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Tory Silver (she/they) is a queer songwriter and indie-rock musician based in Pittsburgh, PA. Their latest record, In Through the Front with Lasers, is out May 29, 2026.

Tory Silver

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Role Models: Tory Silver Looked Up to Jay Som Before They Even Worked Together

It’s not an exaggeration to call Lynn Breedlove one of America’s most important queer artists and most influential living storytellers. From his formative career as the lead singer of seminal dyke punk band Tribe 8 to his work as a trans activist in San Francisco founding the nonprofit rideshare service Homobiles, to his Lambda Literary Award-winning book and solo stage production Lynn Breedlove’s One Freak Show, Breedlove has used a singular voice to tell queer stories for over 30 years.
(Photo Credit: Daniel Foerste)

Lynn Breedlove

Why I Like Dead Guys

Indigo De Souza has been making music since they were a child, and busked on the streets of downtown Asheville, North Carolina as a preteen. Born in 1997 to a white American artist mother and a black-Brazilian musician father, De Souza moved to a rural Appalachian mountain community after their parents’ divorce. Raised by their single mother who glued naked Barbie dolls to her flaming red pickup truck and protested various government actions in a conservative town of 2,000 people, Indigo felt like an outsider during their childhood. As they entered their teens and early 20s, they pursued music and navigated abandonment that triggered intense sadness and anxiety.
In 2018, their first studio album, I Love My Mom, was reissued by Saddle Creek, building their grassroots fanbase. Their second album, Any Shape You Take (2021) marked a turning point in De Souza’s career, earning Best New Music from Pitchfork. Following its release, they toured nationally and globally. All of This Will End (2023), their third album, also received strong critical praise with Atwood Magazine calling it “nothing short of brilliance.” De Souza regularly fills beloved venues and is known for their emotional and vulnerable live performances.
Indigo&#8217;s latest single &#8220;Come To God&#8221; is out now.

Indigo De Souza

Open The Floodgates

Matteo Liberatore is a visual artist and composer who performs as Molto Ohm. The latest Molto Ohm record, Reality Pills, is out February 2026. 
(Photo Credit: Brianna DiFelice)

Matteo Liberatore

Boris Yeltsin and Me

Silver Liz is the New York-based project of Carrie and Matt Wagner. Their latest record, III, is out now via Extremely Pure.

Silver Liz

Role Models: Silver Liz Bonded Over Beach House

Sam Wenc is a Philadelphia-based composer and pedal steel guitarist. For over a decade, he released music as Post Moves, and now performs solo under his own name. His latest record, Language At An Angle, is out January 30, 2026, via Lobby Art Editions.

Sam Wenc

Role Models: Susan Alcorn Helped Sam Wenc Stay Curious

Bruce Driscoll is a producer, songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. He is one-half of the duo Freedom Fry, and plays in the band Ivy.

Bruce Driscoll

What We Leave Behind

Devin S. Norris is a Los Angeles-based composer whose music has appeared in thousands of productions from M3GAN to Euphoria. He’s also created music for brands including Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz, as well as a T-Mobile Super Bowl commercial. He enjoys making music for his lo-fi artist project dv/sn and writing about the absurdity of the music industry.

Devin S. Norris

Gobbling Up the Musical Crumbs

KMRU is Joseph Kamaru, a Nairobi, Kenya-born, Berlin-based ambient musician.

KMRU

Echoes in the Moonlight

country girl’s upbringing was steeped in orchestral tradition and solitude. As a home schooled teenager, he enrolled in Juiliard’s Precollege program to study flute. At the age of 16, he discovered contemporary genres, now citing minimalist composers such as Steve Reich and slick projects in the vein of Air as key influences.
country girl is based in Brooklyn, and his latest EP, patience, is out now on FADER Label.

country girl

What Zohran Means For Alternative Music in New York

A fixture in New York’s experimental and indie scenes, Boshra AlSaadi has performed internationally with acts like TEEN and Janka Nabay &amp; the Bubu Gang, blending visual art, anti-folk, and diasporic storytelling into her music. Born in Damascus and raised in Pennsylvania, she came up through NYC’s East Village anti-folk scene while at Cooper Union, co-founded Looker (Serious Business Records), toured globally, and performed at Bonnaroo and the Kennedy Center.
After being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in her 30s, AlSaadi turned inward, transforming her experiences into deeply personal songwriting and production. She has collaborated with NYC artists including Jennifer Vanilla and Jason McMahon, and produced records for AJ Lambert. Now based in Los Angeles, she brings her full creative force, musician, songwriter, producer, visual artist, into SAADI.
SAADI&#8217;s Birds of Paradise is out now on Switch Hit Records.

Boshra AlSaadi

Role Models: How Janka Nabay Took My Snark Away

Raised between Lagos and London, Halima draws from a tri-continental well. From early explorations of folk and piano to later studies of jazz and R&amp;B, her sound pulls unapologetically from a broad musical spectrum. Halima&#8217;s work embodies the intersection of self-discovery, community, &amp; the complexity of life&#8217;s connections. Her debut record, SWEET TOOTH, is out now.

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