Los Angeles and San Diego are two of the easiest places to find new artists right now. In the last 30 days, 3,088 artists released something new and have their biggest US audience in one of these two cities. The list at the bottom updates every day.
How the list works
Every artist sits in one city only: the US city where they get the most listeners. So a rapper from LA with a big Chicago following shows up under whichever city ranks first for them, never both.
Where to look first
- Artists with 5K to 50K monthly listeners. They already have real streams and probably no deal yet.
- Releases from the last few days. An email about a song that dropped this week gets read. One about a June single usually doesn't.
- Labels named after the artist, or marked Independent. Those artists tend to answer their own email.
Reaching out
Keep it short: who you are, which song you heard, what you want. Artists reply to specifics far more than to a copy-pasted pitch.
Data as of 2026-09-27. A free account unlocks 3 contacts a week; Pro unlocks everything.