Emerging London band Solar Strides offer up a fun and punchy brand of 60s blues-infused alternative rock with tinges of indie.
Introducing: Solar Strides
Discover This: Eric Vattima
We've come across a few diverse artists in our time but Nashville, Tennessee, based Eric Vattima is right up there with his fusion of rock and alternative with R'n'B and hip-hop.
New Band of the Week: Salt Hill
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
Discover This: Furlong
When we spoke to angsty Australian rockers Furlong they gave us a bit of insight into feedback they'd had from other - clearly inferior - blogs about their sound. Those blogs are wrong/
Discover This: Holmstrum
Surprise by location, surprise by sound. Surprise, Arizona, quartet Holmstrum fuse pop-punk and alt-rock with elements of metalcore and overtly emo lyrics to form a fascinatingly diverse sound that varies from track to track.
Discover This: Scratch
International duo Scratch are on the verge of releasing their debut album despite their two members living as far apart as physically possible.
New Band of the Week: Novustory
They may describe themselves as 'alternative rock' but Bury quartet Novustory embody the hard-hitting power and sass of their heavier rock and metal counterparts.
Discover This: Timmy Nawman
Having started his musical career in several metal bands, the recording process fuelled Timmy Nawman's passion for recording his own more punky, pop-punk, alternative rock flavoured brand of music.
Discover This: Queen’s Teeth
A mixture of British and American band members as well as crossing the boundaries of alternative rock, hard rock and metal makes Chicago-based Queen's Teeth an intriguing proposition.
Discover This: Indigo Zebras
We've featured a few pretty young bands over the last few years but Tennessee band Indigo Zebras have to be the youngest, given their lead singer is just 14-years-old.
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