Watch out for EstherLivia and the track Hollow. It’s reminiscent of the 90’s Shirley Manson fronted act Garbage blended with Billie Eilish. The song would fit nicely on Spotify’s Indie Pop Playlist.

She says this about the track, “Bad relationships are not a fun thing, but somehow they always seem to turn out to a great song. So thank you for that at least.”

Estherlivia is 24 years old and started out as a producer in her childhood home in Mariestad, Sweden. Old school hip-hop beats laid the groundwork but later her music evolved into more pop oriented songs over the beats.  After 4 years in Stockholm, Estherlivia released the songs like If I Ever Feel Again, I Would Never and Give Me Love.

Watch out for Belaro and the new track Sober. You’ll like if you love R&B, rhythmic, a little throwback, and pop. The track is a collaboration with producer/songwriter, Colby O’Donis, who is also featured on Lady Gaga’s hit “Just Dance”. Belaro, based in LA has landed on Spotify’s “Just Hits,” “Fresh Finds“, and “Fresh Finds: Pop”.

You can check her out at The Peppermint Club on 10/25.  Stream the track on KOAR’s Indie Invaders Playlist.

The Berlin based bedroom indie pop artist Clide, our favorite sad boy pop artist, just dropped Come Over. The new track comes off the Feelings EP.

“It’s a really pure song where I tried to express the thoughts and feelings that were running around my head at the time,” says Clide. “I like the song so much, because it’s so honest and real, and I hope others can feel that too.”

The songwriter Berlin based songwriter landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday in the U.S. with his last track Can’t Give Back Your Love. Stream it on KOAR’s Indie Invaders Playlist.

Warner Music has snatched up The Walters after a bidding war among labels. The Chicago indie rock band released their first EP, Songs for Dads, and landed on Spotify’s U.S. Viral Top 50. Ironically, the band broke up a few year ago, but a resurgence on TikTok may have brought the band back together. The power of the Tok.

The band released two songs “Hunk Beach” and “I Want to Be Good”, and their song “I Love You So” went viral on TikTok and has garnered over 15,000,000 views on YouTube.

The band has performed at Chicago venues such as the Metro, House of Blues, Riot Fest Chicago, and the Lollapalooza Festival.

LACES aka Jessica Vaughn drops the new uptempo track Girlfriend. You’ll like if you love indie electro pop.

She pens and produces music for Hasbro cartoons such as Jem & the Holograms, Baby Alive, Littlest Pet Shop, Equestria Girls, and her songs landed  on the CW, Netflix, ABC. Before LACES she was Charlotte Sometimes, signing to Geffen Records at 18.

She’s landed on Spotify’s Soda, Fierce Femmes, Indie Pop, Chill Pop, and New Music Friday . Give it a stream on KOAR’s indie invaders Playlist.