The Law of Attraction. Mysterious, yet undeniable. A kind of magic. How else does one explain the union of three gifted musicians from far-flung locations and diverse influences? Seattle-born Amanda Hardy, finding her considerable voice and songwriting skills in the works of Alice in Chains and Chris Cornell. Canadian Steve Costello, accomplished blues/rock guitarist, inspired by the likes of Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age. And Tosh Peterson, SoCal drummer and Jaws fan, reaching fresh heights in the art form through supernatural focus and self-discipline, fast outgrowing his iconic influences. Tip all this into the mix and what do you get? Grungy, melodic, distortion-driven rock with heartfelt lyrics and myriad vocal layers. Bexley. A uniquely original vibe.

carolesdaughter aka Thea Taylor has already struck a chord. After buzzing with previous releases, “cold bathroom floor” and “my mother wants me dead,” carolesdaughter wrote viral success “violent” over a somber beat laden with 808s and creaky acoustic guitar. She uploaded it to Soundcloud, and it quickly racked up two million streams. Now, the track has over 230 million streams across all platforms. She transmutes turbulence into strangely soothing alternative pop anthems awash in lo-fi glitch, bedroom acoustics, and gutter goth elegance. Amassing millions of streams independently and landing a deal with Arista Records, carolesdaughter makes an immediate connection on a series of singles and her 2021 debut.

Originally from Pinetop, AZ, singer/songwriter Zella Day starting exploring music at a young age. By 20, she’d released her debut LP, Kicker, and was playing sets on high-profile stages like Bonnaroo and Coachella. Relocating to L.A., Day honed her songwriting craft, resulting in her acclaimed 2020 EP, Where Does The Devil Hide, and collaborations with Lana Del Rey. Day’s music continues to refine and develop, soon to be showcased on her sophomore LP due later this year.

With a sound and aesthetic brightly bleached by their Southern California roots, indie four-piece Sun Room plays a shiny brand of high-energy rock that is retro-reverent, but with a fresh exuberance that is unmistakably modern. The band’s most recent single, “Crashed My Bike,” featured prominently in the Netflix series, Outer Banks, and the band is currently touring extensively around the U.S.

Curiously named after his drives to a regular gig at a local library running a Lego club for kids, the musical endeavors of New Jersey singer/songwriter/producer Conrad Hsiang follow a similarly imaginative path. Drawing from a wide array of influences, Hsiang’s colorful brand of bright, airy indie pop is driven by a singular vision that also informs all his accompanying artwork, capturing a warm, intangbily nostalgic vibe.

Originally from the Atlanta suburbs and now based in Nashville, Pruitt has been building to a career breakthrough over the past few years following the release of her Our Vinyl Live Session EP in March of 2018. Since the release, Pruitt has been highlighted as one of NPR Music’s “Slingshot: 20 Artists to Watch,” while Rolling Stone crowned her one of “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know” and Southwest Magazine included her in their “Artists on the Rise.” In February 2020, she released her debut album Expectations to critical acclaim, and will be embarking on a U.S. headline tour this fall.

Gina Chavez was a 2020 Latin GRAMMY nominee for her first all-Spanish language album, La Que Manda. A native Austinite and a 12-time Austin Music Award winner, including 2019 Best Female Vocals and 2015 Austin Musician of the Year, her NPR Tiny Desk concert has more than 1.2 million views. She has been a featured guest on Brené Brown’s new podcast, Unlocking Us and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Gina’s music is deeply personal. Her passionate collection of bilingual songs takes audiences on a journey to discover her Latin roots through music as she shares her life story. Gina tours internationally as a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department and runs Niñas Arriba, a college fund she co-founded with her wife for young women in El Salvador. She is featured alongside Oprah, Beyonce, Mahalia Jackson, Dolly Parton and many more in Southern Living’s new book celebrating “100 extraordinary women who have left their indelible mark on the South and beyond.”

Jany Green defies classification but exudes total star quality. He was born and raised in Alaska, growing accustomed to the dark, the cold, and the cultural isolation that made reaching audiences outside of the state a challenge. Having started making hip-hop at 11 years old, Green found himself stuck in a negative loop of rap. To break the cycle, he moved to Los Angeles, and tasked himself with writing songs from a more positive space. Already, his feel-good ambitions appear to strike a chord. His early single “Little” went viral, surpassing eight million streams, while 2020's infectious single “Move” is also featured in a major Samsung campaign.

Since bursting onto the scene in 2019 with her debut single, “Barrio,” Dominican/Italian singer/songwriter YENDRY (aka Yendry Fiorentino) has been wowing listeners, audiences and critics with her distinctively soulful vocals and blend of Caribbean grooves and modern electronic pop. Follow up singles like “Colors” and “YOU” have only enhanced her mystique, alongside her profile in the fashion scene marked by global campaigns for Puma, Desigual and others. Currently working on her debut album, YENDRY is expected to drop a new single, a collaboration with J Balvin, soon.

Canadian singer/songwriter Tenille Arts burst onto the Nashville scene in 2016 with her debut EP and has since taken the Country world by storm. Her songs have surpassed 130 million streams on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, YouTube and others. Her recent single, “Somebody Like That” from her sophomore album Love, Heatbreak & Everything In Between was the first #1 song to be performed, written and produced by women, was #1 on Billboard’s All Genre Bubbling Under Hot 100 Chart. She has a third studio album due later this year.

Named the 2020 AIMP Songwriter of the Year, 2019 AIMP Rising Artist-Writer of the Year, as well as a 2019 CMA Triple Play Award winner, HARDY also scored multiple 2021 ACM Award nominations, and as a writer has earned eight #1 singles. His debut album A ROCK was exclusively announced by Rolling Stone which named him “a prolific songwriter” with a “knack for irreverent storytelling,” while Billboard selected it as one of the10 Best Country Albums of 2020, and The New York Times’ Jon Caramanica named it one of his Best Albums of 2020.

Imbued with the grit of vintage country music and the grace of gospel, Leah Blevins’ debut album, First Time Feeling, is a scrapbook of sorts, a collage of feelings and memories from a decade spent working in Nashville while missing the small town she left behind. “It’s a timestamp of my twenties,” says the Sandy Hook, Kentucky, native. “Here are all the stories and all the experiences from that decade. Here are all the mixed emotions I’ve felt about things I’ve gone through and people I’ve met along the way. It’s about coming into womanhood, but it’s more than just a coming-of-age story. It’s me discovering that I’m capable of writing a song on my own. I’m capable of staying sober. I’m capable of all these things that once felt so far out of reach.

Originally hailing from the ranks of influential Austin hip-hop collective Team Next, The Teeta swiftly distinguished himself via his unique delivery and inventive wordplay. Branching out on his own in 2016 with his Keys EP, the prolific rapper was quickly dubbed one of the leaders of the next generation of Texan hip-hop. He released no fewer than three projects in 2020 and plans to drop an ambitious, multi-media project this year entitled 24.

A seasoned rapper whose lyrics tell the story of struggle and the wisdom gained from it, OMB Peezy first made a name for himself through his somber narratives on his debut EP on 300 Entertainment, Humble Beginnings. His 2018 tape, Preacher to the Streets, only confirmed his talents via appearances by names like T.I., G-Eazy and others. While working on what he considered his proper debut LP, Peezy released another mixtape, In the Meantime, to keep his name in the game during the pandemic. With the release of Too Deep for Tears in March of 2021, featuing a remix of his viral single, “Big Homie,” Peezy’s status as a future legend seems indisputable.

gigi is a Nashville-based indie singer-songwriter who makes organic, acoustically driven music and highlights some clever lyricism and immersive storytelling. She’s committed to exploring the raw imperfections of life through music and grew up with a performance background, trying everything in the arts from acting in musicals at The King’s Academy in her hometown of West Palm Beach, Florida, studying at the Berklee College of Music, and performing indie showcases with her band Wendy Lane in Brooklyn. Throughout it all, she has always clung true to focusing on growing her voice and storytelling ability. As gigi now embarks on her solo career, she pulls from influences ranging from Jeff Buckley to Phoebe Bridgers to Lady Gaga in search of creating her own signature sound.

At 21 years old, native New Yorker Leyla Blue is a pop songwriter for the modern age. Boasting a disarmingly soulful voice, a hip sensibility and a flair for big, infectious hooks, Blue’s songs spill over with sweet, soaring harmonies, contemporary beats and sultry production. Her single “What a Shame” hit the Spotify Viral charts in multiple countries (including the U.S. and Global charts), went viral on TikTok and is currently certified platinum in Brazil. She has two million monthly listeners on Spotify, over 170,000 followers on TikTok and more than 55,000 followers on Instagram.

Madrid-born and Miami-based Samantha Sánchez plays an assertive blend of hip-hop-inflected pop that is infectious, futuristic and in your face. Having started by emulating her favorite artists on YouTube, Sánchez parlayed her love of creative expression and performance into a dynamic music career. She has already released a string of singles under Rebeleon Entertainment and amassed a massive following on social media. Sánchez currently counts over 304,000 followers on Instagram and over 515,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel.

Boasting a silkily soulful voice that belies the uncompromising nature of her assertive lyrics, Raiche emerged from Pittsfield, MA with the aptly titled EP, DRIVE, featuring a clutch of infectious tracks like “Complicated,” “Money Pies” and “Pick a Side.” Having overcome a series of setbacks to forge her own career, Raiche’s music comes with a firm message of self-assurance and ambition, but is delivered with a sound that is as sweet as it is strong.

Austin-based singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Zach Person is steadily making a name for himself as the fresh new face of blues music by way of his modern take on the signature American genre. A former competitor on American Idol, Person’s music career has been on a steady ascent, confirmed by his acclaimed eponymous debut LP.

Mattiel, the critically lauded Atlanta-based band fronted by Mattiel Brown and produced by Jonah Swilley, have become known for their gritty and provocative rock ‘n’ roll sound. Championed by Jack White, who took them out on arena shows around the U.S., they show no signs of slowing down. Rolling Stone compares Brown’s gorgeously yearning, full-voiced alto range” to Niko, while NPR raves “There’s something delightfully unique about Mattiel’s music. A pinch of garage rock, a touch of psychedelia, some galloping honky-tonk and at the lead, Mattiel’s powerful and assertive vocals.”

Austin’s own Superfónicos are a versatile, high-energy Afro-Colombian act that plays a dizzying blend of funk, Afro-beat, jazz, soul, punk and blistering rock, sprinkled with the sounds of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Already ACL veterans, Superfónicos radiate an irrepressibly positive energy every time their eight members perform on stage.

Four albums into a promising career as a folk singer/songwriter, Houston-born/Austin-based David Ramirez found himself in a new relationship, and he let that romance inspire his songwriting. As developments unfurled, that relationship hit the rocks, and the tone of Ramirez’s raw, introspective music started focusing on recovery and rebirth in the wake of destruction. The end result, My Love is a Hurricane, became a cathartic collection of songs about love that, upon the arrival of the pandemic, resonated with listeners on a whole new level. Building upon that emotional work, David Ramirez decided to open himself up further and released Backslider this past March, a hopeful album that explores his love of gospel.