The Los Angeles-based sister trio, Haim, may have been one of the most buzzed about new bands of 2012, and this year they’re making a point to show everyone what the buzz is about. In the past year, the folk and R&B influenced band has released a well-received EP, toured with the likes of Florence + The Machine, and signed to Columbia Records. With such a successful start, we predict they’ll do even more great things in 2013. Este, the…

If a friend of Kristine Flaherty’s hadn’t called her out on dissing something she had never actually done herself before, we may not have jams like ‘So Fast, So Maybe” to be on the soundtrack of the first episode of the new season of HBO's GIRLS. K.flay’s earned a rep for delivering quick rhymes with quick wit with a high-energy live show, and it all started with putting her money where her mouth is. Here the indie rapper talks about…

Dominic Angelella and Brent “Ritz” Reynolds have been making music together as DRGN King since 2009, and now, nearly four years later, all their hard work has paid off. After taking two years to write and record their debut album, Paragraph Nights, the LP will be released on January 22 via Bar None Records, and the now-quintet couldn’t be more excited to share their music with the world. Hailing from Philadelphia, the band prides itself in successfully incorporating a range…

In the current world we live in, music is literally at your fingertips. With so much accessibility, it would seem more competitive to be in a new band right now, but John Kunkel of Los Angeles’ The New Division seems to disagree, crediting the “Internet Age” with his band’s climbing success. Though his electronic outfit’s most apparent influence is ‘80s New Wave, the vocalist always tries to incorporate the old with the new, and by embracing both sides, he may…