Best New Artists

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For October's iteration of SPIN's Five Artists to Watch series, there's a U.K. singer-songwriter who's refurnished her careers in the embers of Nashville's fast-burning country scene,…

Summer has not technically come to a close just yet, but brisk mornings and sweater weather are on the way. Ring in the end of…

The last full month of summer is — incredibly — upon us, and with it comes a batch of new artists to whom attention must…

With the summer months firmly upon us, SPIN has gathered up the most surefire new artists in July of 2015, including a nouveau-disco master with a voice…

The start of summer signals the arrival of a fresh wave of sound: a retro-leaning girl group with their eyes set on the future, an…

A young soul singer with a synthesized heart, a towering Swede ready to crush the pop competition with a comeback, a frenetic Midwestern trio hoping…

A sensational pop vocalist with a voice made of gold, a British post-punk trio with jittery bass lines, and so much more — these are five artists…

From a synth-pop Brooklyn R&B singer trying her luck at covering Beyoncé to a power-pop project initially sidelined by a life-altering illness, these are the…

From a trap-happy Australian DJ to a psych-rock savior to a handful of West Coast-based pop-punks, here are the five artists you need to know…

From a former treehouse-dwelling psych-pop singer to a woodsy Swedish supergroup to an '80s-leaning bunch of Australian college-rock nostalgists, these are five artists you need…

From a Queens of the Stone Age side-project to a sample-happy psych-rock foursome to a heavy-hearted singer-songwriter, these are five artists you need to know…

From a Detroit rapper already cosigned by Eminem to a pair of British bedroom-R&B producers to a lo-fi quintet from Philadelphia, these are five artists…

From an anonymous PC enthusiast to a Drake-signed MC to a unique member of Newark's growing club movement, these are five artists to know right…

From "post-industrial" techno to soulful New Orleans rock-and-roll to an experimental R&B enthusiast, here are five artists you need to know now.

From a thrashing group of Washington punks to angsty British rockers to dancing, pop-loving L.A. crooners, these are five artists to know right now.