Jess Benko, a singer-songwriter based in Toronto, started uploading spare, plaintive acoustic ballads to SoundCloud in 2019. Tracks like “Maybe You Miss Me” began to pick up thousands of streams, “but ...
"When I saw that artists weren't being discovered based on the merit of their work but on who they knew, that felt so wrong," says indify CEO Shav Garg. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer Shav Garg and ...
How three companies are helping finance independent artists -- no strings attached. By Kristin Robinson Senior Writer This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends ...
The other week, Kanye West launched a sustained Twitter assault against two pillars of the modern music industry — major labels and unfair record deals. He announced his intent to build a world where ...
With SXSW 2016 kicking off, we’ve rounded up some of the best new acts around and teamed up with data geniuses indify to take a look at who’s the buzziest going into this year’s festival. In case you ...