Joshua Winstead

For well over a decade, Joshua Winstead has played bass in Metric, an ongoing occupation that has involved the creation of six critically-acclaimed albums and multiple globe-spanning tours. But before that Winstead grew up as a singer and guitarist, and his songwriting, which toes the line between soulful bedroom pop and slinky R&B, grapples with racism and empathy in America. His first solo album, MMXX, was released in June 2016.

(Photo credit: Anton Lombardi)