New Artists to Watch as presented by Obscure Agency – September 2025
In partnership with Obscure Agency
Obscure Agency presents six voices expanding what it means to make music right now.
In this month’s selection, step into six distinct music worlds. Each artist here moves through genre with purpose, not calculation. Some write from the club, some from solitude, others from memory or momentum but all are led by instinct rather than expectation.
There’s no single sound tying them together. What connects them is clarity: a sharp sense of identity, a refusal to dilute, and the courage to follow the music wherever it wants to go.
Amanati
Born on the island of Crete, Amanati fuses classical composition, electronic tension, and folk mysticism into what he calls Exotic Electronic Music. His sound is both ritualistic and cinematic, where raw sensuality meets spiritual precision, and every track feels like a spell cast between worlds.
Rooted in early classical training and shaped by the pulse of underground club culture, Amanati’s work unfolds in constant tension: light and shadow, ancient and futuristic, intimacy and vastness. Even his identity remains anonymous, reinforcing the belief that music transcends ego and becomes something deeper.
With millions of views on YouTube and more than 20 million Spotify streams, Amanati has already left a global mark. Amanati’s new album ‘Omen’ is expected to be released by the end of the year, opening once again a door to another reality.
His track Mohë Mohë was recently featured in the official soundtrack of The Killer’s Game (starring Dave Bautista and Sofia Boutella), while his music has appeared in campaigns for Vogue Greece, and more. After appearances in São Paulo, Miami, Thessaloniki, and Portland, he’s preparing for his Las Vegas debut in 2026.
Liam Miller
With 10 million followers and billions of views across platforms, Liam Miller is one of the most influential digital creators of his generation. Known for his comedic sharpness and viral POVs, he created is own language of online storytelling. But beyond the satire, there’s a songwriter with range, intent, and a growing discography that demands attention.
His debut single Love and Devotion is almost at one million streams, proof that the connection he builds onscreen translates far beyond. His latest release Twentynine Palms explores a more cinematic, introspective space, fusing indie-pop with hip-hop textures and setting the tone for his upcoming debut EP. The next single, Underneath These Purple Clouds, continues this arc, equal parts intimacy and atmosphere.
Miller’s music documents emotion. From early demos in his bedroom closet to polished releases that carry real weight, his creative vision bridges worlds: the immediacy of content and the longevity of songwriting. Comedy may be the entry point, but the music is the memory.
Lindsay Schoolcraft
Lindsay Schoolcraft creates music that moves between shadow and stillness. Based in Hamilton, Canada, and trained in classical voice and theory, she blends gothic atmosphere with orchestral textures and a lyrical focus rooted in emotional precision.
Her 2019 album Martyr, co-written with Rocky Gray (ex-Evanescence), merges symphonic metal with raw introspection. The record earned a Juno nomination for Heavy/Hard Sound Album of the Year and introduced a voice capable of balancing scale with vulnerability. In 2020, Worlds Away shifted the dynamic, minimal, harp-led, and haunted by silence. Her 2024 release Lovelorn and Hopesick, offered exclusively to her Patreon community, returns to the personal, unfiltered and direct.
Schoolcraft’s collaborations span genres, from Motionless in White to Myrkur, without compromising her identity. Her work has been featured in SurrealEstate (CTV Sci-Fi) and reviewed internationally by Devolution, Obscuro, Dutch Metal Maniacs, and Billboard.
Every project is shaped by discipline and intuition. The sound is heavy without being loud.
Richey V
Richey V channels his punk roots into a techno language shaped by contrast, instinct, and tension. Based in Milan, he’s resident at Amnesia Milano and founder and resident at VOID, a weekly event that since 2014 has defined a raw, immersive vision of the club where darkness, distortion, and playfulness collide.
He has performed at venues such as Amnesia Ibiza and Social Music City, sharing lineups with a range of internationally recognized artists. His releases on REDIMENSION and JAM reflect a sound that resists compromise, always urgent, always deliberate.
In 2023, he launched Don’t Play This at Home Records, a space for sonic experimentation beyond genre constraints. Whether it’s a fractured guitar sample or a pure warehouse cut, his work moves outside the expected. What holds it together is intent. Not image. His first album DIE EMPTY will be released by the end of 2025.
Triggerfinger
After more than two decades, Belgian rock powerhouse Triggerfinger returns not with nostalgia, but with urgency. Their new single Stars (out September 26 via Sony Music / Hufter) reignites the grit and grandeur that made them one of Europe’s most commanding live acts.
Stars captures that urgency with pounding drums, distorted textures, and a soaring chorus that balances heaviness with clarity. Produced by the band with Mitchell Froom and mixed by Tchad Blake, the track blends rock immediacy with sharp detail and a psychedelic undercurrent.
The tour, kicking off October 31 in the Netherlands and spanning France, Germany, Belgium, and beyond, will see Triggerfinger reconnect with fans in intimate venues and major clubs alike. For a band that thrives on live electricity, the stage has always been home. More than twenty years in, Triggerfinger are still generating momentum in the European scene.
Megan Vice
Megan Vice crafts sound with intent. Originally from New York, now rooted in Berlin, she blends experimental hip-hop, alt-R&B, and future pop with a voice that’s sharp, intimate, and unpredictable. Her latest EP BECOMING marks a clear shift: not a rebrand, but a progression. It’s a body of work driven by creative evolution, by the choice to take risks, by a need to move forward without asking permission.
The title track, featuring TT The Artist, premiered at Soho House Berlin alongside an artist panel on feminine evolution and ageism. Selected for the Berlin Music Video Awards, the visual is bold and deeply personal. The project, written entirely by Vice and produced by Hamburg-based Marú, doesn’t aim for universality. It’s specific, grounded, and unapologetic.
Her newest single TIMEZONES opens with real voice memos sent to an ex. The intimacy is unfiltered. Midway through, the track fractures, collapsing into a layered emo breakdown inspired by Taking Back Sunday. It’s unexpected, melodic, and emotionally loaded. Vice stretches genres until they speak her language.
Her music has been featured across a variety of television and streaming platforms. She’s performed everywhere from Tokyo basement shows to packed New York venues, from Berlin block parties to queer undergrounds. The momentum is earned.
BECOMING it’s the sound of a door opening.
Obscure Agency continues to highlight independent voices that operate outside conventional formats. Whether solo or collaborative, personal or expansive, these projects make room for complexity without losing coherence.
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