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Seattle Artist Directory

Discover the Artists We Support

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Telehealth

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2024

Telehealth is a Seattle synth punk conglomerate formed by Alexander Attitude and Kendra Cox, alongside Ian McCutcheon, John O’Connor, and Dillon Sturtevant. Emerging from the Pacific Northwest, the group treats modern culture like a marketplace, interrogating burnout, tech optimism, branding, and the performance of "progress" through sharp hooks and danceable tension.

Monsterwatch

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2023

MONSTERWATCH delivers a raw, high-energy blast of distortion and adrenaline. Known for their frenetic live shows and unfiltered sound, the band channels pure chaos. Fusing breakneck riffs with anthemic hooks. Proving again and again why they’re one of the most electrifying forces in modern punk.

TeZATalks

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2023

Powerhouse vocalist, songwriter, and producer TEZATALKS coins her sound as Hardcore Pop, a blend of nu-metal, Alt-rap, and electronic pop. Her lyrics are inspired by her life experiences and love of poetry.

King Youngblood

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2022

King Youngblood is focused on reclaiming black fronted rock music, packed with strong song writing, Afropunk attitude and an undeniably exhilarating live show.

Sera Cahoone

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2020

Americana singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone grew up in the Colorado foothills. The daughter of a dynamite salesman, she played her first gigs on drums in a dive bar’s open blues jams at 12.

Tomo Nakayama

Seattle

Year: 

2026, 2020

Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Washington, Tomo Nakayama is an artist whose melodic, complex and emotionally compelling music has been praised by NPR, New York Times, and The Stranger.

Biblioteka

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2024

Led by singer/bassist Mary Robins, Biblioteka blends punk, grunge, and garage to create hooky and upbeat rock. Boisterous shows and high-energy performances have become the band’s trademark.

Byland

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2023

Byland is the moniker and last name of Seattle based, Albuquerque raised, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Alie Renee. Alie’s cinematic, indie-rock sound is grounded by vocally vulnerable moments that will move you to lean in. The acclaimed project has received recognition from outlets like KEXP, Under The Radar, American Songwriter, Flood Magazine, and others.

Dean Johnson

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2022

Dean Johnson was given his first guitar at fourteen. Putting chords together through trial and error and artistic intuition remained a casual, mostly isolated endeavor for many years.

Small Paul

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2022

Small Paul was born in a Seattle basement In the early days of COVID as a happy accident between housemates Kevin Murphy from The Moondoggies, Chris King and Malcolm Roberts from Chris King & The Gutterballs with Seth McDonald from All Star Opera.

Black Ends

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2021

Black Ends’ self-described gunk-pop is about as sweet as that wad of asphalt-crusted bubblegum you found stuck on the bottom of your favorite boots.

Smokey Brights

Seattle

Year: 

2025, 2020

Perseverance through troubled times has a subtle shine and Seattle’s Smokey Brights have been shining through these times with songs of hope, determination, compassion, defiance and love.

Acapulco Lips

Seattle

Year: 

2025

This trio is bound together by a studied adoration towards the loud, reckless, rebellious sonic traditions of psych, garage, soul, and surf rock.

Chinese American Bear

Seattle

Year: 

2025

Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊) is a lighthearted and quirky mandopop duo from Seattle, WA creating fun & eclectic bilingual English/Chinese ear candy. Comprised of Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten, the married couple creates groovy, and “not too serious, food loving” tunes in their home studio together. Their sound—somewhere between Melody’s Echo Chamber, The B-52’s, The Flaming Lips, and a hypercolor cartoon—has earned millions of streams and global acclaim.

Coral Grief

Seattle

Year: 

2025

Coral Grief is the Seattle-based dream pop project of Lena Farr-Morrissey (vocals, bass, synth) Sam Fason (guitar, synth) and Cam Hancock (drums). Rich guitars, glowing synths, driving bass, and ethereal vocals swirl around skeletal drum beats to create a textured, intricate sound that is experimental, playful, and catchy.

Emi Pop

Seattle

Year: 

2025

Emi Pop is a Puerto Rican-born, Seattle-based musician whose sound blends Spanish pop with power-pop and punk influences. Known for her catchy choruses, sing-along anthems, and infectious energy, Emi Pop brings a fresh, dynamic edge to the Seattle music scene.

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"Sonic Guild has given me access to venues I had yet to reach and gifted me the funds to promote my career, leading to opportunities worldwide. With hard times for musicians in Austin, Sonic Guild has given us an immeasurable audience, funding, and guidance."

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"Extremely honored and very grateful to be receiving a grant from Sonic Guild. It’s such a gift to be included in this small group of exceptional artists in Seattle, especially in a time where we are looking for creative ways to sustain ourselves financially & keep doing what we are doing."

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