Presented by: Stones Throw

R&B singer-songwriter Steven A. Clark broke onto the scene in 2010 with his soul-baring and darkly arranged eight-song LP debut STRIPES, which earned him the title of “Miami’s best independent album of 2011” by loc...

Miami FL

   

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On paper Vex Ruffin’s music is simple: an untrained punk musician who uses a few basic instruments in uncomplicated ways, he calls the style ‘minimalist.’ Although it may not seem like it upon first listen, Vex’s...

Chino Hills CA

 

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"When I think of how to write about Jonti's music, I don't feel like writing at all. I feel like drawing a picture, with watercolors and maybe crayon - colorful, abstract, youthfully curious and open to interpretation. M...

Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA

   

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Los Angeles CA

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The Stepkids are futuristic electro soul recorded on a reel-to-reel; soaring harmonies sung by three singer/songwriters; Kandinsky-esque visuals that make for enigmatic live performances. "A lot of what excites us abo...

Bridgeport CT

 

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Los Angeles CA

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The west coast MC called Medaphoar is known lately by the first three letters of his name: M to the E to the D. Three short letters for a long-awaited, full-length album which arrived at long last in 2005. Why the hol...

Oxnard CA

 

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Queens NY

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Strong Arm Steady was formed in the shadows of the West Coast’s Death Row Records movement, which at one time, loomed large over much of the region’s talent. Many Los Angeles artists—themselves students and childre...

Los Angeles CA

Presented by: Sacred Bones

Four years ago Wymond Miles, guitar player and songwriter in San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys, began writing solo material thematically based on the concepts of eschatology, anthroposophy, and Hermetic symbolism. Draw...

San Francisco CA

 

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Led Er Est are an analog electronic trio from Brooklyn and now based part in Austin. Born out of the Wierd Records scene on the lower east side of Manhattan, the band began recording together in 2007. They have released ...

New York NY

   

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Amen Dunes, the solo project of Damon McMahon, began with recordings made in the fall of 2006 in upstate New York. Those tapes were initially put on the shelf as personal recordings never intended for release. The follow...

New York NY

 

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Zola Jesus is an internationally acclaimed electronic performance and recording artist from rural Wisconsin. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Zola Jesus has toured with Fever Ray, the xx, and performed on M83's most r...

Merrill WI

 

Presented by: Sacred Bones

Hypnotic, elusive New York experimental rock band Psychic Ills took shape in 2003, when they pressed their own 7" and started playing shows. They’ve remained ambiguous and often hard to classify through the years as t...

New York NY

 

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The Men are a punk quartet from Brooklyn, NY. Their latest album, "Open Your Heart", was released on March 6th via Sacred Bones. It is their 3rd full length. Last year's full length, "Leave Home", received massive critic...

New York NY

 

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Los Angeles CA

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Washington DC

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Port Alberni BC CANADA

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Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS

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Washington DC

Presented by: Japan Nite

The members of "The Rubies" came from various backgrounds... Kazuya and Osuke were known as members of the band "The Emeralds" having played at the SXSW for 6 consecutive years. Daisuke; known as the drummer who can "sin...

Yokohama JAPAN

   

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In early summer of 2005, Miki Uchizono(b. 19 Aug 1988, Tokyo, JAPAN; bass) started gathering own band's members. Miki first found the girl in her high school class, who has excellent reflexes , and are thought to be very...

Tokyo JAPAN

 

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Kao=S is the trio group performs with the acoustic guitar, Tsugaru Shamisen and twin vocals, and also adopts musically and visually the element of the Japanese taste, such as Japanese sword (KATANA) dance. Each of the...

Kamirenjaku JAPAN

 

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NOKIES! are a Japanese band formed by young passionate college students. Their music is supported by their great sensitivities to today's indie music scene created by various bands, such as The Strokes, The Libertines...

Minamihorie JAPAN

 

Presented by: Japan Nite

24-year-old Saito Johnny, currently of Tokyo, Japan, is swiftly gaining international popularity for his uniquely Japanese blend of bluegrass, country, rock and pop. In 2011 he was hand-selected by Taylor Swift to open ...

Tokyo JAPAN

   

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ZZZ's is all girls post punk/experimental trio from Japan. Member of ZZZ's:YOUKAKU(Vo&Gu),YUKARY(Vo&Ba),LYN(Drms). We were member of Hystoic Vein(disband at Oct,2011). ZZZ's will play the 1st gig for us in NYC on Ma...

Kobe JAPAN

 

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Here is the next alternative music from Osaka where BOREDOMS had rised. Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Strings, Piano, Noise and several drums sounds are harmonized as one but it's difficult what's kind of music this is. Only we c...

Tenjinmachi JAPAN

 

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"Austin's Bodytronix (Eric Archer and Erich Ragsdale) have been hard at work for awhile without anyone outside of their fair city really knowing what these dudes were up to. Well, if their live mix "Night of the Arawans"...

Austin TX

 

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Most commonly known as three-fifths of the influential indie-synth outfit, The Faint, Clark Baechle, Todd Fink, and Jacob Thiele have begun their journey into the future of sound with their new project Depressed Buttons....

Omaha NE

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Harouki Zombi is the brainchild of Nina Barnes (of Montreal, the Apollinaire Rave Art Collective) and Orenda Fink (Azure Ray, O+S.) One part carefully curated dance party DJ set (including original material), one part s...

Athens GA

 

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FEATHERS comes after a sequence of bands for lead singer Anastasia Dimou. (Her previous band Cruel Black Dove who released two EP's drew high praise from the likes of NME, The Fader and The New York Post.) Moving to Aus...

Austin TX

 

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Jack Colleran doesn’t sleep, and it shows. The 18-year-old producer, who goes by the name MMOTHS, has embraced endless nights and bags beneath his eyes in exchange for something more; a uniquely ethereal sound that’s...

Newbridge IRELAND

 

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Twenty-four year-old Toronto singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lights has been crafting her own unique synth-pop-rock since she was 14. On the strength of her 2008 self-titled EP, Lights won the 200...

Toronto ON CANADA