Andrew Hozier-Byrne (born 17 March 1990), known professionally by the mononym Hozier, is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter from County Wicklow. He released his debut EP, featuring the hit single "Take Me to Church", in 2013 and his second EP, From Eden, in 2014. His eponymous debut studio album was released in Ireland in September 2014 and globally in October 2014. Hozier, the son of a local blues musician, was born in Bray, Ireland. He was raised in the minority Protestant Quaker faith and attended Delgany National School and St. Gerard's School before he began studying music at Trinity College, Dublin, but dropped

Glass Animals are an English indie rock band from Oxford consisting of members Dave Bayley (lead vocals, guitar), Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Edmund Irwin-Singer (bass, keys, backing vocals), and Joe Seaward (drums). The group released their debut album Zaba in June 2014 as the first release on producer Paul Epworth's label Wolf Tone, and their second album How to Be a Human Being on 26 August 2016, to critical acclaim. The band has toured internationally and featured on line ups at festivals such as Austin City Limits, Summer Well, Glastonbury, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Reading/Leeds, Falls Fe

"These dreams are more than paper things," sings Matt Quinn on Mt. Joy's infectious folk-rocker "Astrovan," a warm, yearning bit of road-trip philosophy that posits the existence of a Deadhead Jesus cruising the dusty highways of the countryside, nursing a roach on his way to only He knows where. It's an auspicious line from a band predicated on the revival of teenage dreams. Mt. Joy started off as a rekindling of shared musical ambitions between Philadelphia high school friends Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar). Reunited in Los Angeles thanks to the ebbs and flows of adult life, the pair met multi-instr

Claire Cottrill (born August 18, 1998), known professionally as Clairo, is an American recording artist from Carlisle, Massachusetts who wrote "Pretty Girl" (2017), a lo-fi-produced song that attracted over 26 million views on YouTube. She credited her sudden popularity to the website's algorithm system. Claire was born the daughter of Geoff Cottrill, a marketing executive who has held major positions at companies such as Coca-Cola. Under the names Clairo and DJ Baby Benz, Claire started posting music to Bandcamp while in high school before beginning to post covers and songs in addition to DJ mixes of rap music on SoundCl