Each year, The New Music Seminar, a music industry conference and festival held in New York, releases an annual list of their Top 100 new unsigned artists that are poised to break. This is referred to as their Artists on the Verge. This year, I had the opportunity to quarterback the A&R department at New Music Seminar, contributing my own artists to the list and curating the submissions to whittle down thousands of artists into the top 100. The full release can be found HERE.
Artist | Location | Genre | Social | Submitted By: |
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Ace Cosgrove | Gaithersburg, MD | Hip Hop | INDMUSIC | |
All Get Out | Charleston, SC | Rock | Next Big Sound | |
American Aquarium | Raleigh, NC | Country | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Belmont Lights | Los Angeles, CA | Pop / Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Bizzy Crook | New York, NY | Hip-Hop | Next Big Sound | |
Brika | Miami, FL | Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
California Honeydrops | Oakland, CA | Soul / Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Cam Meekins | Boston, MA | Hip Hop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Caroline Smith | Minneapolis, MN | R&B | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Cayetana | Philadelphia, PA | Rock / Punk | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Chaos Chaos | Brooklyn, NY | Pop / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Cheers Elephant | Los Angeles, CA | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
City of the Sun | New York, NY | Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Con Bro Chill | Portland, OR | Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Dangermuffin | Folly Beach, SC | Americana | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Darlingside | Cambridge, MA | Folk / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Desert Noises | Provo, UT | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
Relix |
Dinner and a Suit | Nashville, TN | Rock / Alternative | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Dorothy | Los Angeles, CA | Rock | Official Site |
Label Recruit, The Deli |
Dreamers | Brooklyn, NY | Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team, Piano’s |
Elliot Moss | New York, NY | Electronic | Official Site |
INDMUSIC |
Fictionist | Provo, UT | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Frances Cone | Brooklyn, NY | Folk / Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Ghost Loft | Los Angeles, CA | Electronic Producer | Official Site |
NMS Team |
GoldLink | Virginia | Rap/Hip-Hop | Label Recruit | |
Grace Weber | Brooklyn, NY | Singer-Songwriter | Official Site |
Label Recruit, INDMUSIC |
Great Caesar | Brooklyn, NY | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Great Good Fine OK | Brooklyn, NY | Pop / Rock | Official Site |
INDMUSIC |
Hippo Campus | Minneapolis, MN | Pop / Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
In The Whale | Denver, CO | Rock / Rap | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas | Detroit, MI | Indie / Pop | Official Site |
Label Recruit |
John Fullbright | Bearden, OK | Singer Songwriter | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Julia Weldon | Brooklyn, NY | Folk / Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Junglepussy | Brooklyn, NY | Rap/Hip-Hop | Label Recruit | |
Kehlani | Oakland, CA | R&B | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Kelsea Ballerini | Knoxville, TN | Country | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Kevin Garrett | Pittsburgh, PA | R&B | Official Site |
NMS Team |
LANY | Nashville, TN | Electronic / Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
LEAGUES | Nashville, TN | Rock / Alternative | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Lera Lynn | Nashville, TN | Americana | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Letters From The Fire | San Francisco, CA | Rock / Metal | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
little hurricane | San Diego, CA | Blues | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Love Inks | Austin, TX | Pop / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Lovebettie | Pittsburgh, PA | Pop/Rock | Official Site |
Label Recruit |
Lowly Spects | Costa Mesa, CA | Folk | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Magic Giant | Los Angeles, CA | Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Mansions on the Moon | Los Angeles, CA | Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Max Schneider | Los Angeles, CA | Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Megosh | Baltimore, MD | Rock | Label Recruit | |
Mesita | Denver, CO | Electronic / Producer | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Mick Jenkins | Chicago, IL | Hip Hop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Milkman | San Diego, CA | Electronic | Official Site |
INDMUSIC |
Misun | Washington D.C. | Electronic / Pop | NMS Team | |
Modern Baseball | Philadelphia, PA | Rock / Punk | The Deli | |
Monophonics | San Francisco, CA | Soul / Funk | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Moon Hooch | Brooklyn, NY | Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Moon Taxi | Nashville, TN | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Mosco Rosco | Los Angeles, CA | Pop / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Mother Feather | Brooklyn, NY | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
MOTHXR | Brooklyn, NY | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
Piano’s |
Nick Hakim | Washington D.C. | Singer-Songwriter | Official Site |
INDMUSIC |
Niia | New York, NY | Pop / Indie | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Old Dominion | Nashville, TN | Country | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Oyinda | New York, NY | Soul / Electronic | Official Site |
The Deli |
Parker Millsap | Purcell, OK | Country | Official Site |
Relix |
Parlours | Des Moines, IA | Pop/ / Indie | Official Site |
Relix |
Perfect Pussy | Syracuse, NY | Punk | Official Site |
Label Recruit |
Phosphene | Chicago, IL | Rock | Official Site |
Label Recruit |
Potty Mouth | Northampton, MA | Rock/Punk | Official Site |
INDMUSIC |
Prinze George | Brooklyn, NY | Electronic / Pop | Official Site |
The Deli |
Roadkill Ghost Choir | Deland, FL | Folk / Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Rome Fortune | Atlanta, GA | Rap / Hip-Hop | INDMUSIC | |
Sango | Grand Rapids, MI | R&B/Hip Hop | NMS Team | |
SHEL | Nashville, TN | Pop / Folk | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Shirley House | New York, NY | Electronic / Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Shook Twins | Sandpoint, ID | Pop | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Siya | Brooklyn, NY | Hip Hop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
SPZRKT | San Antonio, TX | R&B/Hip Hop | NMS Team | |
The Collection | Greensboro, NC | Folk | Official Site |
Independent Clauses |
The Family Crest | San Francisco, CA | Pop | Official Site |
NMS Team |
The Hotelier | Worcester, MA | Rock / Emo | Official Site |
NMS Team |
The Oh Hellos | San Marcos, TX | Folk | Official Site |
NMS Team |
The Shadowboxers | Atlanta, GA | Pop / Soul | Official Site |
NMS Team |
The Stone Foxes | San Francisco, CA | Rock / Blues | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Tony Castles | Brooklyn, NY | Rock / Indie | NMS Team | |
Torches | Los Angeles, CA | Rock / Alternative | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Tunji Ige | Philadelphia, PA | Rap / Hip-Hop | INDMUSIC | |
Turkuaz | Brooklyn, NY | Funk | Official Site |
Relix |
TWICEYOUNG | Nashville, TN | Rock | Official Site |
Label Recruit |
Twin Peaks | Chicago, IL | Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team, The Deli |
VÉRITÉ | New York, NY | Pop | NMS Team | |
Vinyl Pinups | Los Angeles, CA | Rock / Alternative | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Vinyl Thief | Nashville, TN | Pop / Indie | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Waterstrider | Oakland, CA | Pop | NMS Team | |
Wild Adriatic | Albany, NY | Soul / Rock | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Wild Child | Austin, TX | Rock / Indie | Official Site |
Next Big Sound, Relix |
Wildling | Los Angeles, CA | Rock / Alternative | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Young Oceans | Brooklyn, NY | Pop / Rock | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Young Summer | Washington D.C. | Pop / Electronic | Official Site |
NMS Team |
Zella Day | Pinetop, AZ | Pop | Official Site |
Next Big Sound |
Thank you to our NMS Artist on the Verge Team:
Jeff Lanier – AOV Director
Danielle Cocchi – AOV Coordinator
Selection Committee:
Rob Figarola, Mike Fordham, Christina LaRocca, Arshan Sadri
Submission Committee:
Luigy Chery, JonniQue Dale, Laura Ho, Isabel Imperatore, Julius Jones, Kate Makai, Meghan McGovern, Margaret Ntim, Edward Pierre-Paul, Quinn Slattery
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