• Native Sun
-No conversation about New York City rock’n’roll is complete without Native Sun. Fronted by Colombian-American songwriter Danny Gomez, the band makes cathartic and timeless songs that are undeniable. Along with drummer Nico Espinosa and bassist Justin Barry, their livewire local gigs are simultaneously welcoming and rowdy and it’s made them a can’t-miss fixture of city nightlife.
https://nativesunyc.bandcamp.com/
• CINEMA HEARTS
An ex-pageant queen who makes power pop? Cue Cinema Hearts, the indie rock musical project of Washington, D.C.’s Caroline Weinroth. Cinema Hearts’ Your Ideal EP, produced by Bartees Strange, chronicles the experience of competing in the world of Miss America pageants. A former Miss Virginia contender, Weinroth crafts songs about the loneliness, frustration and cut-throat drive it took to win, and then lose, on the glitzy pageant stage.
• Venray
-DC’s power slacker pair
https://venray.bandcamp.com/