Male Artists of the Year!

1 Will Wood

... is an American singer-songwriter, known for his ever-changing style and difficult-to-decipher public persona. Wood has released numerous singles and three studio albums: Everything Is A Lot, in 2015; Self-Ish (stylized as SELF-iSH), in 2016, The Normal Album in 2020, and In Case I Make It released in the summer of 2022.

Little is known about the real Will Wood, and his public image has often been the subject of strange myths, misinformation, and misconceptions. Wood has a disdain both personal and ideological for all platforms of social media and its culture, and does not shy away from making these views public. Unlike many artists in this era, Wood makes the fact that he doesn’t operate any social media accounts clear, openly resisting the way artists are expected to self-promote.

2 pmad

Paul Dillon is a solo artist named pMad. Releasing the music from his head out into the wilds of this world!! Starting out with writing and playing with The Suicidal Dufflecoats to The Return of the Suicidal Dufflecoats to The Greeting & now to pMad, Covid-19 strikes and Paul sets up 'The Best of Irish Indie' on Facebook which through the pandemic created many polls that enabled followers to vote for 'The Best Irish Indie Album', The Best Irish Indie Single' and 'The Best Irish Indie Debut Single'. Now that vision of the music in his head is now moving to the outside.

3 Damien

Ipswich alt-electro-rock (darkwave) musician Damien is a queer, non-binary artist who powerfully pushes against mainstream conventions with poignant, post-punk political commentaries. Emerging in early 2020, Damien's music blends electro rock with elements of both pop and industrial, and pairs this with lyrical content that is simultaneously clever and catchy.

4 Brick Blair

"A guru, a journalist, a heathen, a hedonist. A photographer, biographer, a guard and a center. A monogamist, polyamorist, enveloper and developer. A hunter, biographer, racer, and writer. I’ve lost it all but kept the rest. And finally, I am - and will always be - Brick, and these are my songs. I hope you enjoy them. Thank you for your attention, because your attention is your time, and your time is all you really have." (-Brick Blair-)

5 Chris Cleverley

... is a performer whose presence occupies the room effortlessly – taking his audiences on a journey deep into the self, unpicking how we as individuals relate to the increasingly beguiling world around us. Whether exploring forgotten feminist voices, pervasive artificial intelligence, anxious minds or simply voicing the screams of our deteriorating natural world, Cleverley’s music remains deeply affecting and highly relatable.

6 Kevin Rieth

7 GrayBeat

8 Lo Monaco

9 Phil Fortin

10 Alexander Joseph

11 Willjoy
12 Vince Chinaski
13 Andrew Adkins
14 Disco Dreams
15 Tony Volker
16 Poltergeist
17 Bravo Bonez
18 KJ Hand
19 Blake Cateris
20 Matt Saxton