Flavor Wave’s single, “The Optimist,” arrived less like a declaration and more like someone tentatively drawing back a dusty curtain on a grey afternoon. From West Chester, PA, these five lifelong friends – Kyle Loedel (vocals, lyrics), Matthew Stretch (lead guitar), Patrick Blair (rhythm guitar), Noah Montgomery (bass), and Joshua Speaker (performer/drums) – typically tread alternative rock paths nodding to influences like The Strokes....

Daniella Binyamin is a singer, songwriter, and composer who grew up in two worlds due to her origins in the rural areas of Sweden as well as the vibrant metropolis of the Middle East. https://soundcloud.com/danibinyamin/out-of-fuel-2/s-1mW99NSKrFY The emphasis of her music is on her delicate and present voice as well as the methods in which she tells stories; her music is both strong and vulnerable. Her first...