Metagirl & the Earth Passengers is a Brooklyn-based rock collective led by Erica Rowell that's been making noise since 2016. Their hook-driven sound — described as "energized" and "personality-filled" by Obscure Sound, with Phonograph Me calling out their "cool attitude" — blends blues, jazz, funk, punk, and ska into driving rhythms topped with "fiery," layered guitars and vocals praised as "strong, expressive and versatile."

And then there are the lyrics. Foxfire Magazine wrote about their latest single "I Don't Care": "There is movement in every part of it, both emotionally and thematically. It makes us feel things that make us want to move instead of staying still." By turns liberating and urgent, Metagirl’s songs have something to say about life, love, art, and occasionally even quantum physics.

Think Buzzcocks meet The Specials, with touches of REM and Kim Deal in the mix.