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    Hunter Daily Takes Us Through Her EP 'Claw Marks,’ Track by Track
                            September 19, 2025
            
                            "After a 4.5-year relationship, letting go wasn’t clean. It was messy, desperate, and it left marks."
            
        
                    
                Author:
    DJ Connor
                
        
                    
        
    Jazzie Young's 'Everything Changes' Is An Invitingly Introspective Debut
                            September 1, 2025
            
                            Young took the time to answer our burning questions about her debut album, change, and indie movie references.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Rebeccah Blau
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Romy Mars Is Tired of Stroking Your Fragile "Ego"
                            August 12, 2025
            
                            Mars masks a pointed resentment under the veneer of a carefree, summery bop.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alessandra Rincon
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Noah Rinker’s 'Burning Daylight' Is an Authentic and Hopeful Journey Through Life and Music
                            June 20, 2025
            
                            Seamlessly blending folk and pop, Noah Rinker’s new EP is a heartfelt journey that pulls at your emotions and sparks the urge to drive—with no destination, just the music and the moment.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Taylor Brooks
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Alice Phoebe Lou Strips Love Down to Its Core in "The Surface"
                            May 21, 2025
            
                            "'The Surface' is a stream of conscious love song about the deep and contradictory feelings that rise up when exploring a connection..."
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alessandra Rincon
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Laufey Taps Into Her Anger In Breakup Anthem “Tough Luck”
                            May 20, 2025
            
                            Continuing on her mission to bring jazz to Gen-Z, the Chinese-Icelandic star offers up her latest single, “Tough Luck."
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Rebeccah Blau
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Andy Tongren Sparks Dopamine Receptors in Effortless Debut Single "So Good"
                            May 14, 2025
            
                            "So Good" is a soundtrack for the moments we preserve in our fondest memories.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Grace Holtzclaw
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Romy Mars' "A-Lister" Is a Tongue-in-Cheek Indie Pop Earworm
                            May 13, 2025
            
                            "A-Lister" sees Mars embrace her nepo-baby image, turning it into an ironic, candy-coated eye-roll at the hollowness of fame.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alessandra Rincon
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Gigi Perez Pens a Stirring Tale of Love and Loss in 'At The Beach, In Every Life'
                            May 1, 2025
            
                            "This is the album I needed to listen to when I was twenty years old following the passing of my older sister, Celene."
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alessandra Rincon
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Fletcher Kent Brings Live Energy and Musical Storytelling.
                            May 1, 2025
            
                            Central Coast artist Fletcher Kent is a performer at heart. From the moment he first took the stage as a kid, he knew that music was something he wanted to chase forever.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Daini Stephenson
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Noah Cunane Pens "Miami" For the One Who Got Away
                            April 17, 2020
            
                            "Miami" is a song that brings you back the good and bad of a first love gone too soon.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Joey Legittino
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Allison Ponthier Isn't Content to Live Life Stuck on "Autopilot"
                            April 8, 2022
            
                            Ponthier's deeply personal sonic musings never fail to capture an air of the universal.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alessandra Rincon
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Dylan Conrique Bids a Fond Farewell to Her Childhood in “Gatekeeper”
                            February 9, 2023
            
                            There is a comforting and familiar nostalgia to be found in Conrique's latest stripped-back stunner.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Tatum Van Dam
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    Isabel Dumaa's Debut Album, “Just My Nature,” Is a Portrait of Her Purpose
                            October 18, 2024
            
                            We reached out to the Bay Area-born-now-LA-based artist to get all the deep details of this amazing release.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    DJ Connor
                
        
                    
        
    ![John The Blind Embraces His Laid Back Personality in Acoustic "Sticky" Video [PREMIERE]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/john-the-blind-ones-to-watch.jpg) 
        
    
    John The Blind Embraces His Laid Back Personality in Acoustic "Sticky" Video [PREMIERE]
                            March 7, 2019
            
                            Former songwriter for Harry Styles, John Legend, and Maroon 5, John The Blind has officially stepped into his own.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alissa Arunarsirakul
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    mxmtoon's 'the masquerade' Is a Deeply Personal Debut to Lose and Find Yourself in
                            September 17, 2019
            
                            Tucked within the pages of this rhyming diary are the moving, intimate glances into the life of what could be any teenager on the face of this planet.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Maxamillion Polo
                
        
                    
        
     
        
    
    ALMA's "Lonely Night" Is Your Go-To Sad Party Song
                            June 21, 2019
            
                            "Lonely Night" by ALMA  is, and I can not stress this enough, a certified bop. 
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Jess Myers
                
        
                    
        
    Sky McCreery Is Back With a Diary Entry From a Broken Heart
                            March 2, 2020
            
                            McCreery has a unique gift for showing the emptiness and longing of West Coast relationships.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Jenna Singer
                
        
                    
        
    ![Get a  Taste of Heartbreak in LA with Riah's Dreamy 'Heartbreak Magic' EP [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/riah-ones-to-watch_1568140679.jpg) 
        
    
    Get a Taste of Heartbreak in LA with Riah's Dreamy 'Heartbreak Magic' EP [Q&A]
                            September 10, 2019
            
                            "At the end of the day, that's what anyone wants. To be connected, understood, and loved by other people."
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Alissa Arunarsirakul
                
        
                    
        
    ![Stella Donnelly Doesn't Shy Away From Tough Conversations On 'Beware of the Dogs' Debut [NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/stella-donnelly-ones-to-watch-3_1559151646.png) 
        
    
    Stella Donnelly Doesn't Shy Away From Tough Conversations On 'Beware of the Dogs' Debut [NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY]
                            May 28, 2019
            
                            From a bad boss, Australia's political problems, to the #MeToo movement, Donnelly explores tough topics in a creatively cohesive way that leaves listeners with a complete narrative.
            
        
                    
                Author:
    Sloan Pecchia