Check out the Soundafide Monthly playlist, a project devoted to giving you fresh underground music. Here’s three artists from the list.
SPY
Bay Area, hardcore punk band, SPY, have been making noise internationally since the release of their debut EP, Service Weapon, in 2020.
This lean, mean 4-song project proved that SPY is as nasty as it gets. Their storming performance of tough-as-nails, gritty hardcore punk spreads urgent messages about racial and social justice.
Their debut intro track, “Violent Majority” is an ear-piercer even for rock fans with the most harsh noise endurance. Guitar tones squeal before lead singer Peter Pawlak’s barking entrance. The band roars back with absurd aggression.
Their latest single, “Big Man,” barrels forward at breakneck pace, building upon previous EP’s with another charismatic clobbering.
Be on the lookout for their upcoming debut LP, Satisfaction, set to come out on June 2nd.
Bloodshot Bill
Winner of the 2020 Ameripolitation Rockabilly Male Of The Year award, Bloodshot Bill is one to check out.
Supposedly his guitar twangs with more swagger than any other. It’s tough to disagree after hearing his latest release, Songs From the Sludge.
The 2023 project is his first all-instrumental album, one that is full of titillating rockabilly earworms with tasty raw guitar tones.
The first song “Busted Tail,” creeps up on the listener with a left-field yet mysteriously catchy melody.
“The Sludge” is a slightly more accessible, smiley piece of surf rock. Nevertheless, all the songs here ring with Bill’s usual stylized obscurities.
Belis
North Carolina artist, Belis, writes bubbly rap songs with memorable melodies.
Her sugary delivery, is a key characteristic of her appeal while resembling a prevalent pattern of higher pitched vocals in the current SoundCloud subculture. The bizarre, cartoonish style now seeps its influence in the modern hip hop landscape at large.
Even still, there’s a deeper story behind her trademark chirps. In 2019, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease in which the immune system randomly attacks the nerves. Paralyzed in half of her face, she’s had to relearn how to speak, and thus make music vocally.
Despite this, she hopes that her story will inspire others as the disease becomes a source of motivation for her.
Bouncing over thick 808s, her sing-rap flow effectively intermingles with glossy productions and candy-coated synth lines.
Listen to 13 minutes of glamorous pop exuberance on her 2021 EP, yearOne, a standout release in her discography.
