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Sounds Like: If Run-DMC's "Walk This Way" stomped out of Queens and ended up in the rural south.  For Fans Of: Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem," Jay Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," unexpected fusions thereof  Why You Should Pay Attention: A product of the New South heralded by Bubba Sparxxx's 2001 Dark Days, Bright Nights, Big Smo […]

Sounds Like: Scandinavian synth-pop taking the Top 40 on a weekend bender.  For Fans Of: Icona Pop, Sia  Why You Should Pay Attention: Stockholm-based Tove Lo (that's "Too-va Loo") was in "a dark, little hole trying to numb the pain" when "Habits (Stay High)" came pouring out of her. In its corresponding video, the 26-year-old […]

Sounds Like: A nervous breakdown, usually with enough optimism to push through to another song. For Fans Of: letlive., Every Time I Die, Glassjaw Why You Should Pay Attention: The group's vocalist, Caleb Shomo, previously fronted Attack Attack! – the EDM-infused metalcore group who spawned the "crabcore" genre thanks to their creepy-crawly dance in their […]

Sounds Like: Kim Deal's Tammy Ampersand era, Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks theme run through the VSCO app, the 5th-Annual McCarren Park Intramural Kickball Tournament. For Fans Of: Best Coast, the Clean, the Shangri-Las. Why You Should Pay Attention: First conceived as a side project between Drew Citron and Vivian Girl Frankie Rose, Beverly took on […]

Sounds like: Sugary pop with a liberal helping of Miami bad-girl For Fans Of: Iggy Azalea, Rihanna, "Leave (Get Out)"-era JoJo Why You Should Pay Attention: The feisty Dahlia left her hometown of Miami after high school to search for a record deal in New York. Two shitty waitressing jobs and an even worse boyfriend […]

Sounds Like: Your man asking if he can spend the night at the end of a date. For Fans Of: Miguel, Trey Songz, good guys that promise to love you in the morning Why You Should Pay Attention: The music of Adrian Marcel offers a tonic to the unbridled machismo prevalent in this year's R&B […]

Sounds Like: DJ Rashad's hyper cousin, delivering a whiplash update on kuduro, the Portuguese music form that draws on Caribbean soca and zouk. But Marfox also has traces of Angolan house, batida, kizomba, tarraxinha and funaná in his kinetic grooves For Fans Of: DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, RP Boo Why You Should Pay Attention: With […]

Sounds Like: Friendly noise, spasmodic punk, sugary pop, and the occasional black metal blastbeat having a sweaty cagematch in an Austin garage For Fans Of: Ponytail, Deerhoof, Melt-Banana Why You Should Pay Attention: Future Death make real-deal noise-punk for anyone who misses the Aughties heyday of bands like Lightning Bolt and Hella. Their debut album, […]

Sounds Like: Mumford & Sons if they were weaned on middle-period Fleetwood Mac.  For Fans Of: The Civil Wars, Lumineers, other pop acts who think like folkies (or vice-versa).  Why You Should Pay Attention: Irish émigré Jimmy Brown, his North Carolina wife Ashlee Hardee Brown, and her brothers Jordan and C.J. all gave up solo pursuits to join […]

Sounds Like: Smoking spliffs in an all-girl gang at a sleepover; there is probably also wine For Fans Of: Outkast, Janelle Monáe, Audra the Rapper Why You Should Pay Attention: A classically trained flautist and back-up singer who once toured with Har Mar Superstar, Melissa Jefferson has rapped, sung and trilled her way through a […]