Comedian Big Jay Oakerson currently has a new full length, digital-only album, "An American Storyteller" on Comedy Central Records. Oakerson's story-based style of stand-up comedy got its start after a series of dead-end…
Robert Kelly has overcome many hardships in his life, all of which have made him the actor/comedian he is today. From his early days as a kid growing up in Boston, in and out of Juvenile Hall, Kelly's unique, honest take…
Take a journey with host Christopher Walken - as channeled by Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects, Casino) - in this eclectic, inspired podcast that pairs everyone’s favorite deadpan actor with special guests to discuss cur…
Thugged out bass music, space infused slaps, and TONS of energy.
Tyler Tastemaker brings the heat, and his very own style to every set he
plays. Dropping sounds on unsuspecting heads for over 15 years now,
Tyler Taste…
Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Simply stated, Striking Matches, made up of Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, came to Nashville to play music. Sarah, a Philadelphia native and Justin from Atlanta met when a professor at Belmont University paired them …
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Austin, Texas resident DJ/Producer/Label Owner Andrew Parsons first emerged into the electronic music scene at the ripe age of fifteen as a Trance and Progressive DJ. Praised for his flawless mixing and highly select bl…
Remember when hardcore bands sang about important topics and cared about what they said? Well, some still do and, sometimes, you have to look around the world to find them. THE GEEKS is that band. Prior to 2005, THE GEEK…
Detroit’s Hip-Hop Ambassador to the World, Michael “House Shoes” Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence. Just ask anyone coming out of Detroit to confirm this.
House Shoes, a resid…
For the last ten years, Jack Gibson has been writing and recording songs under the name Tenlons Fort. The new release "Bronco", recorded in Austin, Tx, will be released in the summer of 2013.……
Dynamic, soulful, experimental, and clever, all focused on the heart of a person. With an uncompromising message intertwined with hot rhythms and beats, Los Angeles based, Propaganda, lyrically puts together potent relev…
Agent Ribbons isn't just a band--it's a tree house club of post-feminist dreamers trying to find their place in the scheme of things, like a hand-sewn and lovingly-crafted garment in a modern, disposable world. Listening…
It’s not easy to fuse a connection between the heartstrings and the hipbone, to bridge the emotional intensity of a singer-songwriter and the effortless swagger of a born rocker. But that’s exactly what California-bred, …
Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Most folks, as soon as they hear Ashley Monroe, instantly recognize one thing: she’s the real deal. Her songs resonate so profoundly because they reflect the experiences of an artist who, although she is just 26, has alr…
The Ben Baxter Band is a four piece band from Austin, Texas that spans genres from rock and soul to blues and funk. Their songs reflect a background of artists like Bill Withers, The Doobie Brothers, Creedence Clear Wate…
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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…
As a producer, engineer, multi-instrumentalist and talented vocalist, D.A.CALF has cut his teeth on myriad stages in various guises. From event curating in his native Australian small country town, he has toured the cou…
Born in Eastern Iowa, Jordan Roseman moved to Evanston, Illinois in his early teens where he completed grade school and went on to high school. Afterwards, he attended the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana attainin…
Recognized as one of the most influential figures in todays entertainment business by both Forbes & Billboard magazine, the world famous DJ Skee is carving a new definition for what a DJ is. With a thriving career as an …
An anthem is defined as “a song of devotion or loyalty, a song of praise, and a symbol for a distinct group of people.” As a celebrity DJ and producer, Don Cannon is responsible for a new sound of major hip hop anthems …
In 2008, Pamela Sepúlveda began composing songs for what became his solo project Fakuta.
Deployed pop songs warm and spacious atmosphere, subtle rhythms and sometimes more powerful. In sum,
hits a world constructed fro…
Formed in Austin, TX in 2011, Halaska is a four piece avant garde rock outfit that has always taken pride in pushing themselves as musicians. These varied and experienced musicians frequently dig into the unpredictable, …
The songs on Austin quintet Hello Caller’s debut LP ‘Dark Twain,’ released in November 2012, are melodically stunning – “transcendent” (MTV Hive) harmonies woven with trumpet and cello, interspersed with jangly guitars, …
Houndmouth are a collaborative folk/rock band from the lowland plains and farmlands of Indiana and Kentucky. Their poetry emphasizes foolhardiness, and their soulful harmonies carry far. Once a folk duo, Katie Toupin and…
IRONTOM emerged at the beginning of the year with an intent on forging a presence for themselves on the Los Angeles music scene. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to the Arctic Monkeys, the music exhibits a varie…
Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Seattle folk-pop band Ivan & Alyosha are set to release their debut album "All The Times We Had" (Missing Piece Group/Dualtone) as a follow up to their well received 2011 EP "Fathers Be Kind". The EP won the band recogni…
Leif Vollebekk spent two years searching for perfect takes. This search took him from his home in Montreal to a studio in Manhattan, from a farmhouse in Woodstock, NY to a mansion outside Paris, and the result is a dusty…
Lincoln Durham is a raw, floor-stomping roots-rock revivalist. Lincoln started playing the fiddle at 4-years-old, and now incorporates makeshift amps, resonators, fiddles, harmonicas, slides, tin can microphones, cigar-b…
Mompox began in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the summer of 2008 with an objective in mind: to create a band of several singer-songwriters in which 50's American pop and 60's psychedelic rock can be mixed together with mod…
The creative voice of Night Beds, Winston Yellen, hails from Nashville by way of Colorado Springs. The 23 year-old songwriter boasts a new, great American voice with a specific brand of intimate thirst that few musicians…
Yukon, Oklahoma is not the place you would expect to find a rising rock band, but for Paperscissor it served as the perfect breeding ground for their unique sound. Following local success and national touring with subsev…
From Wellfleet Massachusetts, a town of crashing waves, gnarled pine trees, and the only town clock in the world that still rings ship’s time, step the Parkington Sisters. Like their hometown surroundings, they have “a c…
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material.
With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand
The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Y Niwl is a surf instrumental band[1] from North Wales, formed in 2009. Its members are Alun Evans (guitar), Llyr Pari (drums), Sion Glyn (bass) and Gruff ab Arwel (organ and guitar). The band's name is pronounced Uh Nul…
Along with like-minded Texans Fergus & Geronimo and Teenage Cool Kids, Houston’s Young Girls make tuneful, polaroid-quality garage pop that feels impassioned and sincere without losing a certain tongue-in-cheek self-awar…
Zorch are Zac Traeger (keyboards, omnichord, vocals) and Shmu (drums, omnichord, vocals) they currently reside in Austin, TX.
Their debut full length album will be coming out on Sargent House in 2013.……
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE POWER OF THE INTERNET (AND PERHAPS A TOUCH OF MUSICAL PROVIDENCE), CALIFORNIA BASED COMPUTER PROGRAMMER / RAPPER INT EIGHTY AND ENGLISH WEB DESIGNER / MUSIC PRODUCER C64 HAVE BEEN ROCKING THE MORE…
Henry Wagons, recently named one of Melbourne’s Top 100 Most Influential People, is unanimously lauded as one of Australia’s greatest and most entertaining performers. Along with his rare charisma he offers heavy doses o…
We're a pretty diverse little crowd made up of guys from The Ugly Beats, The Ripe, December Boys, Brothers and Sisters, UT Longhorn Band, and Strings Monet (just to name a few). Forever Changes started a few years ago a…
Presented by: Pitchfork (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Coming to the attention of 4AD after a clutch of demo tracks went online early in 2012, Indians emerged in a fittingly understated manner, and with Somewhere Else, has made both an assured and majestic debut album.
I…
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Nobody Beats The Drum are in the front line of Dutch electronic dance music. The three-piece electro outfit consists of Sjam Sjamsoedin, Jori Collignon, and Rogier van der Zwaag sharing the stage. While Sjam and Jori pro…
SKATERS formed in late 2011 after Singer Michael Cummings and Noah Rubin (The Dead Trees, Adam Green, Little Joy) spent a year trading demos back and forth from Los Angeles to London with Guitarist Joshua Hubbard (The Pa…
Since his 1994 debut as part of the pioneering Korean modern rock duo, U & Me Blue, New York City native, Yi Sung Yol, has soared as a solo artist by making his name and making his mark as one of Korea’s top modern rock …
A strong contender for the most likely-to-be-quoted rapper at the water cooler, Wordburglar's lyrically potent oeuvre runs the gamut from thoughtfully casual to ridiculously ludicrous. With finely constructed, whimsical …
When does a musician finally hit upon his or her particular "sound"? For some, it bursts forth from their body fully formed; for others, it takes months or sometimes years of trial-and-error. For Mackenzie Scott, the sin…
Millyz is a rising star with a growing fan base. In June 2012 he was voted Boston’s Best Emerging Artist by fans in the “Who’s Next” Jamn945 contest. He opened for Nickie Minaj, Rick Ross as well as many other top indust…
From the dark corners of Austin, Texas, singer/songwriter Nathan Opposition, his brother Michael Jochum (electric guitar) and acoustic guitarist Justin “Ribs” Mason have been annihilating the underground rock scene under…
ASSACRE is a one man fantasy/progressive metal performance project from Austin, Texas. A native of Brooklyn, New York, artist and musician Ben Aqua created ASSACRE in 2003 as an outlet for his fascinations with extreme a…
Ryder Bach started Body Parts in 2009. The band, rounded out by Alina Cutrono, Raymond Proudfoot, and Taylor Dexter, fuses Ryder's thoughtful lyrics -- food, language and comfort serve as subjects -- with an angular sens…
"We are the music that we create" and this has never been more true than with "Sunset", Compuphonic’s, alias Maxime Firket’s, new maxi single on the prestigious Berlin ‘Get Physical’ label in anticipation of his debut al…
There’s no shortage of country music in Crooks’ hometown of Austin, TX. But ask anyone who has crammed into a packed honky-tonk to catch one of their infamously rowdy late-night shows and they’ll tell you there’s somethi…
Georgia native Christopher Wallace moved to Oklahoma to meet Logan Smith so that they could become Lucious Coldstone and Jim Dexter.
Matthew Oakley fell into the picture soon after acting as manager/filmmaker for the…
Diego Peralta is a 24 year old songwriter and composer, who has three independent albums and is an undisputed reference in the Chilean scene.
He’s music has a unique atmospheric pop sound with a regular and slow pulse.…
When Driver Friendly first met in high school in North Houston, Texas their friendship quickly turned from hanging out after school to writing songs in a garage and playing shows around their hometown. As the band gained…
Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Elle King sounds like Billie Holiday having a shot of whiskey with Johnny Cash. She loves banjos and hobos. Born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn, Elle retains her roots in a style that blends those worlds of both grit and…
The Texas-based band, Equals, hasn't always been the technical and tightly-arranged instrumental band it is now. The band's large soundscapes, searing guitar riffs and blitzing rhythms were products of evolution.
The …
ERIN IVEY WILL BE APPEARING WITH TOSCA STRING QUARTET at her official SXSW 2013 showcase Tuesday, March 12, 9pm at The Parish Underground.
Erin Ivey is Austin's Urban Folk darling, known for musical adventurousness th…
Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
A wise man said: Pick your tenants wisely. Fort Lean, the New York rock band you apparently like so much that you sought out the official literature, are a tenant of mine. This is not poetry. I am their landlord. The fir…
Franny Glass is the stage and recording name of uruguayan singer-songwriter Gonzalo Deniz (Montevideo, 1986). His first record, Con la mente perdida en intereses secretos, was released by Deniz himself in 2007 and nomina…
Brooklyn-bred recording artist Josh Baze shot to Hip-Hop stardom overnight with smooth cadences and lyrical genius comparative to Rap royalty Jay-Z and Kanye West.
The Entertainment Weekly proclaimed Hova 2.0 released…
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 …
Winner of the 2010 Festival de la Chanson de Granby, Lisa LeBlanc, Acadian who composed her first pieces in 2007, comes from a family of music lovers. Outstanding guitarist and a promising singer-songwriter, Lisa LeBlanc…
Zach Williams, the Lone Bellow’s lead singer and principal songwriter, can pinpoint just about exactly when the Brooklyn-based group serendipitously willed itself into being. It was around 9 a.m. one morning in 2010, at…
Lord Buffalo is a five piece band from Austin, TX. Lord Buffalo sounds like boots on gravel at night, or trains howling or waking up with your jeans on. Lord Buffalo specializes in dark folk that often explodes into tre…
Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
“Gentle, folky, confidential tone, undershot by a coolness of intelligence and self possession” 4/5 The Daily Telegraph
(Pop CD of the Week)
“A bewitching one-off talent” Daily Star
“Dark-hearted pop songs that striv…
Co-curators Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire bring their bestselling Australian literary salon, Women of Letters, to SXSW for the first time. Gathering together a variety of writers, musicians, authors, and performers…
The Rite Flyers, from Austin Texas practice several styles all loosely orbiting the same power-pop nucleus: snappy electric rockers, plaintive acoustic odes and fuzz-clouded squalls. Songs that positively vibrate with t…
Several years ago musician and naturalist Sean Rowe walked out into the wilderness alone. He spent the next 24 days constructing shelter and foraging for food to eat. He would come away from the experience with the songs…
Shakey Graves' “stunning” (KUT-FM) one-man show has made him a hero in his hometown of Austin, TX, so much so that the Mayor of Austin gave him his own local holiday: February 9th is officially proclaimed “Shakey Graves …
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Sirah – Too You To Die.
I started rapping “professionally” about 7 years ago, that included booking my own tours, sleeping on the floors of people I didn’t know, bathing in public restrooms, and accidentally kicking o…
Producer, turntable innovator and synth-wizard Teeko has teamed up with fellow San Francisco modern funk sorcerer B. Bravo to form an electrifying party rocking duo. Combining their love of West Coast funk, analog synth…
Presented by: Pandora (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to create vast textural soundscapes by utilizing liv…
All of us struggle. All of us experience pain. All of us feel frustration and confusion. Every single one of us carries the weight of fear, hope and loss. As a result, many of us become living, breathing, overloaded, cou…
At the corner of street life and honest living stands Thi'sl: an ex-hustler turned urban missionary. A look into his past reveals the authenticity of his gritty, in your face lyrics and God's grace, which spared his lif…
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IO ECHO is IOANNA GIKA and LEOPOLD ROSS. While MINISTRY OF LOVE will be IO ECHO's first official full length release, over the past year the band have already scored the Harmony Korine+James Franco film collaboration ‘R…
With 4 critically acclaimed releases, North American & European touring under his belt, and a feature on the latest album of UK Hip Hop band The Herbaliser, MC, Producer & DJ More Or Les is a Hip Hop triple threat. Afte…
Orthy makes the kind of music you can’t help but fall in love with. A native of Austin, the singer and multi-instrumentalist continues a rich tradition of adventurous music that has long emanated from the Texan capital. …
Blue Hawaii, Arbutus Records and many of their Montreal counter-parts all began with the same breath in early 2010. To date they’ve released an 8 song EP: in May of that year,Blooming Summer (Arbutus Records 2010) was re…
Biography
Indie rock band Guckkasten has been lauded as one of the most innovative bands in Korea due to their amazing array of sounds: rock with a touch of heavy metal, opera, synth and explosive vocals. What’s interes…
Marc Joseph Maxfield (better known as Mpulse), born January 14th, 1992 (as the youngest of 2 full siblings, an older brother, Michael Maxfield and older sister, Austin Maxfield), is a Chicago rapper. He started writting …
Presented by: Road To Ultra (limited 18+ admittance)
Sultan moved to Montreal, Canada in 1996 to pursue his education in mechanical engineering and business. Inspired by the nightlife, his passion quickly shifted from engineering to music. As for Ned Shepard, it only took …
Adam WarRock has taken his lifelong obsession with pop culture and hip hop and created an Internet sensation. His seamless blend of independent hip hop and pop cultural sensibility has firmly established Adam WarRock as …
Lamar “Mars” Edwards, is a 28-year old music producer, singer-songwriter. Born and raised around music, Mars began to play music at his father's church. His innate talent began to flourish as he joined 1500 or Nothin dur…
American Fangs is a Houston born rock band whose energetic shows and intelligent music have brought them out of their southern roots and into national recognition.
Started by long time friends Gabe and Micah in 2008, …
Presented by: The Syndicate's Conflict Of Interest (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Hailing from Vancouver BC, Bear Mountain's music is both rhythmic and soulful. Blending syncopated bass lines and arpeggiated synth chords with live instrumentation and soaring vocals, Bear Mountain creates a sound that …
Born in 2010, The Carper Family has brought together three of Austin's most talented young country and bluegrass singers and pickers... Melissa Carper [vocals, bass], Beth Chrisman [vocals, fiddle], and Jenn Miori [vocal…
One of the world’s most universally respected DJ duos, L.A. natives and childhood best friends Classixx have headlined everywhere from the famed Paris Social Club to New York’s Webster Hall, touring constantly since the …
Crooked Bangs are an ominous postpunk pop garage band from Austin, Texas. They're a tight band playing unhinged music or possibly vice versa. As a whole, it comes together like a lost Factory Records band letting off ste…
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…
The Dirty River Boys are paving their own road as they travel it. They are a testament to the idea that “if you can dream it, you can do it,” moving with determination ever closer to the light. Above all is their belief …
BIOGRAPHY: HAIM
Hailing from the San Fernando Valley, HAIM consists of, “Three sisters, and a mister” that has been shaking things up in the city of Los Angeles for the past four years. It is truly a family affair for …
Muscle Shoals, Alabama native Jason Isbell has been honing his much touted songwriting craft for several years now. He has released three studio albums and a live album all highlighting Isbell's Southern roots, effortles…
Austin musician Jess Williamson creates raw and intimate songs, rooted in a folk tradition, and strengthened by her unique voice and poetic lyrics. Williamson primarily plays the banjo, employing a combination of three f…
Jung People is an Instrumental Post-rock Duo based out of Calgary, Canada. Forming in late 2010 after founding members, and best friends, Bryan Buss and Giordano W. Bassi attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, C…
Tyler Demorest, Danny Schnair, and Matt Cohen, known collectively as Kiven, hail from the smog-swept city of Los Angeles. While their musical influences have undoubtedly come from a wide array of musical and artistic spe…
Texas garage rock legends The Krayolas — genuine, Mexified, San Antonio rock ‘n’ roll stars — are famous for their fun, electrifying shows and upbeat no-borders range that has garnered flattering comparions to the Beatle…
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…
Mozart's Sister is the captivating solo project of Montreal's Caila Thompson-Hannant. Staggering between beautiful, bursting synth-filled pop melodies and the complicated, often harsh consequences of reality in her lyric…
My Goodness is a Seattle-based blues/garage rock band that consists of Joel Schneider (guitar and vocals) and Andy Lum (drums). The band has existed since 2011, playing predominately in the Pacific Northwest and releasin…
Roaring out of the southern Indiana foothills comes Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band playing a brand of Americana and Blues that stands alone - Delta blues and hillbilly fervor combine with musical acuity sharp as razor w…
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Even in the urban wilds of Brooklyn, there may be no one else like Jean-Philip Grobler, otherwise known as St. Lucia.
Originally from Johannesberg, South Africa, Jean grew up performing with the Drakensberg Boys Choi…
Presented by The Laugh Button and Gotham Comedy Club, this show challenges comics to bring their bluest material.
With Aisha Tyler, Matt Braunger, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand
The Esther’s Follies stage is presented by …
Presenters
Aisha Tyler, Jay Oakerson, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Robert Kelly
Presented by: BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens & UKT&I (Badges and Wristbands Only)
"The mathy skronk of Battles, Foals’ wounded hearts and The xx’s sense of space, all tempered by a freeness of mind that only comes from breathing a dose of sea air each morning" NME
“Everything Touching is an album t…
Tallows formed in 2012 in Oklahoma City. Their first demo was released in November of 2012 and has been described as "Fleet Foxes with a backbone." The live show is guaranteed to be energetic and interesting.……
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…
Derek recalls using a bunk bed as a mic stand before turning 21 and signing a record deal with an independent label...
The appeal of southern Hip Hop has long been country vernacular over hard beats that keep heads b…
Hundred Waters was woven together under the spell of a viscous Floridian summer, from a home on its own in the woods amidst a city. The music sets sail into ancient seas, subtly shifting through worlds of howling silence…
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There’s little doubt that Marnie Stern lives up to her reputation as “the lady who shreds,” but for Marnie, shredding is not enough. After putting out three critically-acclaimed albums, Marnie could have gotten away with…
VietNam make their long-awaited return with a new album, An American Dream, released on Mexican Summer this Feb of 2013. Micheal Gerner, the creative force behind VietNam, is back onstage for the first time in five year…
Of the many words that one might choose to define FETSUM’s long awaited debut, perhaps the most accurate is ‘global’. It’s an adjective that not only summarises the sound that he has fashioned since he first started writ…
In November 2009, the members of Adelaide, Australia’s Atlas Genius set about building a studio where they could write and record music for their newly formed band. For two years, brothers Keith, Steven, and Michael Jeff…
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…
Mikal kHill is an emcee, producer and multi-instrumentalist from Charlotte, NC. He is the founding member of The ThoughtCriminals, as well as the co-creator of the Browncoats Mixtape and Syltherin House Mixtape with Ada…
Powered by raw vocals, razor guitars, and sharp suits, Korea's premier punk brigadiers < No Brain > have notched 3,000+ shows in over 15 years to stomp up K-Pop charts and march across Korean Music Award red carpets with…
L.A.'s Wavves follow up their 2010 skuzz-pop masterstroke King of the Beach with Life Sux, the debut release from singer Nathan Williams' Ghost Ramp label. If the band's previous records were all about one man's self-loa…
Reese is a 25 year old rapper from Atlanta. In Nov 2012 he released his break through mixtape,"Reese vs the World 2," which gained him quite a growing buzz on the scene.The first single of the mixtape, "Molly," began the…
Presented by: The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon (Badges and Wristbands Only)
If you haven’t heard the buzz yet, let it be known that Chicago native Rockie Fresh isquickly becoming your next favorite rapper. Only 21-years-old and starting his music career just a few years ago, this young up-and-co…
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The formation of Divine Fits can be traced back to Britt Daniel attending a Handsome Furs show in 2007, seeing Dan Boeckner milling around and looking like like the type of guy that would talk to strangers. Britt acted o…
Philly phenom Gilbere Forte burst back on to the scene in 2012 with the release of "PRAY." A hypnotic track that has fans buzzing thanks to his dynamic performance on the mic and the stunning visual interpretation to mat…
Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys is an Austin soul band whose unique sound blends elements of rock, funk, and old-school R&B. Front woman, vocalist, songwriter and band leader Akina Adderley lights up the stage as '…
THE BLANK TAPES is the moniker of Los Angeles & San Francisco based musician & artist, Matt Adams, who has produced over 10 albums of 1960's psychedelic-surf-pop-folk-rock on an old 8 track cassette tape recorder in vari…
Brutal Juice formed in 1990, broke up in 1997 and has recently reformed to produce a new album. The sound is heavy with some bits of psychedelia. The live show is high energy and high volume. Bring earplugs.
Brutal…
Her voice is a flash to the heart. With her three albums, Still the Unknown (2008) and Illustrated Songs (2011), Postales (2012) and the EP, A Good Old Christmas (2010), we can give account of that, for the stunning, swe…
While most rockers willingly admit they started making music in an effort to obtain mere degree of fame, the members of Hooka Hey have a loftier mission. They create primal rock that reawakens forgotten senses with blues…
orse Thief is a psychedelic folk rock band based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The band is formed of five guys who feel there’s a void in the music scene that needs to be filled.
“Our music is about more than just th…
JDH from Brooklyn, NY runs the FIXED parties along with his partner Dave P, which have been running for over eight years. In 2012 he supported Simian Mobile Disco on their US tour, and in the past, has toured with Soulwa…
The popularity of bass-heavy dance music is spreading like wildfire across the world, with many producers crafting their own styles of dubstep, grime and garage. In the city of San Francisco, CA DJ/producer Kastle has cu…
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 …
Peter Peter’s self-titled first record made an impression in both anglo and francophone music scenes with its modern lo-fi vibe and moody lyrics. The Montreal native quickly gained recognition by participating in many pr…
Ruby Jane is a 17 year old singer, songwriter, guitar, and fiddle playing prodigy.
The fiddle has been addicted to Ruby Jane since she was 2 years old. She was the youngest ever invited fiddler on the Grand Ole Opry. S…
2012 was a big year for The Sideshow Tragedy: in addition to continuing their tireless, never-ending tour of The United States, the band also completed their first European tour and released a new record, Persona. Record…
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…
When you think of Palm Beach, Florida, what comes to mind? Palm trees swaying gently in the balmy breeze? Scantily-clad bikini buxom babes rollerblading down an infinite slab of coral-colored concrete? How about anthemic…
Times are tough for just about everyone these days, especially for those who live in what is often referred to as the “flyover states,” in the heart of the country. People have become tougher, their skins have grown thic…
Twigs & Yarn is an ambient, mixed-media folk duo based in Austin, Texas. Small children’s toys, found objects, field recordings, clinking cans, guitars and a variety of other homemade items comprise their subtle textured…
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…
SAVANNAH WELCH
Listen to Savannah Welch sing onstage or on record today, especially when knowing a thing or two about the musical family she grew up in, and it’s understandable how one could mistakenly assume she’s be…
Western Medication formed in December 2011 in Nashville, TN. After sticking Justin Landis with hundreds of acupuncture needles, his doctor warned him in a thick Chinese accent, “No more western meds!” A decade of masking…
“The White Buffalo” is truly American music that paints a portrait of a complicated yet creative culture. From the struggles and glory of the old West, to the hopes, dreams and sorrows of modern day life, these songs cut…
Presented by: 2013 MTV/VH1/CMT Present: Live in Austin (Badges and Wristbands Only)
Inspired by the Herman Wouk novel of the same name, Youngblood Hawke was born out of late night creative musings between longtime friends Sam Martin and Simon Katz. Exhausted by two years of touring with their former ban…
Ol’ Dirty chose his moniker because there was no father to his bastard style. Young Fathers earn theirs by making something so fresh it doesn’t yet have a name. These are three fellas from Edinburgh who’ve been working t…
Already widely respected for his work behind the boards, Chase N. Cashe is on the brink of transitioning into the elite group of dually talented artists with an already hefty production resume.
Born Jesse Woodard IV …
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A raunchy, cylinder-shaped ginger of Eastern European ancestry might not be the first dude you'd peg for rap stardom, but that's exactly the mantle Action Bronson is on the verge of possessing. Over the last two years, t…
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Since 1984, Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 40 countries in more than 300 cities on six continents. Cirque du Soleil has 5,000 employees, including more th…
Emicida grew up in the northern area of the city of Sao Paulo, listening , at home, mostly to hip hop music. His carreer as a MC started in 2006, when he sang his first rhymes in freestyle battles (improvised rhymes) und…
Japandroids is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 and consists of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intending to be a trio, the boys decided to forego the logistical nightmare of havin…
A legend in the 90s Korean indie scene, former Rainy Sun lead singer, Jeong Cha Sik, has transformed into a critically-acclaimed solo artist who channels his haunting ghost in the shell musings through a mesmerizing, mus…
HEARTTHROB
By Tom Perrotta
It’s hard to have a long career in pop music. Just ask all the one-hit wonders and sophomore slumpers, all the sure things who turned out to be yesterday’s news. It’s hard to keep a band t…
Spearheading the chicago music scene the L.E.P.Bogus Boys are in rare form and ready to take over the industry.
With the success of their highly acclaimed Mixtapes "Don't Feed Da Killaz Vol.3" and "Now or Neva" it wa…
Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper and comedian with material best-suited for brainy and/or drug-addled audiences. With manic energy, verbose vocabulary and cartoonishly commanding stage prese…
Raleigh, NC – In the business of music, many are called and many may try, but few cross the threshold of being able to say they are truly committed for the long haul. With the upcoming release of their latest studio alb…
Since emerging as a favorite new live band out of Austin TX in the late 2000s, the Band of Heathens has toured relentlessly, building a devoted following and landing on some of the finest stages in music. Over three stud…
welcome to the beautifully strange world of colourmusic, a place where concept albums — an lp named my _____ is pink in this case—have nothing to do with structured narratives or loosely-linked lyrics. more like musical …
Conveyor is a Brooklyn-based music project spawned by the fated juncture of a wandering tarot of musicians in Gainesville, FL. Was it kismet or perhaps a primordial summon which led these gentlemen purveyors of sound to …
Tom Edwards, Matt Benyayer and Carlo Anderson together make up the London based production and DJ unit Dark Sky. Having met at music college, Dark Sky formed in 2009 out of a mutual love for the ever evolving London elec…
Who is Fed of Me? Well...they are the next band you're going to be shoving down your friends throat once you listen to this 5 piece prog/metal band from south Texas! With guitar riffs from Jacob Vasquez and Jay Cavazos t…
Gepe is the alias of Daniel Riveros, Chilean musician surprised the press and public after the successful release of their first album "Gepinto" (Quemasucabeza, 2005). The album featured a new reading of folklore through…
Joe Banfi is a boy with a guitar but he’s more than just a lonesome acoustic troubadour. He’s not just a singer-songwriter, either, nor is he simply a musician with a voice. Here is someone whose intention it is to have …
Anti- Records is proud to announce the release of Kelly Hogan’s extraordinary new solo album I Like To Keep Myself In Pain. This Atlanta native is a beloved figure throughout the contemporary music landscape, and a multi…
The Last Bison is anything but typical. The seven-member ensemble led by Ben Hardesty has seemingly risen from the marshes of southeastern Virginia to captivate the national music scene with a rare blend of folk that is …
Started with Kanye West, Worked with Cash Money, Guided by No ID and The Legendary Traxster. Those that know...KNOW. Get in the know. Join The Movement.……
When you’re as naturally talented and driven as Carré Callaway is, it’s easy to get ahead of yourself. As a young girl growing up in Denver Colorado, it was always clear that she was going places, and getting there fast.…
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The album marks the band’s first outing as a four piece with members Wes Miles on vocals, Milo Bonacci on guitar, Mathieu Santos on bass and Rebecca Zeller on violin forming the core of the group. Beta Love’s songs are i…
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…
Naming their sophomore album Developer is a bold move for the still-young band Social Studies. But it is as apt a descriptor as you're likely to find for how the sound of this San Francisco-based five-piece has flourishe…
Something Fierce is a three-piece punk/pop band from Houston, Texas whose music combines the sound and attitude of first- wave 1977 punk with an energy and outlook that's thoroughly contemporary, updating the attack of t…
Let’s not mince words here: It’s been a godawful long while since the last time Terry Allen released a collection of new songs. Maybe not record-breaking long — some of his peers in the Texas songwriter and Americana fie…
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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…
Depending on whom you ask, Matthew Dear is a DJ, a dance-music producer, an experimental pop artist, a bandleader. He co-founded both Ghostly International and its dancefloor offshoot, Spectral Sound. He’s had remixes co…
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a duo from Seattle, Washington, have emerged as a premier national hip-hop group known for their electrifying live shows, expertly crafted music, and innovative music videos and media. After year…
The original mastermind of Nerdcore Hip-Hop and still its Final Boss, MC Frontalot (nee Damian Hess) takes great pleasure in identifying himself as a professional rapper in polite conversation. Frontalot has released fiv…
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Sam Spiegel is a music producer, composer, music director, flim director and DJ.
In 2006 Sam produced the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s sophomore record, Show Your Bones, which was named "Album of the Year" by the likes of Rolling…
Born Chauncey Hollis, on May 21, 1987 in Pasadena, California, he is the son of Chauncey Hollis SR. and Tanisha Benford. Hit-Boy got his start on *Myspace when he received a message from Polow Da Don stating simply: "Let…
The formation of Divine Fits can be traced back to Britt Daniel attending a Handsome Furs show in 2007, seeing Dan Boeckner milling around and looking like like the type of guy that would talk to strangers. Britt acted o…
Award-winning trio Galaxy Express formed in 2006 in Seoul, South Korea and immediately began attracting attention with their tightly wound blend of garage rock, punk, and psychedelic sounds and explosive performances.
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One would be hard-pressed to find another independent rapper more courageously accomplished than Lecrae, lyricist and co-CEO of Reach Records. Truly self-made, the Houston, Texas native has done what the average music ar…
In just a few years, Vito De Luca, the Italian-Belgian producer behind Aeroplane, has established himself as party-starting DJ, remixer du jour -with his spacious cosmic-disco remakes of Grace Jones (William’s Blood), Fr…
The Amplified Heat approach to rock and roll music is just straight and true. No special effects, no stunt doubles, no gimmicks. Just three brothers collectively creating a sound, an image, a feeling, an experience that …
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Bastille have moved away from the common output being churned out by indie bands to create pop songs that are absorbing and genre defining without ever being formulaic. The origins of Bastille lie in the creative mind of…
While pioneering the genre of ballroom rock, the band has continually won fans over with their emotionally-driven yet upbeat songs that playfully strike a balance between the alternative and organic. With a revitalized s…
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Since their modest beginnings as four guys who drove around southern California with their gear in their cars, practicing wherever they could steal a space, Cold War Kids have always exhibited two qualities in their musi…
Elijah Ford is a California native turned Austin based musician who began his solo career after breaking from touring with Oscar & Grammy winner Ryan Bingham. Ford put out his first solo record Upon Waking in 2011 and hi…
Elle King sounds like Billie Holiday having a shot of whiskey with Johnny Cash. She loves banjos and hobos. Born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn, Elle retains her roots in a style that blends those worlds of both grit and…
“There has always been pop music, but country music was always
the avenue out of adolescence and into the grown up world with
grown up issues like responsibilities and family. Someone’s got to
keep it alive, to preser…
JETS – JETS EP (LSR004)
Artist: JETS (Jimmy Edgar & Machinedrum/Travis Stewart)
Label: Leisure System
Country of label: Germany
Country of artists: USA
Nr.: LSR004
Format: 12" / digital
1. / a1: In her City - …
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"I take walks a lot," says Jim James, "and as I walk, songs kind of build in my mind, and I start adding and subtracting things. So I had a full vision for a lot of the songs on this album before I even recorded one note…
Washington Post
"Austin-based La Snacks sound like they might be slackers. That's not a bad thing, mind you. The band's casual songs aren't packed with effects or a bevy of sounds to try to convince you of its members…
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(Reuters) These are some of the interesting things you’ll see on your next long distance flight, courtesy of My Education:
-Bukowski’s gin-soaked bars, where Mickey Rourke orders more libations fo…
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…
Nicolas Jaar was born in NY but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic musi…
Paper Lions are an indie rock band from Belfast, PEI whose music shines with sunny melodies and tales of lost youth. Equally influenced by the clear voiced harmonies of the Beach Boys and the clanging guitars of modern r…
Yes, it’s true.
Yes, it’s true. The Polyphonic Spree began July 15, 2000 as one man’s desire to hear a sound he dreamt about; before most bands over the last decade, that are often compared in sound and vision to th…
Protistas began during the spring of 2008 with Alvaro Solar (vocals and guitar) and Andres Acevedo (drums, vocals). Later joined Julian Salas (guitar, vocals), Alejandro Palacios (bass and trumpet) and Greg Sebastian (ke…
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 …
Ryan Bingham is an Oscar-winning singer/songwriter, born in New Mexico but raised all across the Southwestern United States. Bingham set out on his own at a young age, shuffling from town to town and performing gigs at l…
'90's industrial kingpins, Skrew, have stripped off their exoskeleton to reveal an unholy bastion of extreme metal for an Antichrist nation. This angry metal machine is back with more psalms of destruction in a world ove…
So Many Wizards, a dynamic four piece from Los Angeles, has been causing a stir with furious live performances and a sound that Aquarium Drunkard describes as an “enigmatic blend of pop, rock, ballads, and zany nuggets” …
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…
MC Lars wrote his first rap song when he was 16, a hip-hop take on William Shakespeare's Macbeth called "Rapbeth". Little did he know, he would later be able to turn this into a career writing rap songs about books. Af…
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If there is one person, who has been causing a stir on the international club circuit recently, it is Barcelona's John Talabot. Already his debut “My Old School“ (which is meant literally by the way) on Permanent Vacatio…
Rappers have been rhyming about hustling, living in the ghetto and the perils of street life since the dawn of Hip Hop. But what distinguishes Freeway, is his unique approach to tackling these subjects. Freeway neither…
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Providing an electric sounding shock to the system of K-pop for the past couple of years has been music giant SM Entertainment’s f(x), a multi-national, all-female, quaking quintet. The name is a play on the m…
