Singer-songwriter Alexander Berdnikov, also known as Estervalley, lives in a really far-far away town of Komsomolsk-na-Amure in the East of Russia.

Meet the second, much more passionate, intimate and adult album of Moscow indie-pop trio OQJAV.

A fresh album from Spasibo (Спасибо), “Норм” (Norm) was recorded a while back in Moscow in the DTH Studio with producer Leonardo Perez.

Long Arm took up making music when he was a kid. In music school he studied how to play piano. He was really impressed by a DJ’s performance on one of the music channels when he saw it for the first time.

Kedr Livanskiy’s new track was recently mentioned again by Pitchfork. For non-Russian listeners this project by Yana Kedrina seemed to appear out of nowhere, but in fact she has been well-known in Russia for a while.

Parks, Squares and Alleys is my personal favs from Russian independent music scene. They are a real nugget in numerous indie pop bands appeared last few years.

Naadia (Наадя) is a Moscow-based band led by the charming voice of Nadezhda Gritzkevich. The group’s new video is dedicated to relationship between man and woman.

“The Cherry Pit” is an epic second single from the forthcoming sophomore album “Grandfeathered” by Russia’s newest independent music gem ­­– Pinkshinyultrablast.

Based in Moscow, Lev Vasilets is not only a singer, guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter, but also a good producer of a wide range of styles and genres.

Sergey Sirotkin is a young musician from Moscow. He has already taken part in numbers of indie projects, and now works as a solo singer-songwriter.