NEW ARTIST FINDS - NEWSLETTER

by Jess Grant

11/29/13

Happy Twerksgiving, bitches! This is the ghost of your long eaten turkey coming to you with this week's five New Finds, courtesy of BitCandy and their team of Curators. Before I crack on with that, can somebody explain why everyone dressed up as me at Halloween this year? They weren't dressed up as a turkey, but as Miley Cyrus at the VMAs, you say? Now everything is making sense!

MANICANPARTY

“Jessica Corazza and Patrick Morrissey are the fiery Manicanparty who strive to combine classic and modern sounds, and though each emerging song deviates in sound and experimentation, the abiding tribal theme balances the refined Ellie Goulding-esque vocals..."

Discovered By: Duffster

LUNE

“Lune is an electro pop project fronted by the multi-talented singer, Linnea Martinson. Unlike the obnoxious Disney-powered pop fruitcakes who market themselves as singer, songwriter, actor, producer these days, Martinson has a more interesting tale to tell...”

Discovered By: Pucken

EMMA DAVIS

“Delicate, immersive and quite sad indeed, Emma Davis could make for some beautiful background music, if she weren't so damn perfect. Try putting this on and not drifting away to that deep place in your mind that you don't often visit anymore. It's near impossible...”

Discovered By: Francis

ONLY REAL

“On the Brit rapping scale, Only Real is more Rizzle Kicks than The Streets, which is to say he sounds like rappers you're used to hearing. More than just a charming gimmick, Gavin has actual flow. Or at least as much flow as a ginger from West London can have...”

Discovered By: PavitB

LAURA WELSH

“Laura Welsh songs have a raw, emotional pull to them that is sure to draw comparisons to fellow Brit Adele. The sparse use of instruments helps in this matter, while also augmenting her vocal strengths far more than alt country, or other genres she's dabbled in...”