As hundreds of music lovers piled in Stubb’s, they were welcomed by the bashfully kind opener of the evening, Mallrat.

Sampling other musicians work is nothing new in music. Yet sometimes we have to hit pause on a song and think to ourselves, “Where is that beat/noise from?”

Every day I’m finding names that I missed on my previous hunt through the A-Z list of artists and adding them to my schedule. I somehow narrowed down my list to the top five artists I am most excited for.