Hear the 50 Best New Artists of 2014
Here are 50 splashes made in 2014, from SoundCloud-famous rappers, to Bandcamp-hustling indie rockers. They run the gamut from Billboard Top 20 hitmakers (DJ Snake, Bobby Shmurda, Echosmith) to critically acclaimed breakthroughs (FKA Twigs, Angel Olsen, Future Islands) to under-the-radar new voices that we just enjoyed. Hear them all in the Spotify playlist below, and click the links to read our coverage from the past year:
1. Alex G
2. Alvvays
3. Angel Olson
5. Banks
7. Beverly
8. Bobby Shmurda
9. Clipping
10. Curtis Harding
11. Dej Loaf
12. Deorro
13. DJ Snake
14. Dorothy
15. Echosmith
16. Electric Youth
17. FKA Twigs
18. Future Death
19. Future Islands
20. ILoveMakonnen
21. Isaiah Rashad
22. Jungle
23. Kongos
24. Kuenta I Tambu
25. Lake Street Dive
26. Lee Gamble
27. Lil Herb
28. Lindsay Ell
29. Lydia Loveless
30. Maddie & Tae
31. Mapei
32. Milky Chance
33. Mr. Probz
34. Naomi Punk
35. Nikki Lane
36. OG Maco
37. Oliver Heldens
38. Ought
39. Priests
40. Rae Sremmurd
41. Richard Dawson
42. Sam Hunt
43. Sam Smith
44. Split/Red
45. Sturgill Simpson
46. Sylvan Esso
47. Tinashe
48. Tove Lo
49. Ty Dolla $ign
50. Young Thug