“Legends of the Underside”, our NN Music Video of the Week, is a unique and completely original, award winning musical feature, written and performed by hip-hop artists, Ultra_eko and DaRealMrLee. Using hip-hop to tell a story through the visual medium, “Legends of the Underside” is quite unlike anything else.

Amsterdam-based artist Papa Aashi is once again breaking boundaries with his latest release, "boyz II men", which has been designated our latest NN Song of the Week.

BeatStars, the world’s #1 marketplace for buying and selling beats, has just announced a partnership with software developer Resonant Cavity, creators of the popular mobile studio and vocal effects app Voloco.

Music production school IO Music Academy has announced their new scholarship in partnership with There Is A Light (TIAL) Foundation. Dedicated to educating the next generation of aspiring music producers, applications are due on January 1, 2024, with winners set to be announced on January 9th.

Danish pop artist ELBA ends the year with another irresistible single! 'I'm a Dancer' is a stark contrast to the melancholic mind she candidly opened up about on her post-pandemic debut album, 'Teardrops & Blind Spots'.

NxtNow Music caught up with Jacquelle Horton, Founder/CEO of Fave, for an exclusive interview to discuss its new FanFinder feature, how she originally came up with the idea for the Fave platform, her advice for new founders, and much more.

Nashville-based alt-pop sensation Caroline Romano returns with her new single, "girl in a china shop," out on all streaming platforms now. This great track has been designated as our NN Song of the Week.

In the music video for “She’s Gone,” ADVM is the jilted lover and the pillow-talker, the snuggler under blankets and the penitent in the rain. He’s also the monster on the screen of the thriller he’s watching with his girlfriend: a movie like a mirror, exposing a destabilized inner state.

Dos Floris’s music video for “Somebody Else” offers a meditative space for listeners to reflect on their own relationship traumas. Animations by director Marzio Mariani place us in a post-apocalyptic landscape where an astronaut explores the degradation on the cusp of new life.

Featured in the video for “I Got You” are clips from “Holiday Twist,” which follows a woman searching for her own joy through the Christmas season. The song and video alone would convince any cold-hater that winter turns out to be the warmest season of them all.

In the visual for “Painkiller”, which has been designated as our NN Music Video of the Week, Baker Grace and director Zac Stracener add a few more colors to the vibrant song. We first encounter Grace alone with a pill bottle at a diner counter, linking addiction to the consumer culture of the 1950s and 60s.

Infamous New Wave icon Josie Cotton has unveiled her latest music videos -- “Day of the Gun”, “Painting in Blood” and Disco Ball”. Watch all three now.

The accompanying clip to “Ordinary Soil” lays the dangerous and backbreaking labor associated with agriculture bare for the viewer. We see the cracked soil, the tubs of pesticide, the heavy machinery, and the glowering, uncaring prairie sky. We also see Alex Woodard himself, guitar in hand and concern heavy on his face, spinning out his tale.

High-fashion visuals set the tone for the “Please Move” music video. At times, it feels like an oil painting coming to life. As the action moves underwater, it morphs into a flowing underwater ballet. The video perfectly illustrates AKoVA’s spiritual quest and invites the viewer to join him.

The “Yay For Effort” music video by Greg Hoy grabs you from its first frame of VHS-glitch-chic. It evokes a post-Covid landscape where girls and guys just want to have fun despite the impending doom and gloom surrounding them.

Between shots of Honey Trap wailing and shredding, we get a glimpse into the scene marrying saints to sinners, juxtaposed with an interpretation of Adam and Eve’s temptation by the snake in the garden. The band members get extra street cred for performing their parts with actual snakes…

First up in a line of singles from SevvTheArtist is the vibing slow-jam “BLU”. Musing over a steady rock of drums and bass, Sevv paints an indigo landscape of emotional uncertainty in a rocky relationship. Check out the accompanying music video now.

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rlyblonde - the project of Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Carina Allen - reveals her new single/video, "Your Angel," out on all streaming platforms now. “Your Angel” is rlyblonde’s first new single since her momentous debut EP, ‘Fantasy,’ released earlier this year.

Chinese pop artist Cacien unveils 'GP’s Anatomy,' a four-track album that transcends the ordinary. Her new release follows a summer adorned with singles, promising a melodic blend of modern jazz-infused pop anthems and laid-back beats that redefine genre boundaries.