Sunset Rollercoaster is a 5-piece jazz-influenced synth-pop band from Taipei, Taiwan consisting of Kuo-Hung Tseng (vocals, guitar), Hung-Li Chen (bass), Shao-Hsuan Wang (keyboard), Tsun-Lung Lo (drums), Hao-Ting Huang (saxophone), and former member Shih-Wei Huang (percussion). The name originated from a Photo Booth picture the group had taken for their MySpace profile in the 2009, which had a rollercoaster in front of a sunset as the background. The band mostly sings in English, despite being based in a Mandarin-speaking country, which, according to lead singer Kuo Kuo, is to allow them to speak indirectly and allow audiences to discern their own meaning.
Monsune is the stage name of Scott Zhang, a Canadian indie pop and synthpop musician from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 single "Mountain", which was a nominee for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2020. Zhang released "Nothing in Return", his debut single as Monsune, in 2017.
Trop-pop duo Summer Salt – singer/guitarist Matthew Terry and drummer Eugene Chung – spent many years building towards their latest album, Sequoia Moon (2021), ever since jettisoning their Dallas, Texas, hometown for the arts-and-culture oasis of Austin after graduating high school in the early 2010s. The band quickly rose through the ranks of the local Austin scene with their 2014 debut Driving To Hawaii, teeming with both the escapism and recklessness of youth and the composure and charm of ‘60s-era pop, doo wop and bossa nova.
Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parker, Dominic Simper, Jay Watson, Cam Avery, and Julien Barbagallo.
The Marías are an indie pop band from Los Angeles, California, composed of Puerto Rican lead singer María Zardoya and Los Angeles native and drummer Josh Conway. An indie pop combo known for their smooth cocktail of psych, jazz, Latin, and lounge influences, the Marías came out of the Los Angeles club circuit in 2017, quickly establishing themselves with a classy, sophisticated sound.
The 21-yeard old West Londoner has been turning heads ever since her debut onto the music scene, Hope Tala is not only an important new voice in music but also for her generation, she reflects on her experiences as a POC and a member of the LGBTQ community within her sound.
Comprised of Luke Asgian, Wyatt Flom, and brothers Indy and Ashton Minnich, Sun Room embodies the feelings of the southern sun and carefree coastal living. Inspired by both the old and new, the band takes from '60s rock and the current Australian surf rock scene to craft their own refined sound.