Wild Child, indie-folk pop band from Austin, Texas, began as an acoustic duo consisting of Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins singing ukulele love songs written and shared over red wine and old photographs. The two met ...

Austin TX

   

17-year-old Ruby Jane is the real deal. Born in Dallas, TX, she is a fiddler, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist bandleader of “The Ruby Jane Show” showcasing her distinctive Americana mix of jazz, rock, ...

Austin TX

   

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Austin TX

 

Some bands form as an epiphany. A few musicians come together and suddenly, POW!!!, they're a band. Most good bands, though, are formed over time - shaped by the wind and the rain and, in Texas at least, the glaring su...

Austin TX

 

Guitar driven, pop-infused rock, inspired by the songs of the 1960s, this Austin-based foursome puts a modern twist on a classic sound. You'll find yourself singing along after the first listen, as each song strikes the...

Austin TX

 

Like all families, Kopecky Family Band beats with the same heart and writes in the same blood. ‘The Family’ began creating music together in Nashville, Tennessee in the Fall of 2007. What began as late night talks ab...

Nashville TN

 

Since quitting her job as a full-time audio engineer, self-described "post-brontosaurus indie folk/crunk" sinner/songwriter Rebecca Loebe has played an average of 150 shows per year in almost 40 states of the US and in E...

Austin TX

 

Singaporean singer-songwriter Inch Chua is moving to Los Angeles. The SXSW 2010 invitee set to begin work on the follow-up to her acclaimed “Wallflower” record. Chua has opened for Katy Perry and Vampire Weekend in h...

Singapore SINGAPORE

 

Marit Larsen Marit Larsen is about to release her third solo album, Spark. Here is the story of her continuing success in Norway and Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Larsen has released two previous solo albums, ...

Oslo NORWAY

   

Teitur has just released his new album in North America, "Let the Dog drive home", and completed a 6 week solo tour there. On the new record he opted to give his songs a much more of an American influence, which led ...

Faroe Islands DENMARK

 

Singer-songwriter Jillian Edwards hails from Texas, but she now calls Nashville home. A graduate of Baylor University, her crystalline, breezy soprano and intelligent, heartfelt songwriting have been steadily attracting ...

Nashville TN

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Austin TX

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

Los Angeles is a trip. And currently the musics emanating from this West Coast dreamland are spinning heads like no others. Diva Dompe is central to this L.A. renaissance, having founded the fabulously costumed trio Blac...

Los Angeles CA

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

Enchanting from the off, their eponymous debut is set to become a real cult classic, crossing secret paths between pastoral psych collaging and knowingly meticulous folk composition in the flicker of a hare's whisker. Wi...

London UK-ENGLAND

   

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

The angular, intricate, and intelligent compositions of Hospitality signal a sophisticated new pop voice. Singer Amber Papini's idiosyncratic songwriting and incisive lyrics coupled with the band's rich arrangements on t...

Brooklyn NY

 

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

James Jackson Toth, known to the world as Wooden Wand, is a maverick, good-hearted troubadour whose blend of smoky Americana has been garnering plaudits for the last decade. Unafraid to mix psychedelic workouts with swee...

Lexington KY

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

Was there chamber pop after the Beatles and Bee Gees and before Belle & Sebastian? The missing link is Cardinal's self-titled debut. The album's release in 1994, which seemed to come out of nowhere, with its layered text...

London UK-ENGLAND

Presented by: Team Clermont/Fire Records/Critical Heights

Cheeky, charming and touchingly direct, Melbourne foursome Twerps have risen from humble beginnings to become international lo-fi pop champions. Formed in 2008, Twerps were supporting the likes of Deerhunter (USA), the ...

Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA

 

The Record Summer (TRS) mixes the lush arrangements and vocal style of Sufjan Stevens with Shoegaze atmospherics, equally inspired by Midlake and The Cure. Singer and songwriter Bret Rodysill moved to New York at 19. ...

New York NY

 

The psychedelic explorations and folk troubadour inclinations of young Californian J Irvin Dally are informed equally by his nomadic trajectory and his introspective clarity. Dally lived in a variety of climates througho...

Los Angeles CA

   

I play music and make visual art. I am good at it.......

St Paul MN

Slovakian male&female duo of songwriters Longital invite comparisons to Nordic brethren Sigur Ros, playing bowed guitars and singing in an exotic language. The similarities end there, however. Schooled as a jazz musi...

Bratislava SLOVAK REPUBLIC

   

FREE 'Big Scary - MixTape' - further discover the sounds.... http://bigscary.bandcamp.com Big Scary are a boy/girl two-piece from Melbourne, Australia. Joanna chills at the kit, occasionally chiming in with some ba...

Melbourne VIC AUSTRALIA

 

Ivan & Alyosha began as a duo in 2007 with Tim Wilson and Ryan Carbary. Their first EP The Verse, The Chorus sparked the interest of NPR Music leading to a Song of the Day pick and a 2011 Tiny Desk Concert. The gr...

Seattle WA

 

Presented by: Sala de Espera

3 Dudes & a Mullet's beginning goes back about 5 years, when Fish (lead vocals, guitar and ukulele), Miots (bass, violin percussion, clavichord, oboe), Poni (everything Miots doesn’t want to play) and Bueno (drums and ...

Mexico City MEXICO

 

Presented by: Sala de Espera

In 2001 Sol formed the band called Los Cocineros, which she recorded 7 albums. She is a composer and multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, guitar, Venezuelan cuatro, ukulele, percussion, and vocals). In 2008 she became a mem...

Cordoba ARGENTINA

Presented by: Sala de Espera

One of the leading names of Chile's new vibrant pop scene, Alex Anwandter has just released one of South America's most critically-acclaimed 2011 albums, "Rebeldes" (Rebels). 80's-influenced pop, current chilean house an...

Santiago CHILE

 

Presented by: Sala de Espera

Muchachito Bombo Infierno después de grandes giras sólo o con su númerosa banda en España y actuar en los principales festivales europeos, se presenta por primera vez en NY y en SXSW Muchachito, compositor e int�...

Barcelona SPAIN

 

Presented by: Sala de Espera

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Santiago CHILE

Presented by: Sala de Espera

Vetusta Morla is a Spanish rock band formed in the late 90s, with the aim of going beyond the stereotypes of that genre. They work adding sounds and rhythms that come from outside the rock tradition, but keeping the core...

Madrid SPAIN