Salt to Bitters
From lilt to lurch, from swagger to stagger, Salt To Bitters crashes its way across a bittersweet soundscape in fits and starts, tempering depravity with a tunefulness that could only have been born in t...
New Town Drunks music has been described as New Vaudeville, Rock and Roll Cabaret, Stream of Consciousness Folk Rock, a musical Bonnie and Clyde and other less clear descriptions. At the core of it is the show-stopping ...
Michigander Martin Brummeler moved to Athens, GA in 2000 and began writing music under the moniker Mass Solo Revolt. His previous bands Data Cadet, and Propeller had released records in the late '90s on Fred Thomas'(Satu...
Jon Lindsay has been on a pretty incredible tear since emerging on the national indie rock scene in 2010. After going solo in 2009 from prominent roles in several well known bands (most notably Benji Hughes and The Young...
Motel Beds is a rock band from Dayton, Ohio.
They have been together in various permutations since the proto-blog days of 2003, when their first EP "Hasta Mañ̃ana" garnered positive feedback. A track from this EP, L...
Some people prefer pop music that behaves like math: once a few familiar variables have been determined—female vocals or male? Acoustic guitar or electric? — the end result should be easy to predict, and always sound...
“Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the songs and make ...
Classic soul and R&B, jazz, and British invasion form the backdrop for the quirky and irreverent brand of pop for which Lake Street Dive has become known. Combine this with the unstoppable joy of their live shows and nea...
Sweetback Sisters Emily Miller and Zara Bode may not be blood relations, but their precise, family-style harmonies recall the best of country music from the Everlys to The Judds, as well as the spirited rockabilly energy...
The Brothers Comatose formed in the Morrison Living Room, birthed from the sonic gumbo of the famous Morrison Music Parties. The band consists of Ben and Alex Morrison – hairy brothers, both singing, with Ben on Guitar...
Winterpills
presented by Signature Sounds/Mongrel Music
Showcase
tenOak
1:00AM - 1:50AM
Presented by: Signature Sounds/Mongrel Music
Starting with their self-titled debut in 2005, Winterpills have built a vibrant career with their exquisite chamber-pop songs that The Washington Post called “densely packed but hugely evocative, tiny bombs of feeling ...
With a collection of songs that web male-female vocals of couple Zahira Gutierrez and Cody Swann, as well as pop-infused percussion and string work, Wild Moccasins, a quintet of 20-somethings from Houston, TX, offer a so...
The Sidekicks have been a band since the members were 15, quite literally learning how to play their instruments by playing together. The result has been a musical and personal relationship that has inevitably transforme...
Two Cow Garage's newest album, “Sweet Saint Me”, picks up where their previous, “Speaking In Cursive”, left off but the album seems more focused and the songwriting could not be better. The album mixes rockers an...
After two releases on Paper and Plastick, Lansing MI's Cheap Girls are releasing their debut album on Rise Records in February of 2012. The band's indie rock sound is quite different than the normal Rise Records act. C...
A quest for knowledge, quest to see / all these things inside of me / looking in, there’s something wrong / I must set out on my own
If there is any hope that Rock N Roll can change the world, as Valient Thorr belie...
"The Last Skeptik's beats are expertly crafted" Q Magazine
"We Like" MTV.co.uk
"Awesome" Huw Stephens, BBC Radio One
"A rising star" The London Lite
"His beats are really really good" VV Brown
"I could listen to Sk...
"Guti-Angel", presents himself as an urban hip-hop artist that bets in the multicultural concept that feeds the (and his) world.
Also known as Espanhol, "Guti-Angel" rhymes both in portuguese and in spanish, presentin...
Born with a microphone attached to his hand, New Zealand born, Samoan artist King Kapisi arrived on this planet to kick sucka emcees into outer orbit.
A complete Hip-Hop head, Kapisi participates in the artform as a b...
The Reminders: Duo/Couple with a unique sound that blends soulful hip hop & reggae. Big Samir (Belgium/Congo) raps in English & French while Aja Black (Queens, NY) sings & raps, 3 years after the release of their debut '...
Native Sun is a London based duo consisting of bilingual rapper Mohammed Yahya, born in Mozambique , South East Africa and singer-song writer Sarina Leah born in London with Caribbean roots.
Joining forces in 2010...
4 time Grammy nominated Lazee from Sweden is about to take the world by storm. He is unique as an artist. With an international class, attitude and widely genre sound makes Lazee different from most urban international a...
RAS is the hip hop duo of the century. Selected as 2011 official SXSW performers, 2008 Lennon award-winners, and honored with the Austin Chronicle's BEST NEW LOCAL ACT of 2010, RAS has only begun to leave their musical m...
Sweatshop Union are heavyweights of North Western hip-hop, and have earned a reputation as the hardest working collective in the region. Having performed over five hundred shows internationally, they have changed the per...
Key Information about Bliss n Eso
Latest album Running On Air Debut #1 on the Australian ARIA Albums chart and is Platinum in Australia with sales in excess of 100,000 units.
Recent Running On Air tour is officiall...
Who are the Scruffs?
Legendary band, The Scruffs, originally hailed from Memphis, Tennessee and became Southern pioneers of the “power pop” musical movement. Founded by lead songwriter, singer and guitarist Steph...
Only important Belgian albums are rewarded with a foreign release. Balthazar's "Applause" is a twofold milestone. It's the first debut since dEUS' "Worst Case Scenario" (1994) to be proclaimed best Belgian album of the y...
Yael Kraus - Bio
Yael Kraus is an Israeli singer-songwriter, based in NYC. She has been performing and recording since childhood.
Kraus opened for Suzanne Vega and performed with Faun Fables, Jewlia Eisenberg of Charmi...
Wiretree began as the solo recording project of singer-songwriter Kevin Peroni. After releasing the LP "Bouldin" in 2007, Peroni recruited other band members solidify the project. The group released their sophomore effor...
Jessie made the New York Times list of bands to catch at SXSW 2012 representing Denton, TX.
"Innocence and old soul. Fiery, then cool. Reluctant and, all at once, beguiling. Frye carries an intense passion and deliver...
After both moving from Los Angeles to Austin in search of a greater music community, old friends Scott Graham and Todd Sapio, who literally bumped into each other in the middle of Sixth St. during South By Southwest, beg...
