George Lines drops the atmospheric track Falling. Confirmed for SXSW 2023 and having strong Spotify support – ‘Falling’ was one of the first songs I had written back in 2014 with a friend of mine Ryan Mulligan,” says Georgia. “I often play ‘Falling’ live in my solo sets and often have people asking where they can listen to this song”.

Georgia Lines is quickly becoming a household name in Aotearoa’s music industry. Georgia Lines EP has clocked over 4.5 million Spotify streams, was featured in Rolling Stone magazine and on MTV. Georgia’s single “No One Knows” won Georgia the Best Music Video award at 2021’s AMA’s (Aotearoa Music Awards). Her recently released EP HUMAN hit number 1 on the Official Top 20 NZ Album charts, with lead single “Faith” reaching number 1 on the Most Added Radioscope charts in Aotearoa. Most recently, Georgia was nominated for the 2022 AMA’s in the Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Best Pop Artist categories, taking out Breakthrough Artist.

Salt Lake City, singer songwriter Cera Gibson releases the track Daddy. Fans of Dylan, Lana Del Ray, Billie Eilish, and Marina will love. Along with songwriting, she is also a comedian, that amassed nearly 400k followers on TikTok. She creates a wide array of content, ranging from insightful social commentary, to satirical, sexualized parodies of popular media. From the latter, her following assigned her the label Mommy/Daddy. This soon took on a life of its own, changing the shape of Cera’s social media presence, and cultivating a very engaged viewership.

Look out for Lyrah and the track Everyone Else. You’ll like if you’re in the mood for something haunting, melancholic. Fans of Sasha Sloan, Lorde, Verite, and Maggie Rogers will love.

The track was added to Tidal’s Pop Somber. The LA based artist got her start as a writer for other artists, before releasing songs herself and landing on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds”, Tidal’s playlist “Pop Somber”, and Apple Music’s playlists “Vibes” and “Nightcap”.She‘s had tracks featured in HBO’s show “The Sex Lives of College Girls” and “Charmed”.

Watch out for Olah Bliss and the new song Run about a ‘ghetto love story’, that come off her Death Wish EP.

The Poland native, London-based artist Òlah Bliss makes gender-fluid, free form, alternative pop music. Born Aleksandra Glińska in Gniezno, Poland, Òlah Bliss moved to England as a teenage girl, seeking international music opportunities. Having to learn English first, she talked her way into a music college, where she received BTEC Higher National Diploma in Music, later moved to London, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Music at the University of Westminster.

Òlah’s debut EP “13:20” was heavily influenced by her early idol – Bjork, but whilst transitioning into the pop world with later releases, Òlah fell in love with alternative branches of pop music and that’s where she currently resides. With each release, she received support from Spotify and Apple Music editorial teams, securing playlists such as New Music Friday, Fresh Finds, Young & Free, All New All Now, Hyperpop and several others.

Having done many notable shows in the past, including London Fashion Week, SXSW and several support shows, Òlah established herself as a magnetic performer and is now rehearsing to resume live performances towards the last quarter of the year.

Watch out for the track Lake Sommen by Sasha & The Bear.

The indie duo was formed in Brooklyn NY by Sasha Daniel – singer, songwriter, producer and Dov Igel – songwriter, producer and singer. They started releasing indietronica songs that immediately caught the attention of Spotify playlists. In March 2022 Sasha Daniel and Dov Eagle spent time in the woods of Sweden. There with very minimal equipment – sound card, mic, 2 headphones, ukulele and a mini Roland JU-06A they recorded a 3 songs EP telling the story of loss and grief after Dov’s mom passing in May 2021.

‘The song is about the donating feeling of losing someone u love and the way to cope with the loss. The endless questions and loneliness, how simple things as going back home from a night out can get very dark and lonely once grief finds its way in and how a simple gesture from a follow human can shine light in the darkness.”