The Morning After at Haus of Hipstamatic—Austin (#MorningAfter) is a brunch experience that brings together live music, food, friends, and photos so you can relive the disaster/awesomeness from the night before, and prep…
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Long before Chief Keef (born Keith Cozart) was one of the most popular teenage rappers in America and the youngest major label head in history, he was a legend among kids on the South Side of Chicago, a gritty set of nei…
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Born and raised in the city of Montreal, Canadian producer / DJ Lunice has always been a disciple of hip hop. Coming up on breakbeats and having taken a stab at nearly all elements, from graffiti to beatboxing, he cut hi…
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Experimental rap-noise duo Death Grips, consisting of Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett and Zach Hill formed during late 2010 in Sacramento, California. The band soon dropped the highly acclaimed mix tape Exmilitary featuring the…
Kallie North is a fresh face and a fresher sound on the rise. Her whirlwind career started three years ago when she moved from Texas to small-town Mississippi and began the new chapter of life as a farmer's wife. Inspire…
The Mississippi septet Rosco Bandana are the product of teenage rebellion and its consequences; of lost love, false starts and, above all, lasting friendship. They're what happens when a group of kids take a chance on a …
“I know people think, ‘Oh great, another guy with an acoustic guitar,’” says Charlie Mars. “What I really want is to say to them, ‘Not so quick. Just one minute. That’s not what this is.’”
Charlie Mars has been a j…
Eddie Cotton, Jr. is an electric blues guitarist who had an affinity for the blues at an early age. Born in Clinton, Mississippi, Cotton grew up singing and playing gospel music in his father’s church. He began listening…
The world of music and entertainment has always been a big part of my life. I started rapping in my late teens and shortly after I transitioned to singing the blues in my early twenties, which is the genre of music I am …
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of Rev. Robert Mortimer
The Trifecta of a Mississippi Delta Blues Artist, a Undertaker, and a Reverend, but the Same Man............
Born and raised in the rich, fertile soil of a Mississippi Delta cem…
Ane Trolle Biography
Based on her previous involvement in numerous musical constellations, singer Ane Trolle has proved to be one of the strongest and well-acclaimed voices on the Danish music scene.
Past
Gifted wi…
Tipo Uísque is a brazilian band, from Rio de Janeiro.
Signed with the biggest brazilian label, Som Livre, in 2010 and has some goals in its carreer, like: released its very first EP, called Afague, in 2011; was the opp…
"...the thing that sets Jessie apart from the gazillions of female singers out there is she’s just uncandidly raw with her music and lyrics, and when you add in her captivating stage presence it’s hard not to be impresse…
When you stand on the edge of a pool, ready to jump in, ready to be completely taken in by it´s content, there´s always that split second of hesitation. Every single time, and not even the bravest person you know, that b…
Creating a dreamscape with a foggy lens attached for the viewers eye to lock on to. Dubbed "Swimgaze" we have been at it since 2010, locked up in wooden houses recording music. Its like driving to prom in 1989 on a Jet S…
BLACK TAXI is one of NYC's most prominent live acts, smashing an anything-goes punk ethos together with pop sensibilities, unparalleled energy, and brilliant songwriting. The result is a raucous stage show, heavy on har…
Inspired by local block parties and dj's in his neighborhood kenji started to develop his love for bounce music. growing up listening to dj jubilee, p n c, katey red, cheeky blakk, kenji would bring his boom box out and …
dj lil man has a love for bounce music and he's ready to take it as far as he can he started his carrer in 1998 playing at local parties and events. then he moved a step ahead when he signed with money rule entertainment…
shay started her dj carreer in oct. 2011, inspired by her gay mother katey red traveling with katey on the road then she decided she want to be a dj cause she has been listening to bounce music all her life so she know h…
For many, luck is something that is highly sought after but for Jermy “LuckyLou” Tassin, it is something that comes naturally. Born in New Orleans, La in 1986, LuckyLou knew that he had a gift that most didn’t have- a gi…
listening to bounce music at a young age growing up in new orleans, laplace, & kenner louisiana. they are inspired to start their own all male dance group in 2008. in 20011 the danger boys then started dancing and tourin…
Listening to bounce music all his life, growing up in the streets of New Orleans "Hasizzle" started his career in 2002 when he hooked up with legendary dj Blak n Mild he dropped his first hit "She Rode Dat D**k Lika Soul…
He started out as a bounce dancer for 1 of the most popular male dance teams GameOva Boyz music has always been his dream and goals he always was a entertainer at a young age from talent shows to school dance and parties…
rusty culotta heard bounce music like about 5 years ago, he were influenced by other artist such as sissy nobby, big freedia, and katey red after watching them perform a great show at voodoo fest 2009. in 2012 he decided…
some of the best of new orleans booty shakers all female group, who graces the stage with their powerful force of booty shaking, boobs shaking, taking over the show everywere they go. Making appearances with katey red, b…
New Orleans based music artist Joshua “JC Styles” Cornelius is an energetic Hip-Hop/Bounce artist, dancer, host and motivational speaker. Armed with an up-tempo/heavy base sound, JC Styles seeks to touch as many individu…
Born in New Orleans, La., Donald (big choo) Morris Jr. is a household name in the bounce community for his artistic contributions to the music. Producer, dancer, hype-man and voice personality just some of his titles. CE…
magnolia rhome a resident of new orleans have been listening to bounce music all his life. dec.2011 a real close friend/mentor of the bounce game (magnolia shorty) was assacinated. so he's like a living male image of mag…
CHEEKY BLAKK A.K.A. ORIGINAL QUEEN OF DA SOUTH
Angela Cheeky Blakk Woods is another popular local rapper from New Orleans. She began her career as a teenager, when she was involved with rapper Edgar Pimp Daddy Givens…
Born and raised in Uptown's Melpomene Projects, rapper Katey Red holds the distinction of being the first transgender MC to rise to prominence in New Orleans - and probably the world. Katey grew up twirling batons in the…
“Long, Hard Road,” the first song on the Wheeler Brothers’ first album and a title that gives you a pretty good indication of where this Austin, Texas five-piece feels most comfortable. Indeed, although they’re five-time…
BARE
In 1962 Bobby Bare stood in RCA’s Nashville Studio and recorded his first hit “Shame on Me." That song was a hit in both the pop and country fields; it rose to number 18 on Billboard’s Country Chart and num…
Last September, five Austin bands and more than a thousand friends and fans gathered at the Moody Theatre, home of the Austin City Limits television series, to pay tribute to Brent Grulke, the music director of South By …
Formed in 1971 by three African-American brothers in Detroit, Michigan, Death is now widely acknowledged as being one of the first punk bands. After years of silence, Death’s moment finally arrived following unexpected d…
"Yellow" is a searing take on modern society and the demands it makes on people. The film tells the story of Mary Holmes (Heather Wahlquist), a young substitute teacher who escapes from her drudging everyday life by fant…
Too happy-go-lucky for the earnest fans of roots music, too plaid and pragmatic for the hippies, too old and hairy for the mainstream, too young to be called legends. Sound like friends of yours? For nearly two decades, …
"The Other Shore" follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use…
For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, “brotherhood” is literal: they’re all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on Chicago’s South side on …
Two families living side by side, but worlds apart, collide when pride and mischief inspire Chinese immigrant Tom Xia to challenge his American neighbors to celebrate Christmas without any Chinese products. Fed up with t…
"Mabon “Teenie” Hodges- A Portrait of a Memphis Soul Original", is an artist’s impression of a soul guitarist continuing to create music today while reflecting on his life. This documentary allows Teenie to tell his stor…
Vienna, winter. Johann, a guard at the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum encounters Anne, a foreign visitor called to Austria because of a medical emergency. Never having been to Austria and with little money, she wande…
On August 14th singer-songwriter Jillette Johnson released the smoldering and passionate debut EP Whiskey & Frosting. It's an intimate and boldly emotional five-song collection of stately pop from a unique and unflinchi…
On his new album THANK YOU CAMELLIA, Kris Allen delivers on everything his fans love him for and more. The album is a showcase for the easy, lived-in richness of Kris’ voice as well as his knack for crafting hook-filled …
"An electro-pop duo based in Brooklyn, NY. The two Berklee College of Music graduates created a unique sound that combines the drive of electro with the melodic sensibilities of pop. Since the release of Carousel’s debut…
Raised in hard-bitten Nebraska, Joshua James’ work reflects a distinctly American ache, a yearning for a big sky and an open road. Beckoned westward out of his heartland home by the voices of Jim Morrison and Isaac Broc…
“The first time we drove into New York we were all crammed in a tiny rental car. We came out of the Lincoln Tunnel and ‘You Will Leave a Mark’ was playing on the radio,” A Silent Film vocalist/pianist Robert Stevenson sa…
Civil Twilight is a mystifying blend of atmospheric sounds with swirling guitars and hazy story¬telling centered on the struggles and triumphs of human existence. Three parts South Africa and one part Nashville, Steven M…
While details are still being worked out the MOTHER HIPS are proud to announce that they will be releasing their 8th Studio Album in Late May or Early June. Album Title and release details still being worked out and deta…
Nicki Bluhm wasn’t always Nicki Bluhm.
It all began one New Year’s Eve party. Impressed with the talents of Nicki’s performance when asked to play an impromptu blues song, musician/producer Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips…
Spirit Family Reunion play homegrown American music to stomp, clap, shake and holler with. Ever since they started singing together on the street corners, farmer's markets and subway stations of New York City, their song…
With his last two albums, 2006’s Grammy-nominated People Gonna Talk and 2008’s The Hard Way, James Hunter delivered a classic yet perpetually modern brand of rhythm and blues that captivated listeners across generations …
Born into a family with generations-old roots in rural Florida, JJ Grey was raised with a combination of backwoods wisdom and old-school blue-collar values. He heard music at barbeques and in local juke joints, all the w…
Between the opening title track and the reflective closing of “Remember Me,” The Low Highway is very much Steve Earle’s road record, and one that has seen many miles. Earle states in the album liner notes, “I’ve been on …
Registrants are invited to enjoy a complimentary Bloody Marys Breakfast with Tito's vodka and free breakfast tacos (both Austin staples) while they last from 10:30-11:00 AM on Saturday morning in the Radio Day Stage in B…
Hear rising Seattle-based hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis discuss with John Norris their soaring popularity following their self-released debut, The Heist, which shot into the #1 spot on iTunes and debuted at #2 on t…
DJ BABYCHINO is a 10 year old phenom who currently resides in Las Vegas. He has been seen on Nickelodeon's hit show “Figure It Out” and the “Steve Harvey Show.” He most recently put out a stellar New Year's 2013 performa…
The newest addition to the SXSW Music Gear Expo, the App Annex is a place to showcase the most current and innovative music creation apps. From virtual guitars and drums to apps that allow users to DJ, mix and master the…
Are you performing at SXSW, but broke your last pair of drumsticks the night before your showcase? Did you leave an essential cable at home, or need your guitar set-up after unintentionally falling into your drummer’s ki…
The 4th annual SXSW Music Gear Expo is a unique event where manufacturers can market, promote, and connect while having the opportunity to sell guitars, keyboards, amps, drums, effects pedals,
mics, DJ equipment, apps a…
Press releases and bios are the foundation stones of any publicity campaign. These materials are often the first information writers, editors and other content producers encounter on an artist and their decision to want …
Presenters
Jim Fusilli, Mike Greenhaus, Randy Alexander, Sarah Mary Cunningham, Howard Wuelfing
In today's music management and marketing environment every single aspect of a career must be incorporated into the digital space. Digital Managers integrate innovative online experiences, unique marketing campaigns, dir…
Presenters
Brian Wilkins, Jessica Meehan, Jon Romero, Mike Rosenthal, Rynda Laurel
An in depth look at the recent trend in the independent world of the joining of forces, and how the independent label or publisher is expanding its reach to include the other. How important is ownership in the digital er…
Presenters
Brigitte Green, Chris Lakey, Jeff Pachman, Paul Hanly, Chrissy Stuart
Country music had been primarily a boys club until the arrival of a couple of very different superstars. Kitty Wells, who died in 2012 at age 92, and Patsy Cline, who would be 80 if not for her death in a plane crash 50 …
Presenters
Kelly Hogan, Kristi Rose, Laura Cantrell, Rosie Flores, Holly George-Warren
Mentor Sessions provide an opportunity to receive more personalized input than a larger panel can offer. Sessions are scheduled in ten-minute increments. Online sign-ups for Mentor Sessions will close the day before they…
Presenters
Christiane Kinney, Gourmet Délice, Jeff Levin, Marshall Betts, Michael Starr, Simon Henderson, Valerie Denn
Each year festivals around Europe erect city templates with population densities greater than Shanghai's. It is a unique interplay between music, art, architecture, games, and togetherness. The festivals are a metropolit…
Presenters
Fabian Holt, Fruzsina Szep, Ivan Milivojev, Mikolaj Ziolkowski, Esben Danielsen
The song is the key to everything in music Lyrics, melody and song structure often make the difference in achieving a "hit." Small changes have big effects on the song. Seasoned studio and label professionals explore the…
Presenters
David Wolter, Marti Frederiksen, Pete Ganbarg, Steve Diamond, Howard Benson
The fight over SOPA/PIPA was a Washington watershed: 15 million Americans contacted Congress and stopped laws that would have harmed online culture and innovation. Learn how to transform this victory into a strong, self-…
Presenters
Jayme White, Julie Samuels, Laurent Crenshaw, Michael Petricone
More than any other sport, baseball has a mythical, mystical quality which lends itself perfectly to music. From beloved team anthems to players' personal "at bat" music; from in-stadium sing-alongs to the countless song…
Presenters
Billy Altman, Dan Bern, Joe D'Ambrosio, Mike Mills, Steve Earle, Judy Tint
Hear non-traditional advice and first-hand experience on how artists and brands of today are creating merchandise-driven revenue streams. Examine creative ideas for branded merchandising, from 360 major label record deal…
Presenters
Alexandra Starlight, Simi Dube, Vincent Wilburn Jr, Zachary James, Amanda Mcintyre-Chavis
John Tempesta, Drummer for The Cult, will be signing autographs at JHAudio's booth at the Music Gear Expo. Be sure to stop by JHAudio's booth to meet John.……
Founded in August of 1984, Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Management and Nettwerk Records. For the past 25 years, Nettwerk Music Group has stood by one simple statement: We Release Music That W…
So you’ve put aside a social media marketing budget. Great! Don't squander it all seeking YouTube plays. "Being everywhere" is not a strategy. Artist managers and labels spend a lot of time and money building a massive (…
Presenters
Allison Schlueter, Dave Bushnell, Jihae , Tynicka Battle
YouTube offers anyone the opportunity to show their talent to the world. Artists such as Pomplamoose are using it to continually engage and monetize a fan base. Find out how to successfully build and maintain a music car…
Presenters
David Kostiner, Jack Conte, Mike Rosenthal, Sarah Bardeen, Michael Schneider
There are countless cautionary tales of those who don’t last long enough to achieve success and those who do achieve it, but aren’t careful with the money that they earn. There are also equally important success stories …
Presenters
Andrew W.K., Bart Dahl, Brian Joseph, Josiah Albertsen
Life as a touring artist will never be easy, but there will always be someone who has already been there to learn from. Based on Chuck Ragan's The Road Most Traveled, hear first hand experience about the struggles of day…
Beginner
Presenters
Austin Lucas, Chris Shiflett, Chuck Ragan, Frank Turner, Matthew Pryor
Best known for his work with Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is one of the foremost studio-bred guitarists to emerge from the Seventies. Although his trademark beret and handlebar mustache give hi…
Hip hop superstar 50 Cent discusses his meteoric rise to fame from humble beginnings in Queens, to his incredibly successful musical career and hip hop empire, as well as his current work with SMS Headphones and the upco…
Over the last forty years, headphones have transformed from clunky portable music accessories to a ubiquitous form of branding. Now that tech companies are racing to make the entire entertainment universe fit inside your…
Presenters
Ed Cotton, Keir Dillon, Richard Ngo-Tran, John Verrochi
The string of new Internet radio services appearing over the past few months is no accident. Companies are recognizing that people shouldn’t have to work to enjoy their music. On-demand music services and new entrants ar…
Presenters
Eric Davich, Ezra Kucharz, Funkmaster Flex, Talib Kweli, John Donham
Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s, the documentary "Finding the Funk" takes a road trip to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then it's off to Dayton, Ohio, the birt…
Presenters
Arthur Baker, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Lumar LeBlanc, Nelson George
Joe Boyd, Nick Drake's discoverer and producer gives a sneak preview of his forthcoming tribute album "Way To Blue". Hear about Nick's life and career through live performances by Robyn Hitchcock, select BBC clips, the K…
One day, while working on Blueprint 3 at Baseline Studios, Jay-Z wanted a scratch hook for one of his tracks. Two people in the studio – Just Blaze, who he knew could DJ, and Young Guru, who he ‘heard’ could DJ. What beg…
Young One Records is a Brooklyn-based indie hip-hop label featuring their official SXSW showcasing artists on Flatstock Stage.
4:00 - Lushlife
4:30 - Deniro Farrar
5:00 - Fat Tony
5:30 - Bryant Dope……
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
The Safe Harbor Room is a place for people in recovery to meet during SXSW. The sessions are informal and supportive. SXSW is a challenging atmosphere for those who choose sobriety. All are welcome to come to the Safe Ha…
If 2012 was the year electronic music went mainstream, 2013 will be the year songwriting infused with the spirit of ‘EDM’ grabs hold of the globe. Few other artists working today are better positioned to ride the wave o…
Charli’s live performances, like her music, are raw but multi-layered, sometimes stark but with a beating human heart. All pop is here, from Siouxsie to Spiceworld, The Knife to Nirvana. To achieve her intricate, post-a…
LOS ANGELES, CA Partnerships born out of a Craig’s List ad rarely end well, and being dubbed the “best band in Los Angeles” by Perez Hilton can be a dubious distinction—unless you’re talking about Capital Cities. Ryan Me…
Where does one find the “real” Wynter Gordon? Onstage at a sweaty venue in front of thousands of adoring fans? Holed up in the studio collaborating with artists like Mary J Blige, Steve Aoki, and J. Cole? Showcasing her …
Lissie is Laurel Canyon prettiness stewed in campfire and bourbon with a big old voice to match. She caught everyone’s attention with her 2009 EP “Why You Runnin” and again with her 2010 album “Catching a Tiger.” Paste M…
Ashtrobot is an energetic and creative vocalist, super producer, musician and song writer with a deep background in music. He was born in Redondo Beach, California where he started his band, P!stol P!stol, at the young …
Conceptualized by eVL_e in the late 1990's, HYDRENALIN has paved a bold frontier with influences ranging from UK jungle, drum & bass, breakbeat, glitch, grime, the west coast bassmusic movement, all the way to the dirty …
the reverend KATHY RUSSELL
is one of the most loved and long standing bad-ass dj's Texas has to offer.
Since her early youth Kathy has been grinding out hi-octane drum and bass sets that have obliterated dancefloo…
Peterson started playing piano after getting inspired by an old Punky Brewster episode. After taking a few years of lessons at a very early age, he picked up a neighborhood friends guitar and fell in love immediately. …
Kloak is the new music project from the artist formerly known as EMU. He was an integral figure in the rise of Los Angeles and US Dubstep and has played most major cities in the US at some point in his DJ career along si…
There’s something about rappers whose birth names double as their stage names. It reveals a level of personal comfort and authenticity that’s often hard to find in today’s rap world of movie characters and nonstop partie…
New York City-born Vali Porter actually got her big break at a nursing home. She was three years old and visiting her Alzheimer’s stricken grandmother. To lift her spirits, she broke out into dance moves while her mom pl…
Leon Thomas III is a multi-talented Singer, Actor & Musician signed to Columbia/Rostrum Records. Currently living in Los Angeles, Leon can be seen on the Nickelodeon hit tv show VICTORIOUS as the musically gifted Andre H…
Jake H. met Casey a few hours after she was born. He was disappointed she was a girl and cried. Eighteen years later, he got over it, and they started a band. A few years after that, they suckered another kid named Jake …
There's a rich history in rock of exes making beautiful music together. But what makes TeamMate's story particularly compelling is how insurmountable drummer Dani Buncher and singer-keyboardist Scott Simons' break up see…
Keaton Simons is truly what the Los Angeles Times terms “a triple threat.” He captivates audiences with an authentic voice, compelling and soul-baring songs, and a true command of both acoustic and electric guitars in ev…
British four-piece Deaf Club have risen through their domestic scene's
indie ranks to emerge as real commercial contenders of 2013, their trio of single releases over the year having racked up both considerable radio co…
Fascinated by rap music since his teenage years, Koriass launched a first composition in 2001 and developed his style by taking part in rap battles. In 2006, he released a first EP, Mort de rire, which made him one of th…
Karpe Diem is one of, if not the most popular Norwegian acts right now. Despite their relatively young age, the hip hop duo consisting of Chirag Patel and Magdi Ytreeide Abdelmaguid, have achieved great success.
The Os…
Meet Bames: two Texans barely out of their teens, BBQing beat symphonies out of clattering percussion, drunken laser synths, and genuinely disrespectful levels of low-end whomp. DRTY BWTY is their beast of a debut EP, a …
Black Atlass is the conception of Alex Fleming, an 18 year old singer/songwriter from London, Ontario who, at the age of 17, wrote and produced the best EP you’ve never heard. The multi-instrumentalist producer pieced to…
Oliver have found the beating heart inside the dance machine. Whether moving bodies at the world’s biggest electronic festivals, or hand-crafting digital gems in the studio, the producer / DJ duo of U-Tern and Oligee are…
Emerging from the ether as mysterious as he is imposing, Berkeley, CA rapper 100s makes his debut with the project 'Ice Cold Perm'.
Merely a reckless young black man in the eyes of a broken society, 100s has taken it …
Flosstradamus spent the last 8 years breaking new sounds around the globe and becoming club kings in the process. But how do they keep doing it? J2K and Autobot’s knack for flipping your favorite tracks in unexpected new…
ANITA WILSON Worship Soul
BIOGRAPHY
With her debut project, Anita Wilson joins the rich musical heritage known as the Chicago sound, while simultaneously heralding a new style in today’s gospel music---Worship Soul.…
Andy's new solo album, Superconductor, has people calling her a refreshing songbird with a bright funk soul. Even her peers can't stop singing her praises. Says R&B vocalist Ledisi, “After eight bars of her first song, '…
The Dynamites emerged in the late '00's as an explosive Soul/R&B outfit fronted by true veteran soul singer, Charles Walker. Since then, the act has engaged in a furor of worldwide touring and released two full-length re…
Austin-based, Alabama-raised singer/songwriter Nakia has a heart that beats to the rhythms of Muscle Shoals soul, pumping blood infused with Stax funk to cells lined with Chicago blues grooves. His vocal talent is the ki…
After co-founding the event 'Numbers' in Glasgow in 2003, P.O.L.Style moved to Tokyo where he has been djing and producing for the past 8 years, and in 2007 he started the Numbers off-shoot - Numbers Tokyo.
Although bes…
One of the co-founders of Glasgow’s Numbers, Spencer started young. In his teenage years, he embarked upon what is now almost a decade of party planning and record releasing.From early beginnings in working in Glasgow’s …
There are DJs that are heavily tied to styles, people who go on to become figures synonymous with a certain sound or a particular approach to mixing; and then there are DJ’s DJs – a different breed of people who manage t…
This is The Futures League. They play Rock n' Roll. Jon sings and plays guitar, Jack plays guitar, Scott plays bass and John plays drums.
Their self-titled debut EP was released on 11/20/12 consisting of 5 songs that …
Everybody relieves stress in their own ways, and Meat Market found an outlet by playing house parties. From there, the music expanded as well as the ideas and audience. After forming in Santa Cruz the boys moved back to …
The title of LEE BAINS III AND THE GLORY FIRES' debut album comes from Bains mishearing an old hymn as a child. In the soft accents of his elders around Birmingham, Alabama, "There is a balm in Gilead" sounded a lot like…
Fueled by a summer spent living in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, far removed from the insular peninsula of Halifax, KESTRELS' guitarist/vocalist Chad Peck wrote a record that thoroughly mines out concepts of nostalgi…
The Suzan are a pop-rock band from Tokyo, Japan. Formed in 2004 by sisters Rie (keyboards and vocals) and Saori (guitar and vocals). Soon they added school friends Nico (drums) and Ikue (bass) where their sound has been …
Language Room is an indie/alternative/rock band from Austin, TX. The band has been together since 2007. They released a self-titled debut album in 2010, an EP entitled 'Skin & Heart & Lungs' in 2012, and are currently wo…
Rock ‘n’ roll, direct and with no qualifiers, is Lions In The Street’s business. What sets the Vancouver band apart from the defanged mainstream is that their modern denim-and-leather heaviness is anchored in the raucou…
Live Nation Labs takes over Skype's Mobile Lounge/Live Nation House at The Belmont to bring you a burbling crucible of highly reactive artists live on stage. Fill your beaker at the bar, grab some nerd nosh and maybe eve…
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'ACES stunned me. The instrumental introduction made me think of the
Black Keys ... then in came the vocals reminiscent of Brandon Flowers.
Dare I say it, this sounds like a commercial single.' Paul Gambaccini
'Soun…
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Willy Moon doesn’t like to waste time. His debut album, Here’s Willy Moon, is less than 29 minutes long. Only one of its 12 songs lasts more than three minutes and not a single note is squandered. No bets were hedged dur…
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In early 2012 a mysterious band appeared online. The group, The Neighbourhood, revealed no biographical information, no photos and no backstory, offering only a moody track titled “Female Robbery.” Fans and the press wer…
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Colt Ford is back with his best album ever and all it took was a return to his roots.
“I went backwards,” Colt says. “I went back to Ride Through The Country.” Which is not to say Colt simply re-hashed his breakthrough …
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LOS ANGELES, CA Partnerships born out of a Craig’s List ad rarely end well, and being dubbed the “best band in Los Angeles” by Perez Hilton can be a dubious distinction—unless you’re talking about Capital Cities. Ryan Me…
The Bay Area’s best kept secret is coming out of the shadows. After years touring and recording as a local underground punk/rap/vaudeville “secret society”, Crockett, CA’s amazing musical carnival known as Mystic Knights…
The Soft White Sixties, one of San Francisco’s most talked about bands, have been hailed by some press as legitimate heirs to the Maximum R&B moniker placed on The Who some 40-plus years ago; and while that’s not un-true…
The Majority Says…
is a 6 piece modern pop band from Linköping, Sweden, who released their first EP, “Best Night Ever” on Valentines day 2012, and immediately hit it off big time when the song 114 was featured in a …
Immanu El (post/indierock) from Gothenburg, Sweden, started as a musical experiment in 2004 by 16-year-old Claes Strängberg and his twin brother Per. The ambition has always been to create something captivating and beaut…
Not In The Face made their first appearances (in 2009) as a two piece outfit playing around the local Austin Texas music scene. Less as a career choice and more for kicks. A creative outlet for two friends to have some f…
Austin, Texas band, Pompeii, are best known for their melodic and ambient rock sound, which features the addition of orchestral instrumentation.
Their first two releases, Assembly and Nothing Happens for a Reason
re…
Tearing up the lost highway from Oxford, Mississippi's Sweet Tea Studios comes the I Can't Wait EP, the sophomore offering from Memphis’s folk pop trio, Star & Micey. Produced by Dennis Herring (Elvis Costello, Counting …
Anders Parker was the main force behind experimental indie-rock band Varnaline. He has also released four critically acclaimed solo albums and most recently has been a part of the Woody Guthrie project New Multitudes wit…
Ken Stringfellow is co-founder of The Posies, one of the most critically acclaimed power pop bands of the '90s. Stringfellow has also been a member of Alex Chilton's Big Star, toured frequently as a member of R.E.M., and…
Dana Falconberry suffuses the majesty of nature in the orchestral pop-folk she elegantly crafts in Leelanau, her inaugural release on Oakland, CA's Antenna Farm Records. Citing influences ranging from the prints of arti…
Patrick Sweany likes the spaces in between.
On a given night (or on a given album) he'll swing through blues, folk, soul, bluegrass, maybe some classic 50s rock, or a punk speedball. He's a musical omnivore, devourin…
Et Tu Brucé are a rock and roll band from London. Blending pop, rock, folk, and country, and tying them all together with their signature harmonic sound. Composed of Jamie White, Matthew O’Toole, and brothers Craig and D…
The UFO Club is a collaboration between The Black Angels' Christian Bland and Nights Beats' Lee Blackwell.
Recorded in summer of 2010 at Laguna Studios in Austin, TX, their debut album finds the duo re-imagining 50s p…
Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone, two true stalwarts of classy English pop, have reunited after three decades under the moniker of their former outfit, The Zombies. Their reunion has been enthusiastically embraced by the …
Noise is like death; they are both prone to speculations about what might or might not might be there, falsely perceived or deceptively real. They require a free fall of faith. In noise, you may choose to land lovingly o…
On their recent recordings “20,000 Ghosts” and “Wellwisher,” The Rocketboys perfectly married themes of unity and brotherhood with rich, soaring rock, lifting the band to national critical acclaim. The band supported its…
Dead Leaf Echo. The words conjure rich literature. Nabokov. Conjured images of drugged passions fading into nihilistic apprehension An Art Project blossomed in 2006, DLE has matured rapidly since it’s birth now unveil…
The Ocean Blue‘s debut record on the famed Sire Records label in 1989 achieved widespread acclaim and radio & MTV airplay. The band of four young high schoolers from Hershey, Pennsylvania went on to do two more well-rece…
Moon Taxi is one of those rare bands that unites musical ingenuity with thoughtful lyrics and still somehow manages to wildly entertain and thrill a crowd. Their new record, Cabaret, is a layered, multi-dimensional endea…
Antiques is a rock group from Austin that has been playing together for over a year. Their first release was their EP Fire, fire. Since then they have been writing emotionally driven songs with energy and sincerity.……
Taylor Muse sang those words in 2011 and the time has certainly come for his anthemic Austin pop-rock band. Formed in 2005 Muse (guitar/vocals) and his bandmates have spent much of the last year in increasingly rarefied …
Kid Face, the third full-length album from Samantha Crain (Ramseur Records, February 19, 2013), is a revelatory song cycle as expansive as the wide-open spaces of the 26-year-old artist’s native Oklahoma, and as intimate…
Rarely does a young band emerge with a combination of skills, talents and vision fully developed. But the LA-based quintet The Lonely Wild is that true gem who’s writing and arranging talents are only surpassed by its me…
Luella and the Sun, one of Nashville, TN’s must see emerging acts defies any singular description. Their music, described in Music Connection as being “feverish, bluesy jungle territory,” ignites a soulful blend of blue…
JENNY O- AUTOMECHANIC
Automechanic is the appropriately titled debut full-length by Los Angeles
artist Jenny O. A great distance from her Long Island, New York beginnings
on the now critically praised EP "Home," Jen…
The Weeks are an indie rock band from Mississippi whose cathartic output of songs stems from the same root: their geography and disadvantaged youth. Beginning In March of 2006, The Weeks, ages ranging between 14 and 16 y…
Five miles south of downtown Seattle is the neighborhood of Columbia City—a leafy stretch of old brownstones and new condos which, according to local legend and loosely interpreted census data, boasts the most diverse zi…
I am known as Everybody's Favorite Cuzn(pronounced cousin) DJ Will from Jacksonville(Florida).
Mobile DJ: 25years
Radio DJ: 10years
Radio Personality: 10years
I am the host of popular Jacksonville,Fl WZAZ am 1400…
Eshon Burgundy has recorded original songs with producers: Jazzy Jeff(Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
Karriem Riggins(Slum Village & Common) Runway Star(Producer of the Platinum selling song “Teach me how to Dougie”) a…
When singer/songwriter V. Rose was only 8 years old, she prayed a few earnest words that ended up forever shaping her life.
A burgeoning talent who regularly joined the church choir onstage and played impromptu concer…
Willie Moore Jr.
National recording artist and YouTube sensation, Willie Moore, Jr., aka Pretty Willie, aka P-Dub, aka the #FLATOUT guy, got his big break with Universal Records and Warner Bros. Records, creating such …
Dorie DJ DMD Dorsey, known for secular, southern rap hits like "25 Lighters" & "So Real", was reborn in 2003. In 2010, he was led to offer his talents to help expand God's Kingdom and started E5 ENTERTAINMENT. His latest…
"You know how some kids, at the age of 4, stand in front of the mirror and sing knowing that one day, they'll be a star performer...yeah...not me...I, and probably no one around me back then, would believe that at 23, I'…
The W.A.R.R.I.O.R.S. ATX Austin, Texas. Home of the University of Texas Longhorns, 6th Street, and the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) music festival. It’s also been dubbed “The Live Music Capital of the World.” And as …
Jin Au-Yeung, also known as MC Jin, is a hip hop artist, songwriter and actor. Growing up in Miami, Jin moved to New York City to pursue a rap career, garnering national attention when he stunned audiences on BET's 106 …
Proving to be quite the multi-tasker, as he continues to sign phenomenal talent like V. Rose and Young Noah to his boutique label, Clear Sight Music, GRAMMY® -nominated and Billboard topper Christian hip-hop artist Flame…
An offshoot of the Soul Tree Collective project, Frontier LIve started as a group of individuals eager to perform their favorite songs before live audiences. After securing and performing at different venues in and arou…
The Durdens, Judy, Larry, Christy, Debra, Sharon, Antuon, Anthony and Albert III, have been touring and performing together for twenty-seven years that really shines on the stage, in their songwriting, and in their recor…
When The Drowning Men formed back in 2006, the product of a childhood friendship between Bardeen, Dolan and Eisenkerch, the idea wasn’t to make a career, but to make music. The band, who added Messer and Smith into the m…
In the past couple years Austin has toured with Willie Nelson on his Country Throwdown Tour, The Revival Tour, Langhorne Slim, Dawes, Chuck Ragan, Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, and Drag The River as well as a plethora of …
"If I were to make a list of the twenty most important singer/songwriters of our time, John Konrad Wert, better known under the moniker Possessed by Paul James, would undoubtedly be among those at the very top, if not th…
Valerie June brings an eclectic mix of blues, folk, gospel, soul, Appalachian, and bluegrass to her unique sound. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter from Jackson, Tennessee, Valerie honed her sou…
Singer, songwriter, and natural history enthusiast Jenny Owen Youngs grew up in the forests of northern New Jersey and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. After self-releasing her first album Batten the Hatches in 2005, You…
The phrase “Long Live All of Us” is the title of Glossary’s seventh full-length album, but it’s also meant as an all-inclusive homage to humanity. Frontman Joey Kneiser says, in light of all the bad things happening in t…
Simply put, they don’t make musicians like Chuck Ragan anymore. For nearly two decades Ragan has traversed the country and the world—first with his celebrated punk act Hot Water Music and later as a solo troubadour—to br…
A room full of music and people isn’t so strange. The trick is filling the spaces in between. When truth finds a melody, strangers disappear, and suddenly everyone belongs. And Chris Carrabba knows how to fill a room bet…
Having played to a TV audience of 25 million at the London Olympic Opening Ceremony, Frank Turner is becoming a household name in his native UK. The past year has seen him wow crowds all over the world with his impassion…
Dustin Wong's second LP Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads, is a departure from Dustin's previous methods but more closely a distillation of his live show into recorded form. The pieces are so intricate and detailed …
Writer-producer-vocalist WALL appeared on the scene at the end of last summer with her debut single 'Magazine', which proved a triumph for both artist and newly formed BCS Records. Finding themselves championed on blogs …
The Milk Carton Kids, a harmonizing, minimalist duo, use two guitars and two voices to create a new combination of back-porch Americana and classic folk. Relying on compelling narrative, the seamless interplay between th…
For his Nonesuch debut, Devendra Banhart chose the title Mala, literally the Serbian word for “small,” but used colloquially in Eastern Europe as a term of endearment—“like sweetie pie,” Banhart explains. It was a placeh…
Brixton and FILTER magazine are run by the same inspirations: music, culture and the people who surround us. Together we are bringing the people that we love and who surround us an amazing showcase of great musicians and…
It isn’t easy to talk about the Mexican Indie rock scene without coming across the name Aurum; a tremendous band formed in 2004 with a mind blowing guitar riff and vocal sound.
The history of the band is simple; reh…
· Mexican Psychedelic Pop Rock band
· 5 Albums and 13 Videos
· With Tours in México, USA and Spain
· Winners of an ARIEL and a Mayahuel for Best Music for a film “TEMPORADA DE PATOS”
· More than 50,000 followers in T…
8 Kilómetros is defined from a phrase "Make it Possible."
Their show is an extension of this desire (“Make it Possible”). They leave on stage all the power of pop punk in Spanish, and communicate beyond language with …
Indie rock 3 piece band from Santiago, Chile. Formed in 2009, the band has released "The Grand EP" (2009), "Chasing Lights EP" (2010), and the singles "Save me" (2011) and "Do you remember the first time?" (2011). In dec…
Siddhartha it´s a music act from Guadalajara, Mexico. Ex-Former drummer from Zoé, one of the most important Rock-Alternative Bands in Mexico. Now since 2008, Siddhartha has released 2 solo albums and he has been nominate…
GERREDDI HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE. HE HAS WORKED WITH ARTIST SUCH AS SCARFACE,DEVIN DA DUDE,BONECRUSHER,PROJECT PAT,WALE,FAT TREL ETC.
HIS LAST MIXTAPE WAS RELEASED ON LIVEMIXTAPES.COM…
C.Carter born (Christine Carter) is a Up & Coming Female MC/Producer From Compton California who was recently backed by Freeway Ricky Ross & his label FMG. Her sound, style & Choice of Lyrics has set her in her own Lane …
Lil monstaz consist of Noah Ashton & Xavier aka X-Eazy from Hoboken NJ started rapping at the ages of 11 and 12. Both of the lil monstaz was raised since birth together do to the partner ship of thier fathers who are in …
“You just don’t become a leader in one year. You’re prepped for it. When you’re at your lowest—but you got that faith—that gives you motivation. And when you have that motivation, that’s what makes you a leader,” says La…
Mysonne, a Bronx native has a ridiculous amount of drive, talent and an undying love of hip hop. Although he has faced his share of heartache and pain, hip hop has always been there to see him through his darkest moment…
New Orleans-based gangsta rapper Juvenile was born Terius Gray. After beginning his performing career while in his teens, he released a 1995 album on Warlock titled Being Myself. He eventually crossed paths with Cash Mon…
The Dynamic Duo consists of Austin, TX locals, Wes Sanders and Go Dj Knowledge. Taking some time off as a duo, this SXSW '13 will be the resurrection of the DJ super group.
Dynamic Duo (@DynamicDuoATX)
Wes Sanders…
In 2012, Jamieson's lead single, "I Get Busy" was:
- Featured on MTVIGGY.com
- Playlisted on MTV Base
- Declared a "Hot New single" by MySpace.com
The decision to pursue ones dream can sometimes be difficult, wave…
So frequently do Ivy League schools profess to nurture the most creative minds of the day, but the real treasures of hallowed halls, and the ones far less heralded, are the students who’ve broken from the shackles of aca…
Born on the coast of Oregon, Cory Kendrix moved to Austin, TX at a very young age and has since traveled back and forth to emerge as a young artist whose unique sound and versatility has caught the attention of a variety…
Mobbin NO Sobbin is a mantra shared by Western Tink and Beautiful Lou. As they lead raps new underground they do it on there own terms no matter what, Beautiful Lou not only provides avant-garde syrupy beats for Western …
Raiden Integra (a.k.a. R.D. Peoples) is a Hip Hop and Electronic Dance Music recording artist. He has been active since 2006. He has a sound that is truly all his own, and it has led him to be compared by others with a w…
Dubb Sicks is "basically a rockstar that spits sick over beats." There is no other way to describe a pure entertainer with razor-sharp lyrics and a stage show that has Texas crowds in an uproar. Originally from Odessa; S…
Children Of The Night are the hotly tipped hip hop trio described by MTV as “possibly the best thing out of Queens, New York, since A Tribe Called Quest.” The three young members, hailing from Queens, NY are: Lansky Jone…
Billionaire B has consistently knocked down barriers to establish himself as the ideal hip hop artist for today's music industry. Hard work, consistency,and dedication are the simple characteristics that have helped sepa…
Where are the phenomenons? In a time where the industry is flooded with cookie-cutter images, most Hip-Hop lovers either rely on classics to get them through their day-to-day groove or wait anxiously for new music from a…
“How many of ya’ll are familiar with the League of Extraordinary G’z?” was the question posed by Bavu Blakes, indie rap veteran and reigning godfather of the Austin Texas Hip Hop scene, as he stood on a dimly lit stage i…
BIOGRAPHY
When Austin, Texas rapper Gerald G declares “only dream I ever had was put the hood on the map,” he’s making it his primary duty to take hip-hop back to its territorial essence. Gerald recognizes th…
For years, Native Texan DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, hosted the official SXSW closing party at the old Emo's. This is his gazillionth time at SXSW. Having toured with acts like Grand Buffet, Kid Koala, MGMT, and of Montr…
Prince Paul , DJ , Producer , man of mystery , crime fighter and peoples champion . Hip hop Skit inventor Producer of 3 grammy award winning albums, as well as nominations ," Best Prodcer of the year" 1990 New york music…
In the early 90’s, when gangsta’ rap consumed the airwaves, and the majority of West Coast rappers strapped on their Locs, Chuck Taylor’s & Ben Davis’, The Pharcyde decidedly maintained a willfully weird vision. Opting t…
THE WAGONEERS
Long before there was something called alt-country, The Wagoneers made high-intensity, twang-infused music that combined the sounds and subject matter of traditional country with the raw energy of rock a…
Conceived over cocktails, wine, and beers in 2011, The Split Squad is one of those “perfect storm” rock and roll bands that comes from a bunch of musicians who have done it all and have nothing to prove. While that may s…
"A curious, superlative songwriter, a world-class guitar slinger, a tireless seeker of sounds (and did I mention a great soulful singer?) all of Moore’s impressive tools are on display on El Sonido Nuevo." - Pop Matters…
With a big-as-the-room persona, an ability to rock the doors off the most jaded of clubs, the heart to hold a room completely still with just his guitar, and a genius for arrangement, Bobby Bare, Jr. and his band of merr…
" I do think Titi Robin is one of the world’s great musicians and visionaries."
Charlie Gillet, BBC-London, 2009
"Titi Robin is probably one of the best known French composer musician in the crossover world music sty…
Named one of the 'potentially biggest Danish upcoming acts' by MTV Denmark, Tako Lako is a balkanic tour-de-force to be reckoned with. Their explosive mix of world genres and trashy gypsy tunes have swept away European a…
Momo: Vocal
Koharu: Accordion
“Charan-po-rantan” means sloppy or irresponsible in Japanese, and obviously the name of this free-wheeling sister duo is a wordplay of the phrase.
19 year old vocalist, Momo, and 23 …
Nuyorbalkan: New York Gypsy All-Stars Jump the Turnstiles of Balkanalia, Turkish Roots, and Gypsy Soul with Funky Refinement
A Greek bassist ducked into a little bar in New York’s Alphabet City and heard the Eastern M…
LA CHIVA GANTIVA starts in Brussels with a group of Colombian percussionists playing together for around 10 years.
LA CHIVA GANTIVA plays traditional Caribbean instruments such as «la tambora», «el alegre», «el llama…
Imam Baildi is a very popular Southeast Mediterranean dish consisting of aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic, and tomatoes simmered in olive oil. It is a similar fine blend that brothers Lysandros and Orestis Falireas a…
Tori Vasquez is an amazingly gifted singer-songwriter from West Texas. She was born in Shallowater, Texas and raised in a family of musicians and songwriters. At the age of 21 she has already found her voice and is writi…
Combining sounds and song styles that these native Texans have digested over the years, The Orbans melodic take on alternative rock music is one of a kind. Currently finishing up their latest recording effort and showca…
Jerid Reed Morris wrote these songs. They're variously about heading East or heading West. They sometimes explore change and loss, and how maybe those two things have always been the same thing. He tries to put his tongu…
From the writers and performers of the theme song for the popular Discovery Channel reality show American Guns, Swamp Cabbage has been invited to SXSW to share their North Florida fatback boogaloo blues and trailer park…
The Wellspring is an indie folk-pop duo from NY, now based in LA, whose music has been described as a “byproduct of the Troubadour era that breathed life into Carole King and James Taylor, soft-speaking musicians who car…
For over a decade, Jess Klein’s gutsy “tell it like it is” folk rock has been embraced by tastemakers from Tokyo to London, from Australia to her new home state of Texas.
Graced with one of the most enviable voices in…
It starts with an itch. A warmth at the back of your calf, causing your right toe to start moving, leading its four loyal friends to march along. Your left foot, not to be ignored, begins to twist and slide too. You'll o…
Originally formed in Austin, TX in winter 2005 by Troupe Gammage (vocals/keyboard), Nick Hurt (guitar/vocals), and Jake Stewart (drums), the band now known as SPEAK was cemented with the addition of Joey Delahoussaye (ba…
Half Greek, half Latin, the words pulled together loosely mean “the beginning of something new.” At least that’s how lead singer Casey McPherson describes the name of the group he fronts. It’s also an apt description of …
BP FALLON & THE BANDITS
Fronted by 109 years young singer BP Fallon who up to now has done everything in rock'n'roll apart from singing with a band - he was publicist to Led Zeppelin, managed former New York Doll Joh…
This year, Doritos® is back, and with an even bolder take: Doritos’ larger-than-life vending machine is amped up to dispense one-of-a-kind interactive gigs that fans won’t find anywhere else in Austin, featuring top-notc…
French Horn Rebellion are Robert and David Perlick-Molinari, two brothers born and bred in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. In 2007, younger brother Robert was playing French horn in orchestra, a…
Wallpaper represents the eccentric everyman, a blue collar pop band for the other 99%, a twerking class hero who might ACTUALLY show up at your house party - THAT is Wallpaper.…
The world knows Luca Venezia as a globetrotting DJ/producer and the founder of Brooklyn, New York’s Trouble & Bass label. As Drop the Lime, he’s been fearlessly casting spells over clubs and festivals around the world fo…
Modestep are a band.
It maybe seems odd that this needs to be pointed out, but so much has been said during their whirlwind rise about what they are or are not that it really bears repeating. Forget “popstep”, “rockst…
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The SPIN House will be a new addition to Austin’s spring music ritual, showcasing e…
RIZZLA (FADE TO MIND / KUNQ)
Signed to Kingdom’s Fade To Mind imprint, newly Brooklyn-based DJ and
producer Rizzla's unique sound links diva-centric tracks with the
darker side of dance music from around the world. …
Massacooramaan is the production and DJ moniker of photojournalist Dave Quam. Born and raised Portland, he moved to Chicago in 2005 to study photography, film, and sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dur…
Bruce Saunders has 5 recordings as a leader which feature jazz musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Michael Cain, Peter Erskine, Adam Kolker, John Hebert, Dave Pietro, et. al. His latest recording, "Drift", will be availab…
Born in Brazil (1980), 2010 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award Winner, Gabriel Santiago is a Composer/Arranger/ Acoustic and Electric Guitar Player. Called by JazzTimes Magazine “a young master at both the acoustic and elec…
Described as “a brilliant gem,” Glenn’s modern jazz compositions and skilled, interactive playing have been called “a thoughtful, remarkable style,” which “stems from a deeper understanding.” A graduate of New England Co…
Many consider Magnus Lindgren the best young jazz reed player and classical to jazz skilled arranger in Europe today. At SXSW he introduces his forthcoming album recorded with friends in New York, produced by Ira Coleman…
"Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and
the ability to adapt that is the hallmark of a first-class jazz musician."
Wynton Marsalis
GRACE KELLY - "MUSIC F…
"Whoa. The Mannequin label is a relatively new one to me, but with Survive’s self-titled debut LP, they’ve set the mark pretty damn high. This album is full of synth-heavy soundtrack/horror sentiments, drifting from soun…
Xeno and Oaklander are a minimal electronics girl/boy duo, and they are based in Brooklyn, NY. They began writing music and soundtracks in 2004. Miss Liz Wendelbo is French / Norwegian and Sean McBride is from Maryland. …
The Soft Moon was never intended for the public's ears, but you found it, were drawn in by its danger, and insisted that others hear. Oakland's Luis Vasquez began the project in order to better know his own self. He'd ho…
“I don’t think it’s possible for me to write in a major key,” says Katie Stelmanis, co-founder and lead singer of Toronto trio Austra. “I don’t know why. It doesn’t seem to factor in my brain.”
It’s not like the longt…
Presented by: Heard x SongBooth: Music Tech Mashup
Shinobi Ninja is a Brooklyn-based party rock circus with an explosive live show. The band’s music mashes up the sounds of 311, The Beastie Boys, Sublime, and Rage Against the Machine. This Year, SN has performed alongsi…
Heyerdahl just did their first gig EVER at this years Øyafestival in Oslo and was
met with amazing reviews “Stunning! – P3.no” Their debut single follows by a
European tour visiting Berlin, London and Barcelona.
Heyer…
Beginning as a studio only project back in 2011 Shaun Hencher's Virals’ main aim is to craft sharp as a tack indie rock songs that stick in the head, but don’t take themselves too seriously. First releasing a sold out tw…
Heliotropes recently bashed everyone’s brains in at this year’s CMJ where they were listed as a top band to see via Pitchfork, Village Voice, Paper Magazine, and Brooklyn Vegan. Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, the band wields…
BELIEFS started in November 2010 when Josh Korody (Breeze) and Jesse Crowe met at bassist Pat McCormack’s birthday party and bonded over their love of The Jesus and Marychain, Slowdive, and My Bloody Valentine. Korody, i…
K-X-P are the trio: Timo Kaukolampi (electronics, vocals and the ‘K’), Tuomo Puranen (bass, keyboards and the ‘P’), and alternating drummers (the ‘X’ – for the mystery) Anssi Nykänen and Tomi Leppanen.
Born from the ash…
International sensation HOTT MT (Hour Of The Time Majesty Twelve), is an experimental post-pop collective based in Los Angeles, CA. HOTT MT is the result of an ongoing curiosity project between Queen Ashi Dala and Spooky…
The wildly popular live show turned Comedy Central favorite returns to SXSW. The hugely entertaining concept is simple: Benson brings his favorite comedians onstage to perform then interrupts them with stream-of-consciou…
The wildly popular live show turned Comedy Central favorite returns to SXSW. The hugely entertaining concept is simple: Benson brings his favorite comedians onstage to perform then interrupts them with stream-of-consciou…
Sonically drawing from groups like The National, Mazzy Star and Fleet Foxes, Daltonians is a new Brooklyn based trio. The brainchild of multi instrumentalist Julie Jay, the band consists of Julie on lead vocal and guitar…
Nubes en mi Casa started playing in 2007. That first year they recorded their first album which was released by mexican indie label Molecula Records. A few months later, they were chosen by 'Myspace Mexico' as "Band of t…
Suburban Living is the project of 21 year old Wesley Bunch from Virginia Beach, Virginia. After self releasing a few singles on the internet in 2011, Bunch went on to produce his latest EP - "Cooper's Dream". His EP ha…
His Clancyness is the solo project of Canadian-born, Italy based singer-songwriter Jonathan Clancy. His solo project started to gain recognition on the internet when he released slowed down, shoegaze inflected cover of W…
Mother Falcon is an orchestral indie band born in Austin, Texas that has quickly become an award winning recording act and a top concert draw, performing in rock clubs while maintaining a presence in the performing arts …
A la orilla del mar, con el sol radiante y la brisa cosquilleando ¡se armó la mojiganga! La rumba chocoana y el porro, anfitriones, decidieron invitar a la cumbia, al vallenato, al bambuco, la salsa y a otros muchos más…
“La Cuneta Son Machín” is a group of Nicaraguan musicians that decided to come together in the year 2009 and create a band that merges Nicaraguan and Latin American popular music (son de toros, son nica, cumbia, merengue…
La Sabrosura Dura is a band of latin fusion music. It draws inspiration from the latin sounds of different times and places in Latin America and some of the black music in North America, such as funk. This unique mixture…
Cinemacinco is music mestizo folk to the world. Is contemporary Colombian sound synthesis. Their debut album is entitled "Republic of Joy". Is a festival of colors, tastes and smells different on songs such as "Campesino…
La Santa Cecilia consists of accordionist and requintero Jose Carlos, bassist Alex Bendana, percussionist Miguel Ramirez, and lead vocalist La Marisoul, whose captivating voice sings about love, loss and heartbreak. Thei…
Malacates Trébol Shop, una banda con más de 15 años de trayectoria, está catalogada como una de las mejores y más reconocidas agrupaciones centroamericanas desde hace algunos años. Con 4 discos editados y más de 1300 con…
Two Hours Traffic's specialty has always been unforgettable pop melodies. Now, with a revamped lineup and a new producer behind the boards, the award-winning Charlottetown band have honed their craft and created their ca…
Rugged, raspy, and roaring with charisma, Halifax’s Ben Caplan is to folklore what
smoke is to bourbon. Perfectly coupled. Ben’s songwriting is as bold in range as it is in ferocity. Fueled by a quality of melodrama and…
Click your ruby shoes three times and imagine a modern day Judy Garland, an artist with a technicolour voice and mischievous spirit. Jenn Grant’s voice is widely recognized as one of the most mellifluous and melodic out …
Dusted (Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck & Leon Taheny)
Debut LP 'Total Dust' Out July 10th On Polyvinyl/Hand Drawn Dracula
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After six years of constant Holy Fuck touring, Brian Borcherdt
emerged from the tangl…
Maybe it's when you're backing up The Smiths' Andy Rourke for a version of "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others." Maybe it's when you get an email from David Bowie saying "nice album". Maybe it's having songs on the BBC an…
With outrageously immodest beginnings, The Tom Fun Orchestra sauntered into the Canadian music scene the way an Italian funeral saunters through a mountain village. That is, with many loud instruments, casks of wine and…
Born December 27, 1991 hailing from Miami Florida, artist Bizzy Crook knew at the tender age of six where he wanted to leave his mark in the world. While listening to a Grammy compilation album he stumbled across Eminem'…
Truly one of Brooklyn’ s finest, aspiring musicians Rob Scott was born in April of 1990. There is no question that Scott, with his eclectic style of music, is destined for greatness. Not restricting himself to just one g…
Fly.Union is comprised of three artists whose individual personalities and talent blend to create the music causing fans to follow their every move. Meet iYe, JaySwifa and Jerreau the trio that make up Fly.Union and The …
The CRINGE
There’s certainly some irony in the title to the Cringe’s new album, Hiding in Plain Sight, the band’s fourth and most accomplished. While the Lower Manhattan-based band has made a habit of opening very vis…
Nyzzy Nyce (aka Nyzzy) of Fort Wayne, Indiana is the lead songwriter and artist on one of the largest community driven and collaborative Hip Hop based music projects in the world called #HipHop4theCity. The song “My City…
Statik Selektah is an established producer, DJ & radio personality from Lawrence, MA, now residing in Brooklyn, NY.
Statik has released three producer albums: 100 Proof (2010), Stick 2 the Script (2008), & Spell My Na…
Black Moon debuted in 1992, with the release of the single "Who Got Da Props?". The song became something of an underground phenomenon, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100. With the help of DJ Chuck Chillout, the group …
The Littlest Viking is a two piece prog/punk band from Whittier, CA. Using guitars, drums, and the occasional vocal, TLV sounds like the bastard musical lovechild of Don Caballero, Piglet, American Football, Braid, and …
After electrifying Washington, D.C., with its scorching live show for more than a year, Shark Week released its first recorded contribution to the city’s burgeoning music scene in August 2012.
Hearkening back to the glo…
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, the Dune Rats combine the laid-back musical forces of BC and Danny to create something which sounds like it could have only been created on a perfect, sunny beach somewhere far away. Aft…
We are a band.Two piece. Jake bangs sticks on things and shouts, Jared breaks strings and mumbles. We have been around for close to three years. The sound we make is raw and loud. Self-released 7" last February, availabl…
Feral Future are a four piece heavy punk band who are new this year to the Austin, Texas music scene. They released a debut vinyl EP on Austin based Western Medical Records this year, and will have a debut full length L…
PHIL X & THE DRILLS are a balls out/in your face rock rock trio with some of the catchiest songs you've ever heard in your life. With song titles like "Kiss My Trouble Maker", "I Wish My Beer Was As Cold As Your Heart" a…
Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John make dark, enchanting dream pop that floats along in warm, shimmering waves. The duo weaves a web of male and female harmonies, slow pulsing beats, reverb-laced guitars, and lush synthesiz…
Zak Waters, a Los Angeles native, emerged in early 2011 and arrived on the scene oozing with confidence, sex appeal, and charismatic vocal ability. His creations are perfectly crafted pop songs infused with contagious da…
Tashaki Miyaki was born out of a late night jam in early 2011. Since then they have recorded two EPs, and a single as well as toured the world. They are currently in the midst of recording their debut full length.……
Formed in 2009 by vocalist / drummer Gretta Rochelle and guitarist Jack Armondo, My Gold Mask conjure a feeling rather than a simple sound. Their music is part art-pop, part sonic poetry, and part personal chemistry. The…
Listen through the ethereal haze that Brass Bed has created on The Secret Will Keep You, and you will find a soulful band suspended in a moment of frustration and anxiety. It's the sort of frustration that comes from gro…
Kay Leotard is a psychedelic garage band from Austin, Texas. Witchuals, their first full length album, was released by Monofonus Press in late 2012. Kay Leotard's first show was at Antone's and in the following year the …
Expo ‘70 is known throughout the experimental psychedelic drone community as being one of the top artists of the genre. The sole project of Justin Wright, he has been making improvisational music under the moniker since …
Protomartyr is from Detroit, Michigan USA. Formed in 2010, their debut LP "No Passion All Technique" was recently rereleased on Urinal Cake Records.
"Joe Casey is a bilious conversational singer/barker in the traditio…
"Föllakzoid was born in Santiago, Chile product of a trance experience between friends. Sort of a soul abduction in wich we’ve been living since 2008. About where we come from, we believe that there is some sort of gravi…
With a sound that evokes the dreamlike natural wonders of their homeland, duo the Holydrug Couple are a part of the burgeoning psychedelic rock scene rising out of Chile. Based in Santiago, members Ives Sepúlveda and Man…
Dubbed “Krautrock Guerilla”, the Berlin-based trio Camera has
played several times with Krautrock legends Michael Rother (NEU!, Harmonia, Kraftwerk) and Dieter Moebius and performed at the German Film Prize and Echo Awa…
Royal Baths began in San Francisco in the winter of 2009 when Jeremy Cox and Jigmae Baer (formerly of Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall) began writing music together. Among various inspirations was the duo's shared interest in …
Time isn’t constant or concrete. It’s made of color and shade. Time flows, blurs and fades away in dim morning light. Time melts. And The Warlocks are the ecstatic, hazy, foreboding, holy tick tock of time that isn’t any…
Hours could be spent debating the genre Purple falls into, but most crowds are too busy dancing to have that discussion. The three-piece band from Southeast Texas blends guitarist Taylor Busby’s melodic riffs, bassist Ty…
The Boxing Lesson is a rock band from Austin, TX. A power trio with synthesizers performing the bass player's role, they create a mammoth psychedelic 'wall of sound' that begins minimally and builds into grand orchestrat…
Naked, stripped down and aching with adrenaline is the rawness of Leopold and his Fiction. A revolving group of friends led by Daniel James (lead vocal/guitar), their essential make up sprouted from collaborations made o…
Smoke and Feathers takes you carelessly away on heavy guitar rifts to a place in your psyche, where the angel and devil inside argue; soulful human drama, eerie, compelling wizardy, desire, temptation – nothing close to …
About--Roll Your Bones
Biography--Tia Carrera + And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead + Pack of Wolves + Curse the Heavens + Austin, Tx.
Description--90s Roots Worship.
Band Interests--Drinks, being particul…
The Memories are four (4) lovey dovey stoner sweeties. Formed in the summer time 2010 by Rikky Gage and Kyle Handley of infamous party nomads White Fang. After releasing and selling all 200 copies of the first edition of…
Fletcher C Johnson is a 4 piece pop/rock band playing 60s influenced 3 minute jingles that are sentimental for, but never derivative of, the great artists that lead the genre.……
Four fucking freaks who are so flippin' ready to shred hard. Childhood friends, White Fang rose to prominence in the Portland underground scene with their infamous live shows and social presence. Formed in 2006, White Fa…
From the damp and misty woods of New Hampshire emerges the second full length from psychedelic jam warriors MMOSS. The minute we heard the band's 2011 debut on Burger Records they immediately rocketed to the front of our…
"Thanks for coming, man. Want some bum juice?"
"What the fuck is in this shit?"
"Tampico and Everclear. It's pretty gross."
When they started in 2009, seeing FIDLAR meant showing up to a house party and eventually h…
A more charismatic, enigmatic nomad of a furioso frontman/artist/guitar legend could not be imagined. You can’t make this shit up.
Grinning gold teeth behind blonde shades, in black, skeletal denim, with a studded “KI…
Rock n Roll ala Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, The Kingsmen, The Sonics, The Who, The Kinks, Booker T and the MGs, The Ramones, The Gizmos, and a thousand others. Music for lovers, dancers, drunks and lowlifes. Simple music …
Teenage Burritos are a San Diego based band that draws from post-punk, garage, 60s girl groups and doo-wop. Formed by Kirsten Gundel and Christmas Island drummer Lucy Wehrly in 2012, the band released a 6 song cassette o…
Hector’s Pets make catchy pop songs for deadbeats and derelicts. Fuzzy dry lo-fi garage power-pop gems of storytelling and rambling consta-party ooh-la-las and background surf-and-beater-sports-car choruses.……
5 piece hard rock band from Atlanta, GA. We like Cheap Trick, the Nerves, Dwight Twilley, Van Halen, the Dictators, Alice Cooper and Tom Petty. We have songs about feet, shampoo, calendars, aliens, dog food, girls, bab…
Perfecting the blend of glitter and grime that earned Bare Wires a soft spot in the hearts of the bubblegum-popping, foot-stomping masses, Matthew Melton joins with bassist Chase Asmussen, guitarist Rob Good, and drummer…
Guantanamo Baywatch was started by Jason Powell and Chevelle Wiseman in Portland about 4 years ago to an immediately enthusiastic reception, released a very well received and now out-of-print LP on Portland's awesome Hov…
A fun, punky and poppy band originally from Ottawa, Canada, now based out of California.
Peach Kelli Pop has two full length albums, the first of which is available on JEFF the Brotherhood's Infinity Cat Records and t…
G AL P A L S is a two piece garage pop band from Austin, Texas comprised of Jillian Talley and Lauren Marie Mikus. Together they make a blend of early British Punk Rock doing 1950s American Garage Rock.
The band rece…
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“From glam to gunk this Ohio trippy man can be found making his home recordings that range from Peter Koppes to Slade. Or just at home resting with…
San Francisco's Burnt Ones have been recording and releasing albums and singles of tremelo-drenched, squalling and reverberating echo-laced rock n roll for the better part of the last three years. Recorded entirely by th…
The Jacuzzi Boys are guitarist/vocalist Gabriel Alcala, drummer Diego Monasterios, and bassist Danny Gonzalez, three dudes from Miami Florida, bright as neon and fun as hell. After forming the band in 2007 and accruing a…
Together The Clams provide a secret ingredient that binds together doo-wop, early rock and R&B, girl group classics, 60's garage/psych, surf and glints of punk in a way that's hard to get across in words. You have to lis…
Useless Eaters is a Nashville based project fronted by 22 year old Seth Sutton. Originally growing up in the Memphis garage rock scene, Seth conceived Useless Eaters at age 17 and has released 4 LP's and a dozen singles …
Ski Lodge is an indie/pop band formed by Andrew Marr in early 2011 and based out of New York City. It's music about forgiveness, youth, love, fear, sadness, and everything else.……
Caveman—a five-man vibe collective from NYC—released their first album in 2011. As first
albums go, CoCo Beware was something akin to a moody statement of intent, a blueprint for
a band quickly learning how to create h…
Most people do not take vacations often enough, some not at all. Quality vacations let us recapture that feeling of childlike exploratory freedom, which we seem to experience less and less frequently as we age. We can ha…
Hotly tipped Danish songstress MØ aka. Karen Marie Ørsted is stirring up a buzz throughout the global blogosphere these days. Tastemaker media such as Pitchfork, The Guardian, Fader, Hypetrak and NME wrote about her and …
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“I suppose it's never enough / you get what you want, then you want what was / but I’d rather worry about my existential crisis / laying on a beach where the sun sets the nicest” – “Get That”
!!! wi…
Formed by writer Rina Durante in 1975, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is regarded as Italy’s leading and longest-standing traditional music ensemble, hailing from the Salento, the heel of the Italian boot, in Puglia.
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" I do think Titi Robin is one of the world’s great musicians and visionaries."
Charlie Gillet, BBC-London, 2009
"Titi Robin is probably one of the best known French composer musician in the crossover world music sty…
Terakaft (meaning "caravan" in Tamasheq) is a genuine desert rock band, sculpted by the pure searing air and the endless rolling sands of the Sahara. The stark, harsh conditions of the Sahara have permeated their wild ri…
Boy Friend is an Austin TX based three-piece with a passion for dark pop melodies and thick atmospheric backdrops. Christa Palazzolo & Sarah Brown (formerly of Sleep Over) have self-released EP’s as well as records with …
Judson Claiborne is an American rock band founded in 2007 by singer / songwriter Christopher Salveter and multi-instrumentalist, Ryan Boyles in Chicago. The two met toward the end of Salveter’s previous band, Low Skies …
There are certain bands that demand to be listened in a certain way: Pink Floyd might require a bong & lazer light show; Led Zeppelin benefits from giant, wood-paneled speakers, and FREE ENERGY—a band responsible for hav…
The first releases by Suie Paparude - between 1995 and 1998 ( the first LPs Suie Paparude (1995) and Salveaza-te (1997), and the 1998 EP Musca) wear engraved in their soul and tempo the rave period harmonic curves of pe…
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''....again showing their unnerving ability to write deliciously macarbre and compelling dreamy synth pop hits'' NME..
The Ghosts’ formed when Alex Starling (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool) met New York traine…
Power diva Clairy Browne and her harmonising girl group The Bangin’ Rackettes formed in 2009 over a mutual love of nineties dance videos, early rhythm n’ blues records and big hair. They teamed up with a group of lovable…
Born out of intense personal hardship, Les Rav is the musical brainchild of Lauren Bruno, an energetic and waifish young woman who’s cheery demeanor hardly belies the haunting ethereal quality of the melodies she compose…
Good Field began as the solo recording project of Austin, TX's Paul Price, who has played with such bands as Brazos, The Early Tapes, and Voxtrot. After writing some of the album in an isolated adobe by a cenote in Mexic…
Gashcat started in the winter of 2010 as a drums/bass/guitar 3-piece band in Austin, TX fronted by singer songwriter Kyle Craft and backed by Rick Hancock and Haley Massey. The band is in the process of putting together…
Imagine a sequestered town at the southern brink of the Lone Star State whose townsfolk claim as much cultural heritage from the bordering country as they do from their own. A place that seems contradictory being such a …
Songwriter and DIY instrument maker Matthew Steinke returns with emotionally driven anthems backed by a collection of homemade animatronic musical instruments that comprise the latest installment of OCTANT. Steinke has …
Pájaro
Andrés Herrera, AKA Pájaro, is a mythical figure in the musical world of Seville in Southern Spain. One of the city’s legendary characters, at a very young age he joined one of Seville’s most celebrated bands, …
Teen Runnings are a band of Shota Kaneko from Tokyo, Japan, their members are Shota Kaneko (guitar/vox), Masato Watanabe (bass) and Masashi Takahashi(drums). The band's major musical influences go from 60's surf, Psyche,…
Wonfu was officially formed on the eve of Christmas 1998.
and we released six albums so far .
Wonfu (2003)
Wonfu Again (2004)
Wonfu Magazine (2005)
Dance of the Youth (2007)
Wonfu Loves You (2009)
Wonfu J…
We are nothing but garage rock freaks. Created in Finland, HolySexyBastards decided to move back to Venezuela and record it's first album, in 6 days, in a live studio recording situation. We play garage, we make garage r…
In Austin, TX, it's sometimes difficult to recall any individual who isn’t or hasn’t been in a band. But how is one to navigate this sea of dudes with long hair and alcoholic tendencies in order to find the truly talente…
"Songwriter Paul Banks is another Austin force to be reckoned with . . . His favorite songwriter is Paul Simon, but Banks' voice has supreme range. He can go from sounding like a folk-singer Strokes frontman to a gorgeou…
The Lighthouse and the Whaler is a band from Cleveland, Ohio, though its name alludes to the waters off the coast of Massachusetts. Inspired by a theme from Moby Dick, the band's name alone is enough to make underpaid Li…
We are The Dollyrots. We're a rock and roll band from Los Angeles. Lead singer Kelly Ogden is a sweetheart who brutalizes her basses and sings like a thousand angels descended from Heaven. Guitarist Luis Cabezas writes w…
Complete Was Formed by Curt, Mark, Todd & Peter.
They started out with the want and drive to be one of the best bands to ever play in front of a live audience.
They sadly broke up a few years after forming and were…
Black Earth has had a long history in the underground rock n’ roll scene. Starting out as Ving Ra and the Ultrasonic in the fall of 1997, they were San Diego regulars until Ving and founding drummer Shawn Alvear decided …
In 2003, Two Cow Garage--the Columbus, Ohio-based three-piece featuring Micah Schnabel (vocals, guitar), Shane Sweeney (bass, vocals), and David Murphy (drums)--released their debut full-length, Please Turn the Gas Back …
Rolling Stone returns to Austin with our Live Rock Room daytime parties, featuring some of the biggest names in town for SXSW. Curated by Rolling Stone editors, the Rock Room features 5 performance each day plus food tr…
Earl Poole Ball is internationally known as “Mr. Honky Tonk Piano”. He played as a teenager for Louisiana Governor Jimmie davis’ reelection campaign before moving to California where he played the Country Music nightclub…
ROSIE FLORES BIOGRAPHY 2012
Award-winning Girl of the Century, Working Girl with Guitar Rosie Flores has gone surfing, knifing her turquoise axe through some new uncharted musical waters.
After a busy few years th…
Austin, besides being the Texas state capital, is home to much of the best in American roots music. Since the 1970s, gutsy blues players, renegade country pickers, and raw-voiced rockers have mixed & matched their musica…
Brennen Leigh is a songwriter, multi instrumentalist and singer who's to the point storytelling songwriting style has elevated her to newfound cult status in Europe, across the United States, South America and most notab…
REDD VOLKAERT
Redd Volkaert is best known to country music audiences as the lead guitarist since 1997 for Merle Haggard’s band The Strangers. He discovered the music of Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Led Zeppelin, Albert K…
Steven Collins has been writing and performing songs for over 20 years. Performing and recording under his band's name "DEADMAN", He has toured all over the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Europe.
He …
RDGLDGRN (pronounced red gold green) have already distinguished themselves in the DC music scene. Their highly stylized sound (that Go Go drum beat- a distinct DC rhythm) takes hip-hop infused punk and indie rock to crea…
Eagulls music draws from the palette of genres such as early punk through to post punk and shoegaze all the while sitting comfortably in non of the afore mentioned.
Whilst still a relatively new band in both the dura…
TOY is a Korg Delta led five-piece formed in 2010. It consists of Tom Dougall (Vox/Guitars), Dominic O’Dair (Guitars), Maxim Barron (Bass/Vox), Alejandra Diez (Synthesizers/Modulation) and Charlie Salvidge (Drums/Vox). T…
Hailing from Birmingham, Peace are a young four-piece pointing the way for a new generation of British guitar bands. Their debut release, EP Delicious, has a sense of adventure and playfulness that led it to enter the UK…
For The Orwells, Remember When will be an introduction of sorts—the 12-track rat-race shows the band’s repertoire of pranging riffs and sneering, snot-nosed vocals. The tracks are a walloping war-cry from a generation th…
Dickies and FILTER Magazine have teamed up again to showcase a stellar line up of indie talent at Lustre Pearl on Austin’s historic Rainey St. Showcases will take place March 14th - 16th. SXSW Badges welcome. Please arri…
Peterson Brothers Band
"Two brothers, One sound"
The Peterson Brothers were born and raised deep in the “Lost Pines” of Bastrop, Texas. Alex, 13, on bass, violin and vocals, and Glenn Jr.16 on guitar and lead vocals…
Classic soul meets rock and roll in this dynamic eight-piece collective from Chicago. The Congregation features Gina Bloom, a singer whose raw and powerful vocals are underscored by Charlie Wayne's dynamic guitar riffs, …
Since the release of their first 7-inch single, "Bullfrog Boogaloo," in 2001, the Diplomats of Solid Sound have been mining America's vast deposits of soul music to create a sound all their own -- a spare-but-spicy groov…
Austin, TX-based ROXY ROCA gets it done with a powerful, soulful sound inspired by the great soul and funk pioneers of the 60s. They call it Dynamite Texas Soul. It'll make you want to get up out your chair. ROXY ROCA is…
Isa GT is a Colombian music-centric artist working out of East London’s electronic music scene. Drawing her influences from Cumbia, Champeta House, Baile Funk - and everything in between.
Isa has become a go-to in Londo…
Los Bandidos Cosmicos
Perhaps you know them from their work at Austin's DJ Dojo music store, Claude 9 and DJ Manny created "Los Bandidos Cosmicos", a musical project of original Latin Dancehall, Dub, World Rhythms and R…
For the last decade El Tule (el TOO-lay) has been honing its unique sound combining influences of Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa and Reggae, in Austin TX... gratefully sharing the stage along the way with The Gipsy Kings, Grupo…
Duina del Mar, an Artist, Composer, Dancer and Multi-Instrumentalist. She has been selected as "The fresh new credible pop revelation for 2012" by Billboard Magazine, and she has already received numerous nominations for…
AUSTIN BASED WORLD FUSION ENSEMBLE
SUNS OF ORPHEUS LAUNCHES THEIR
DYNAMIC HYBRID “INTERNATIONAL PSYCHEDELIC
POP” VIBE ON THE FULL LENGTH
DEBUT ‘AMORIS ORBITA’ (ORBIT OF LOVE)
The deep creative impact and musical…
Isa GT is a Colombian music-centric artist working out of East London’s electronic music scene. Drawing her influences from Cumbia, Champeta House, Baile Funk - and everything in between.
Isa has become a go-to in Londo…
The diverse musical and cultural scene of Monterrey México was the main reason why Kinky became one of the most important bands in the Latin American of the last decade. Kinky, a band that formed in 2000, and since its f…
If you aren't aware of this (Danish) female rapper, get familiar... and quick.
Linkoban is the new talent that comes from Lucy Love’s label Superbillion Records. With her debut EP ”Super Into On It”, which includes th…
Lucy Love is the model of a modern star. She represents an era of cultural flux, where forging your own identity means hard work but great rewards. Her influences are from underground and mainstream, from across the deca…
Sepalcure’s combination of love for bass and 90s house acapellas is the culmination of a cathartic two week collaboration between Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Praveen & Benoît). Their mix of tribal du…
Legend has it that Marteria, a vital fixture in the German rap scene these days, had Kid Simius flown in from Spain just because he was eager to lay down some tracks with him. As a matter of fact, however, Jose moved to …
Very few can burst on stage and through speakers with boundless, electrifying energy like Le Castle Vania (aka Dylan Eiland) can. The Atlanta-based recording artist, producer, DJ, label owner and party champion has perfe…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
The concept of The Beards is simple - A folk rock band that exclusively perform
songs about just one subject: Beards. With a three-album back catalogue of crowd favourites like If Your Dad Doesn't Have a Beard,You've Go…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
Jonathan Boulet was an accomplished first step for the Sydney native - recorded, played, sung, produced and mixed by a 21 year old in his parent's garage. On We Keep The Beat... Boulet has again taken the reins, but this…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
Recently having one of her sets described by Annie Mac as "the best party set i've heard in a long time" the wide-eyed, dodo racing, rabbit chasing girl of Lewis Carol’s opium induced fantasies has officially been supers…
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Anna Lunoe
Since blazing a trail from Sydney to LA in 2012, Anna Lunoe has found herself in the eye of an American dance music storm. In under a year on US soil she has performed raging shows across the country, domin…
OKAPI SUN BIO
Dallas: Vocals, Keys, Strings, drums
Leo: Vocals, Keys, Guitar, Drums
ELECTRONIC TRIBAL DANCE PARTY
The OKAPI SUN will rise in Austin Texas this March as the duo makes its SXSW debut with an officia…
The Creepy Creeps are not just a band, they are a phenomena. With their most recent release on the oldest surviving surf label in the world, “Dionysus Records”, they will have you hanging ten and praying to the gods of …
The Tijuana Panthers got their name from the little black ceramic panther that was a present from their neighbor Max Baker—yes, the Max Baker who they named their first album after, and who deserves a bio all his own—and…
With the addition of samples, a couple guitars, and live traps backed by programmed beats, Hills Like Elephants announces their presence on the national scene with a dance-friendly re-imagination of indie rock, lo-fi dis…
Gram Rabbit
Riding high off the buzz of their National Ad campaign with Fruit of the Loom, Gram Rabbit is set to hit the road with L.A.'s "Spindrift" in support of their upcoming new release, "Brasied & Confused". Th…
id Congo Powers is the stage name of Brian Tristan (born March 27, 1959, La Puente, California),[2 an American rock guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Gun Club, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds…
El Vez is the Latin sensation that is sweeping the Nation and the world, following successful tours in Australia, Germany, Spain, Norway, Holland, Austria, England, France, Belgium, Canada and more.
A modern multicult…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
Holy Balm are a three piece dance act from Sydney, Australia. Their debut album, 'It's You', was released on Not Not Fun in 2012, and will be touring the USA throughout March 2013 to launch it. Their sound has been desc…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
The opening song in Hiatus Kaiyote’s debut EP, Tawk Tomahawk, instantly fills you with wonder. Guitarist and lead singer Nai Palm’s vocals are both raw and pure, weaving in and out of a harmonious blend of strings and sn…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
‘Harley Streten has produced an LP that’s scarily close to perfect. Streten’s achieved something rare here: music with mass appeal, but with nothing derivative or by-numbers about it.’ 4.5 stars, Rolling Stone
“Flume’s…
Presented by: Sounds Australia / Electronic Music Conference
Another week, another accolade - that seems to be the motto 360 lives by these days.
The past 12 months have seen him notch up a Top 5 ARIA single and album, 10 ARIA nominations for 360/Falling & Flying, a 4 x platinu…
Ronald Coleman, aka DJ OG Ron C, began his DJ career at parties in his northside neighborhood of 5th Ward in Houston, Texas, while a freshman in high school. In the 12th grade he got a job on the first street team for Ho…
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He is connected and respected.
The godson of the legendary hip hop rapper Flavor Flav won't have to wait for long to inherit his own rap kingdom. Branzil has been hailed by Hip Hop's elite and music industr…
KPAUL and PIMPIN PEN are maternal cousins that have been making quality music since 1999 as V.I.P. They were signed to a label Mentally Twisted Records in early 1999 then later that year dropped constant hits earning the…
Killa Cal-Wayne (Born Calvin Wayne Masters) to Sheila Masters and James Coleman, Jr. Raised in the notorious "Cuney Homes" apts. in 3rd Ward, located on the Southside of Houston. Born into poverty, murder, drugs, the wor…
Born in Tehran Iran in !983. Aryan Kaivani AKA Dj Buddha came to Houston Texas as a Political Refugee in 1984 due to an Islamic Revolution in his native land Persia/ Iran. Finally finding Refuge in Missouri City TX a sab…
Dat Boi T, Born & Raised In Houston, Texas In The Neighborhood Of Second Ward. The 28 Year Old Hispanic Rap Artist is affiliated with the Legendary Screwed Up Click Founded By The Late Great DJ Screw (RIP). He is known a…
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Real Name: Genaro Garza
Date of Birth: October 25, 1985
Birthplace: San Diego, California
Label: The Machine
Type: Independent
Mixtapes: The G-Files 1 & 2, Maverick Music 1, 1.5 & 2, From Nothin, Batteries Not Inclu…
Marquis Moore, better known by his stage name, Yung Quis, (born July 24, 1986), is a rapper from the southwest side of Houston, TX. He is a frontline member of the SGA label (Second Generation Asshole) a branch of ABN. Y…
He is the undisputed truth in the streets of Texas. Original member of The Screwed Up Click, Lil'O A.K.A Da Fat Rat Wit Da Cheeze is Texas rap royalty. A true street poet whose movement has captivated the masses. His lat…
K-Rino, is a rapper from Houston, Texas. He has release 22 full length albums since 1993. John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press described him as "the conscience of Houston rap, king of the Houston battle rappers," and a "…
Declared by the New York Times as “one of America’s most underrated rappers” Hip Hop artist Z-RO was born Joseph Wayne McVey in Houston, Texas. Orphaned at an early age, young Joseph was shuttled from relative to relativ…
BrooklynVegan presents a series of day shows @ SXSW Music again this year - now at the former location of Emo's on 2 stages. Bands include METZ, Savages, King Tuff, Thermals, Shout Out Louds, Akron/Family, Orwells, Austr…
Dragons of Zynth's frontmen, Aku and Akwetey, are twins and were raised in Cleveland, OH. The group first won notice with the demo recording of their first single "War Lover" in 2004. The band gained attention early on f…
I am fortunate to come from a family inclined towards the Arts. My parents recognised my musical aptitude at an early age and had me classically trained in piano since the age of 6.
I picked up percussive guitar at ag…
Napszyklat - (Robert Piernikowski, Marek Karolczyk) - Band from Poznan, Poland. They create experimental music on the border of electronics, noise and acoustics. Napszyklat’s music has different sources like hip-hop, co…
Royal Forest, a psychedelic rock band from Austin, are not big believers in static sound, though they do appreciate the sound of static. Experimental across media---using analog tape loops in recordings and live at shows…
T Bird and the Breaks are one of those gangs of people who could have easily banded together to steal hubcaps or hustle you out of your last dollar in a game of street craps. Lucky for all involved, they chose to make mu…
As a native Austinite, Max Frost has been honing his craft as a guitar player, bass player, drummer, singer, and songwriter in the local scene since he was 13. He began recording his songs late in high school and is curr…
A take-off on the original House of Vans in Brooklyn, HOV at the Mohawk brings the best emerging bands for four days at Austin’s most beloved venue – the Mohawk. Expect a range of acts on two stages thanks to Pitchfork,…
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Majical Cloudz is music and performance. Rooted in solo material recorded between rural Ontario and Montreal, Devon Welsh joined with Matthew Otto in February 2012 to bring the project to the stage.
Their performance is…
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Yannick Ilunga is a 21 year old born to an Angolan Mother and a Congolese Father who currently lives in South Africa. We found him there making some of the most beautiful and original electronic music we've heard in a lo…
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Kelela is a Los Angeles-based vocalist and songwriter who brings the passion and harmony of R&B and Folk traditions into the context of new electronic music. She has been featured on records by Daedelus ("Bespoke"/Ninja …
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Mike Perry & Austin Keultjes -- are scholars of every genre they borrow from. Leaning heavily on the ideals and aesthetics of modern rap and its sub-genres, especially Footwork, they cast a wide net into the sub-bass he…
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Silent Diane is an electronic duo forged out of Christine Aprile and Malcolm Elijah's angular and warped pop sensibilities. The group uses analog synthesizers, electro acoustic elements, moody movements, pulsing drum mac…
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Uploading bootleg edits of Jeremih and 2 Chainz, and doing an official remix for Lana Del Rey, Cashmere Cat quickly gained thousands of cat-loving listeners online and support from DJ´s like Diplo, A-Trak, Hudson Mohawke…
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
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XXYYXX is the name of Orlando, FL’s 17 year old producer, Marcel Everett. Marcel works out of his bedroom creating harmonious music that provokes emotion and transmits vivid images of peace and still sadness. His …
Presented by: True Panther Sounds/Terrible Records
Delorean formed in 2000, in the Basque coastal town of Zarautz, as the outlet for a group of teenagers wrapped up in their local punk scene. Eventually, though, bassist/singer Ekhi Lopetegi, drummer Igor Escudeo, keyboar…
Started in 2008. Self released several demos and EPs. In 2010, after doing weekends and small spring/winter break tours, we went to the infamous Mars Compound (Integrity, Mushroomhead, etc) to record a 5 song EP called ‘…
Formed in 1999 by Royal Conservatory of Music trained musicians Jesse Matthewson, Shane Matthewson, CA, and long-time friend Darryl Laxdal (bass), the group released several demos from 1999 to 2003, leading to the relea…
Full Of Hell could be described as the ultimate of extreme music: Take all the rawest, dirtiest and heaviest bits of Hardcore, Punk, extreme Metal, Grindcore, Sludge and even Power Electronics, give them to a bunch of yo…
MUTILATION RITES IS FILTHY BLACK METAL HAILING FROM BROOKLYN, CONCEIVED BY MICHAEL DIMMITT AND JUSTIN ENNIS IN JANUARY 2009. AFTER VARIOUS INCARNATIONS, THEY HAVE AMALGAMATED WITH GEORGE PAUL AND RYAN JONES. INFLUENCES I…
John Baizley is the vocals and guitarist of the hard rock/sludge metal band Baroness. While his band are gearing up for a June tour of United States, he takes to the road with his acoustic guitar, his lyrics and his voic…
Pallbearer is a four piece metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, founded in 2008 by bassist Joseph D. Rowland and guitarist/vocalist Brett Campbell, after time spent playing in various bands around the Little Rock under…
StubHub is bringing SXSW to fans around the country with the StubHub app for iPhone and iPad. Take home the music of SXSW, discover the artists, find local tour dates and tickets, and sample tracks. Join us at StubHub Li…
Pretty Little Demons is what happens when two seasoned pros get together to form a band. The girls met at School of Rock North Hollywood during a 2012 spring break camp. 11yo Lydia Night(Dead Man's Bones) had been singin…
"This is a remarkable EP, which isn't just sugary praise for sensitive teen-girl lyrics. London comes from a tradition of music in Austin that's supported Sahara Smith and Sarah Jarosz, and it shows. With a canny turn of…
The Seaside Swifts are a young Austin Indie band. The group includes singer-songwriter-guitarist William Graham, hip jazz bassist Sam Jackson, and Henry Wheatley-Rutner, a natural drummer whose dad, Paul Rutner, was in t…
PACESHIFTERS
“Paceshifters are probably in the top 3 of the bands I have ever worked with” - Ed Stasium
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“If the future of dutch rock n roll is in the hands of Paceshifters, it's in fucking safe hands” - And…
The Austin band Residual Kid consisting of members Max Redman (12), Ben Redman (14), and Deven Ivy (14) have quickly made a name for themselves in the few years that they have been penetrating the local Austin music scen…
TEENAGE Texas rockers… TWENTY FOUR SEVEN… features Brothers Nikko Vallejo (16) on guitar & vocals, Matthew Vallejo (13) on drums & vocals, their cousin Josh Moya (17) on Lead vocals, and Christian Ruiz (16) on bass & v…
In February 2012, the New York Knicks, mired in a disappointing season and out of desperation, looked to the end of their bench and found Jeremy Lin, an undrafted free agent from Harvard. On the verge of seeing his lifel…
55 years ago Pete Seeger didn't name names at the McCarthy hearings and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Out on appeal, blacklisted, watched by the FBI, he buys an old camera. With his wife Toshi, they start filming …
In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a …
In "The East", Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is a brilliant operative for an elite private intelligence firm whose top objective is to ruthlessly protect the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. She is assigned to …
They’re from Olympia, Washington, their guitars sound dragged through wet waste and they don’t give a fuck about their Internet presence. Grunge might be an apt way to describe Naomi Punk, but it leaves a lot of the band…
Chris Cohen is a 37-year-old native of Los Angeles currently residing in the farmlands of Vermont. He is the child of a former music business executive and a former Broadway actress. His resumé of prior musical projects …
The Soft Moon was never intended for the public's ears, but you found it, were drawn in by its danger, and insisted that others hear. Oakland's Luis Vasquez began the project in order to better know his own self. He'd ho…
Widowspeak is an American band comprised of Molly Hamilton and Robert Earl Thomas, known for its dreamy, western-tinged take on rock and roll. The outfit formed in 2010 and released two singles in 2011 (Harsh Realm, Gun …
DIIV is the nom-de-plume of Z. Cole Smith, musical provocateur and front-man of an atmospheric and autumnally-charged new Brooklyn four-piece.
Inked to the uber-reliable Captured Tracks imprint, DIIV created instant v…
Spearheaded by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ben Glover and drummer King Louie Bankston, the group play delta psychedelic music influenced by Syd Barrett and the 13th Floor Elevators, delivering odes to dissociation, time …
The splendour of The Ripe lies in the contradictory traits which they embellish. While purveyors of a heady mix of the best of the golden era of the sixties and seventies, their sound in contrast, is contemporary. Their …
At long last, SUBSONICS have descended again upon the denizens of the steamy rock’n’roll jungle with their first album in five years, "In the Black Spot" (Slovenly Recordings 702-112)! Subsonics have been called the "Bes…
The Mullens have been in existance since 1995. The band was formed by frontman Tim Stile and guitarist Matt Mayo in East Dallas. The Mullens have toured extensively and released four full length LP's, all on Pittsburgh…
Authorities formed in Stockton, California, a nasty working class port city, on the San Joaquin River. The town was known for a couple of jazz guys – Gil Evans grew up there, and it’s where Dave Brubeck went to college, …
Big Freedia (pronounced “FREE-da”), known as the Queen of Bounce, is at the forefront of the Bounce rap movement (a subgenre of hip-hop born out of New Orleans and known for its call and response style and lightening spe…
Austin-based, Alabama-raised singer/songwriter Nakia has a heart that beats to the rhythms of Muscle Shoals soul, pumping blood infused with Stax funk to cells lined with Chicago blues grooves. His vocal talent is the ki…
Owing equally as much to Gram Parsons as The Replacements, Austin’s Guns of Navarone sing about the high and lonesome, and do so with enough whiskey-soaked bravado to convince you that they don’t spend too much time cryi…
The Lost Maples was formed in the summer of 2011 in Nashville, TN. The band plays a no apologies style of outlaw country music and largely draws their sound off of Texas artists such as Robert Earle Keen, Waylon Jennings…
Formed in 2008, Bronze Radio Return’s line-up took a few years to solidify, though most of the band’s members were orbiting each other for years at the Hartt School, one of the country’s best schools of music, located in…
BLUE SKY RIDERS
(Kenny Loggins, Georgia Middleman, Gary Burr)
The creative spark that eventually evolved into Blue Sky Riders was struck when two veteran singer/songwriters worked on their first song together. When K…
Alternative Press' 8th annual free all-ages SXSW party. Special guests FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS, CROWN THE EMPIRE, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT, ANDREW W.K. (very special solo show) and TWIN FALLS (Chris Carrabba of D…
Formed in early 2008, POWER TRIP is a crossover band from Dallas, Texas in the vein of late 80’s thrash, heavy metal, and hardcore punk. Wiorshippers of the perfect riff, they are Influenced primarily by Bay Area thrash,…
IRON LUNG Biographical Informations: by Martin Ken & Other.
Seriously, I am not sure what these guys are up to. They tell me nothing for weeks and then expect me to write a last minute bio that will capture yankee at…
Antwon is a new breed of rapper/musician that’s part of the new more eclectic style of Hip Hop embracing Internet culture and flourishing amongst the blogosphere and file-share sector. He hails from San Jose, CA, backed …
Big Freedia (pronounced “FREE-da”), known as the Queen of Bounce, is at the forefront of the Bounce rap movement (a subgenre of hip-hop born out of New Orleans and known for its call and response style and lightening spe…
Boulder, Colorado's CALL OF THE VOID (Gordon Koch - Drums, Alex Pace - Bass, Steve Vanica - Vocals, Patrick Alberts - Guitar) formed in late 2011 and play the aural equivalent of getting repeatedly kicked in the teeth by…
Formed in 2006, Inter Arma is one of the most talked about heavy bands to come out of Richmond, VA . The group (consisting of T.J. Childers - Drums, Steven Russell - Guitars, Trey Dalton - Guitars, Mike Paparo - Vocals, …
Hailing from Providence RI and formed in 2006, Howl is a thick, sludgey doom metal band made up of Vincent Hausman, Josh Durocher-Jones, Robert Icaza, and Tim St. Amour. After graduating together from Rhode Island School…
Formed in the North Carolina coastline community of Wrightsville Beach in 2001, the riff-fueled, distortion-driven rock of ASG that can be found on their latest effort has actually been at the band's core since its incep…
Royal Thunder is an Atlanta based, four-piece, progressive rock/metal, alternative band founded by lead guitarist Josh Weaver in 2006. After going through some lineup changes, Mlny Parsonz (bass/vocals) joined the group …
Formed in 2005, on a solitary street in the heat of Savannah, GA, Black Tusk is a ferocious heavy metal trio comprised of Andrew Fidler, Jonathan Athon, and James May. Their mutual residence in Savannah was not the only …
It’s not easy to stand out in the proliferating indie rock cliché – a cesspool of mediocrity and forced emulation. Turtle Giant gives any reference of cliché a roundhouse kick to the face.
Formed in 2009, Turtle Gian…
Neon Lion is a rock & roll band formed in the year 2010, in Mexico City.
The band’s main objective has always been clear:
To create quality rock & roll to be enjoyed throughout the world.
The band has released the…
The Harlequins are a psychedelic garage-pop trio formed in 2007 in Cincinnati, OH. Since that time they have released three albums independently and played hundreds of shows in the Midwest and South. Their roots lie in C…
Boiling up from the independent musical cauldron Hotlanta has become, here comes Gringo Star with its follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed debut, “All Y’all. The band now comes into its own with “Count Yer Lucky St…
Levek is the multifaceted project bearing the surname of front man, songwriter and musical jack-of-all-trades, David Levesque. After bouncing around the Florida peninsula, spending time in Orlando and St. Augustine, Leve…
Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.……
Kick start your SXSW day by grabbing free breakfast at the Java Monster Café. Stop by to catch your breath and re-energize with a Java Monster while listening to a DJ mixin’ the beats.……
Kloud is Roger Schami, a 21-year old musician/graphic designer based out of Los Angeles, CA. He co-founded The Melt collective in August of 2011. Since then, he has played shows all over the country, produces for TeamSup…
David Streit aka FuzZ is a 25 year old Los Angeles based Producer/DJ/Ginger who takes influence from Juke, Soul, Trap, Hip Hop, Boogie, House, Techno, Funk, Disco, and Jungle. David is the Co-founder of the future-groove…
Djemba Djemba released his first single in 2011, and has since been releasing music on the Mad Decent/Jeffrees label, his own imprint Rabbit Records, and weekly beat cypher Beat Team Supreme, as well as producing and rem…
Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and Luke is with Jill …
Lizzie (Radha Mitchell) longs to start a family with her husband Peter but is unable to conceive. Her best friend Andie (Michelle Monaghan), single and adrift, gets pregnant from a one-night stand and offers to give Lizz…
Breaking up is hard to do. Desperate and lonely, Stan (Michael Stahl-David) learns that his ex, Cathy (Ashley Bell), will be in Austin for the weekend and hops on a flight to the Lone Star State in hopes of “accidentally…
FALL AND WINTER is an epic and spectacularly photographed journey across the U.S. in search of what is causing our unfolding global crisis. Pollution, droughts and diminishing resources now threaten the very engine drivi…
"Secret Fear" is an exploration of the conflicts between opposing archetypes and contrasting skin tones, black water and fire, claustrophobia, and the need for intimacy, love, death, repeat, in a rotating glass coffin.…
Shot in the Nickerson Gardens housing projects in Watts, Los Angeles, this film deals with themes of violence, camaraderie, and spirituality through the lens of magical realism.
Video courtesy of Warp Records…
This video stars Foster the People preparing for a sold out show, when the set collapses, "killing" all of them. The show must go on, so the record label hires some outside assistance to mechanically engineer the band to…
Babies are little people, but they are experiencing the world so much harder than everyone else. Pacified one moment, releasing harrowing screams the next. This film explores what might drive such conviction, visualizing…
Music video for Killer Mike's "Regan" railing against the US government's dealings. The targets include the last five presidents, aliens, a killer robot, and Mike himself.…
Every word to "Magnolia" (188) was handmade using cardboard (discarded from grocery stores), hot glue guns, and paint pens. Random people in over 65+ locations and a handful of friends were used as rappers throughout the…
Director Peter Sluszka utilizes a medley of visual techniques in his music video for the U.K. based band Moones and their single "Better Energy". Shipwrecked on an iceberg floating in the frigid seas, the marooned band t…
Bob Harlow gently and naturally captures life in a cinematic suburb of Philadelphia. Against a bleak but beautiful landscape, a group of characterful young men are modern day cowboys, riding horses through the towns run-…
A serial killer played by Jake Gyllenhaal travels through the hippest parties on a killing spree of Dalston hipsters. Amidst a world of unflinching ignorant hipsters, Jake navigates his way through East London house part…
In this comedy retro infomercial, Slugabed is selling his "Slugabed's Turbo Juicer 4000". This juicer and it's mini factory-like inner workings will transform your crushed audio-tapes through a stop-frame animated proces…
A beat is laid out, hesitantly moving along at first, then taking off, shimmering, turning darker, and then Sóley raises her voice. "Bad Dream" is phantasmagoric and haunting song, taken from the Icelandic singer Sóley´s…
Inspired by 80s fantasy movies and electronic music, Starcadian's debut music video is a love letter to VHS and childhood. "HE^RT" is the first part of an interconnected anthology that follows the voyage of a mysterious …
There are two main characters, Wild Belle's, Natalie and her "little man". Set in a shanty town of Kingston, Jamaica the audience watches as Natalie struggles with her "little man's" womanizing, and her inability to unde…
The singer told me he sings about a rough break-up: whatever you do to keep the relationship going, it's not going to work anymore. So that's how I decided to let him undertake a journey to the bottom of the ocean. A ver…
"Tuneful, clever and carefully observed, Sara Hickman's material has all the strengths expected of a contemporary Texas songwriter, plus one more - whimsy..." - Rolling Stone
Sara Hickman's greatest joy is bringing to…
The son of Cuban refugees who met in Texas, Ward's sixteen years of experience in the Austin music scene, including his previous band Sigmund Fraud, are obvious in the band's high energy, dance-floor filling shows. The m…
There is an elusive sweet spot at the crossroads where soul music, country, and rock’n’roll intersect, and the Austin, TX-based band Shurman hits that bulls-eye dead on. The band has gained a reputation as a “must see li…
Best known for their wildly popular viral video series, “Guy On A Buffalo,” The Possum Posse has also made a name for themselves as one of the most entertaining, engaging, and unique acts around.
With the 2013 releas…
The Leavers are an original roots-rock/Americana band from South Austin, Texas.
Founded in 2012 by singer/songwriter Steven Ray Will after being asked to fill a Monday night residency at South Austin’s iconic Saxon P…
"Bonnie Bishop is so talented, and very special. She’s an amazing presence. I think she’s going to be a big star." (Bonnie Raitt)
Nashville, TN - Be Squared Records proudly announces the national debut release of sing…
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