if.'"

Author: Carter Fife

pop

isabel larosa

my girl

Stella Lefty Makes a Bold Debut With 'Tragic, Really' EP

August 6, 2025 'Tragic, Really' is emotional catharsis manifested in just six songs.

Author: Carter Fife

pop

album reviews

stella lefty

tragic really

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Issue 05: The Class of 2024

January 25, 2024 Our first issue of 2024 welcomes our class of 2024, DJ Mandy, jigitz, and more.

Author: Ones To Watch Staff

artemas

ekkstacy

olivia dean

chapell roan

inji

zine

flyana boss

david kushner

brenn!

alexsucks

magazine

kanii

sekou

lia lia

ivri

julie

searows

juliet ivy

bb trickz

snow strippers

horsegiirl

jersey

wisp

kenya grace

ray bull

rozie ramati

class of 2024

dj mandy

jigitz

Tessa Violet and the Heartfelt Anti-Pop of 'Bad Ideas'

October 28, 2019 Violet's 'Bad Ideas' is anything but.

Author: Matthew Rudas

singer songwriter

pop

indie

Anti Pop

Indie Pop

Tessa Violet

Bad Ideas

No Spoon, No Fork, Just "Spork": New Aesthetic - "Spork" [Music Video Premiere] | THE NOISE

June 18, 2024 Rambunctious pop-punkers New Aesthetic might not be a household name just yet, but the emerging outfit is here to prove they are more than just the new kids on the block.

Author: Moe Horta

pop punk

The Noise

New Aesthetic