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Feng Is Living For Anything But a 9 to 5 in "J*b"

February 7, 2026 “J*b” is an ode to every person counting down the minutes until they’re free from the shackles of employment.

Author: Jazmin Kylene

pop

indie pop

feng

job

Sydney Ross Mitchell’s “Cynthia” is Rock N’ Roll (Whether You Get it Or Not) [Q&A]

February 6, 2026 On a sunny January day in Los Angeles, Sydney Ross Mitchell stopped by to chat about her new EP Cynthia.

Author: Giselle Libby

singer songwriter

pop

indie

sydney ross mitchell

kisses on ice

cynthia

Whitney Whitney Yearns For "A Man Written By A Woman" In New Country Infused Single

February 6, 2026 The song, a follow-up to 2025 single “Isabelle,” sees Whitney Whitney on the search for a different kind of guy — one she could create herself.

Author: India McCarty

pop

country

whitney whitney

a man written by a woman

People I’ve Met’s “For Hire” Is Ostensibly Indie

February 5, 2026 "‘You can’t just have me when you want me.’”

Author: Noah Wade

indie

indie rock

people ive met

for hire

Dogpark Takes Off the Leash in the Biting 'Corporate Pudding' [Q&A]

February 5, 2026 "We’re trying to reach a point where Dogpark sounds exactly like Dogpark."

Author: DJ Connor

indie

alternative

interview

Dogpark

Annabelle Dinda Romanticizes Life Not Romance in 'Some Things Never Leave' [Q&A]

February 4, 2026 "What do I find easier to sing about than talk about… everything. Everything is easier to sing about than talk about."

Author: Rebeccah Blau

singer songwriter

indie

interview

folk rock

annabelle dinda

the hand

some things never leave

xaviersobased Comes of Age in His Experimental Debut Album 'Xavier'

February 4, 2026 'Xavier' arrives as 48 minutes of mind-altering magic from one of the most promising acts in hip-hop’s underground space.

Author: Carter Fife

rap

hip hop

album reviews

xaviersobased

xavier

Stanley Simmons Take You on a Mystical Trip in "Body Down" Video [Premiere + Q&A]

February 4, 2026 "I feel like music is slipping back into an era of real albums, but there was a long time where records weren’t really records."

Author: DJ Connor

folk

interview

stanley simmons

body down

fakemink Sets the Stage For a Global Takeover With 'The Boy who cried Terrified .'

February 3, 2026 fakemink is singlehandedly bringing back the grit of the SoundCloud rap he grew up on, only on a relentlessly propulsive mass scale.

Author: Jazmin Kylene

rap

hip hop

fakemink

the boy who cried terrified

Mandolin Captures a Palpable Warmth in ‘same feeling, different font’ [Q&A]

February 3, 2026 Leaving an album like 'same feeling, different font on read' is just not an option.

Author: DJ Connor

soul

interview

R&B

mandolin

same feeling different font

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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