On Our Radar is The LA Note’s weekly roundup of the artists and creatives who reach out to us. Every week we read the submissions and pitches that land on our desk, then share the people we think you should know: who they are, what they do, what they just released and where to find them. This week’s lineup runs from Dominican urban pop, Nashville country and Toronto alt-pop to a classical violinist answering Liszt, an LA psych duo and a short film about an unhoused mother at Christmas.
Find one that sticks, give them a follow, and tell them The LA Note sent you.
This week at a glance
- Valentina: Urban pop singer-songwriter, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Caryn Dixon: Country & Americana singer-songwriter, Nashville, TN
- CON THE ARTIST: Alt-pop artist & producer, Toronto
- Maddi Ryan: Singer-songwriter, Boston area
- EL ZI: Pop-rock artist & songwriter, Los Angeles
- Katie Mosehauer: Violinist & composer, Seattle area
- Milos Asian: Indie rock & folk artist, Lima, Peru
- No New Lovers: Indie, psych & electronic duo, Los Angeles
- Remington & Ida Hoffman: Filmmakers, Los Angeles
1. Valentina
Industry: Music · Talent: Urban pop singer-songwriter · Based: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Valentina is a singer-songwriter from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, who blends urban pop with Dominican sounds and has released projects including SMTO, veranito sad and veranito no tan sad since her 2019 debut. Her new multitrack, unaVUELTICAxlaCITY (la.noche), out October 27, pairs “TOY EN TI FULL +21” with singer-songwriter AARON21 and “ROMANTIKFUNK (???),” and she describes it as a night out from start to finish. According to her publicist, her 2025 EP canciones tristes pa no llorar has passed one million streams, and she recently signed with Platoon, Apple’s artist services company.
Connect with Valentina: Listen to “unaVUELTICAxlaCITY (la.noche)”
2. Caryn Dixon
Industry: Music · Talent: Country & Americana singer-songwriter · Based: Nashville, TN
Caryn Dixon is a Nashville-based country and Americana singer-songwriter, originally from central Pennsylvania, who came back to music after a 15-year break and has released 27 songs in two years. Her team says her single “Bird in a Cage,” the story of a woman escaping abuse, reached the Country Radio Breakout Charts, and her latest, “Star of Boscobel,” was inspired by a karaoke star in small-town Wisconsin. Her new EP, Where I’ve Been, arrives November 27.
Connect with Caryn Dixon: Instagram @caryndixonmusic · caryndixonmusic.com · Spotify · Hear “Star of Boscobel”
3. CON THE ARTIST
Industry: Music · Talent: Alt-pop artist & producer · Based: Toronto
CON THE ARTIST is a Toronto alt-pop artist whose debut album, THIS IS A BREAKUP ALBUM, came out October 30 on Wax Records. Across 15 tracks he follows a relationship from its first cracks to the clarity after it ends, and he wrote or co-wrote every song and produced the record himself, drawing on a background in screen composition. His publicist points to “So Cold” as the place to start and says he joins Jamie Fine for UK and Ireland dates this November.
Connect with CON: Instagram @contheartist · Listen to the album
4. Maddi Ryan
Industry: Music · Talent: Singer-songwriter · Based: Boston area
Maddi Ryan is a singer-songwriter from just north of Boston whose music is built around honest songwriting and big vocals. She has earned multiple New England Music Awards nominations and a Boston Music Awards nomination, and her press kit lists opening slots for Ray Fulcher, Morgan Myles and The Cadillac Three. Her new single, “Drive,” is out Friday, November 13.
Connect with Maddi Ryan: Instagram @maddiryanmusic · maddiryan.com · Spotify · Press kit
5. EL ZI
Industry: Music · Talent: Pop-rock artist & songwriter · Based: Los Angeles
EL ZI is a Los Angeles-based pop-rock artist and songwriter who builds cinematic visuals around mythology, fashion and fantasy. Her new single, “LOVE,” is an upbeat, euphoric pop-rock song about self-love and acceptance, and it follows FRUITS, a mythology-inspired visual project. As a trans femme artist, she writes about identity, resilience and self-discovery across a catalog that includes COSMIC, FRUITS, PUSSYPOP and LOVE.
Connect with EL ZI: Instagram @elzimusicofficial · Listen to “LOVE” · All links
6. Katie Mosehauer
Industry: Music & film · Talent: Violinist & composer · Based: Seattle area
Katie Mosehauer is a violinist, composer, producer and interdisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in violin and orchestral strings. Her current project, Water Remembers, spans four audiovisual volumes that pair canonical classical works with her own original responses. The first, Converging Tides (after Liszt), answers Liszt’s Consolations No. 3 and comes with a film shot among sandstone formations, rivers and desert landscapes.
Connect with Katie Mosehauer: Instagram @katiemosehauer · katiemosehauer.com · Spotify · Watch the film
7. Milos Asian
Industry: Music · Talent: Indie rock & folk artist · Based: Lima, Peru
Milos Asian is an independent artist based in Lima, Peru, according to Bandcamp, whose six-track EP Spoil and Break came out October 11 via Sea of Flames Records. The EP moves between indie rock, Afro-Latin rhythms and South American folk, with songs in English and French, and two tracks set poems by Eugene Field and Carl Sandburg. The suggested starting points are “Crystal Rain,” featuring Kei McGregor, and “Juliette.”
Connect with Milos Asian: Instagram @milos_asian · Listen on Bandcamp
8. No New Lovers
Industry: Music · Talent: Indie, psych & electronic duo · Based: Los Angeles
No New Lovers is a Los Angeles indie, psych and electronic duo made up of longtime friends Kaz and Jay, who met in music theory class in Buffalo and later reconnected to build a studio together in LA. After their debut EP Origin in July, their new single “Kill the Headlights” arrives November 11 and explores fate and the illusion of choice. It is the first step toward a full-length album planned for 2027, and the duo plays a release show the same night.
Connect with No New Lovers: Instagram @nonewlovers · nonewlovers.com · Release show, Nov. 11
9. Remington & Ida Hoffman
Industry: Film · Talent: Filmmakers · Based: Los Angeles
Remington and Ida Hoffman of Redwood Motion Pictures made Christmas Angels, a short film inspired by Ida’s childhood with a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support the family. Shot in Los Angeles with their own young daughter on screen, it follows an unhoused mother and her daughter at Christmas, and the filmmakers say it won the Made in LA Award and the Audience Supported Award at the 2026 HollyShorts Film Festival. They have partnered with SHE IS HOPE LA, a nonprofit for single mothers, to raise awareness of housing insecurity this holiday season.
Connect with Redwood Motion Pictures: redwoodmotionpictures.com · League of Filmmakers feature · SHE IS HOPE LA
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Artists, creatives, managers and publicists can send their work through our submission page. Include a link to the work, your Instagram and a few lines on the story behind it. Every submission that comes in during the week is considered for the next On Our Radar, which publishes every weekend.
Mara Alcantara is a tech-savvy writer with a creative eye who tends to see life in color. Pairing an analytical mind with a knack for spotting talent, she covers music, voice acting, and entertainment for The LA Note. Outside of writing, she’s busy raising her kids and hiking with her family.
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