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Darlingside, John Fullbright, California Honeydrops Among New Music Seminar’s Top 100 Artist on the Verge Class of 2015

NMS_Logo_2012The New Music Seminar has announced it's Artist on the Verge (AOV) Class of 2015. The 100 artists comprising this year's class have showed positive career momentum and remain unsigned to any major or major independent label

Artists are carefully selected by NMS A&R committee comprised of NMS partners, A&R scouts, talent buyers, booking agents, media tastemakers, and other industry experts. NMS has developed a knack for spying artists about to break into the industry, previously presenting artists such as Macklemore, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, BANKS, MisterWives, Action Bronson, Schoolboy Q, and Joey Bada$$.

Members of the AOV Class of 2015 have the opportunity to showcase at the NMS New Music Nights Festival June 21-23rd in New York City. The Top 3 performing artists will be presented to industry leaders and the winner will be announced at the close of the conference, walking away with thousands of dollars in studio time, consultations, promotions, marketing, music equipment, and more.

Darlingside_sliderPeter Schwinge, General Manager for New Music Seminar said, “I am extremely proud of what our team puts together each year. The mission of New Music Seminar is to provide a platform to help artists break through the noise to achieve the notoriety and success they deserve – and this list should be on the radar of everyone in the industry.”

The Artist on the Verge Class of 2015 includes:

Ace Cosgrove
All Get Out
American Aquarium
Belmont Lights
Bizzy Crook
Brika
California Honeydrops
Cam Meekins
Caroline Smith
Cayetana
Chaos Chaos
Cheers Elephant
City of the Sun
Con Bro Chill
Dangermuffin
Darlingside
Desert Noises
Dinner and a Suit
Dorothy
Dreamers
Elliot Moss
Fictionist
Frances Cone
Ghost Loft
GoldLink
Grace Weber
Great Caesar
Great Good Fine OK
Hippo Campus
In The Whale
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
John Fullbright
Julia Weldon
Junglepussy
Kehlani
Kelsea Ballerini
Kevin Garrett
LANY
LEAGUES
Lera Lynn
Letters From The Fire
little hurricane
Love Inks
Lovebettie
Lowly Spects
Magic Giant
Mansions On The Moon
Max Schneider
Megosh
Mesita
Mick Jenkins
Milkman
Misun
Modern Baseball
Monophonics
Moon Hooch
Moon Taxi
Mosco Rosco
Mother Feather
MOTHXR
Nick Hakim
Niia
Old Dominion
Oyinda
Parker Millsap
Parlours
Perfect Pussy
Phosphene
Potty Mouth
Prinze George
Roadkill Ghost Choir
Rome Fortune
Sango
SHEL
Shirley House
Shook Twins
Siya
SPZRKT
The Collection
The Family Crest
The Hotelier
The Oh Hellos
The Shadowboxers
The Stone Foxes
Tony Castles
Torches
Tunji Ige
Turkuaz
TWICEYOUNG
Twin Peaks
VÉRITÉ
Vinyl Pinups
Vinyl Thief
Waterstrider
Wild Adriatic
Wild Child
Wildling
Young Oceans
Young Summer
Zella Day

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