You know how they say that cream always rises to the top? Well, here we have some of the best up-and-coming bands that are rocking our world right now, ranging from experimental art pop to a dub reggae artist schooled on indie to a krautrock warhorse to a punk band with Mideast influence. So if music were represented by a glass of milk, then this would be the cream that sits on top. Or actually maybe the air just above the meniscus. Or maybe the oxygen above the oxygen above the meniscus but still below the lip of the glass. Or maybe it’s the space between when you start to drink that milk, the small sliver of air between the liquid and your pursed lips. IDK, but this shit is up there.

NADAH EL SHAZLY