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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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…
" 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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
"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'…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
“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…
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…
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…
“And the Tears Washed Me, Wave After Cowardly Wave” is Part 2 to “So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite,” which came out in August of 2010. Part 1 is the true story of a normal man’s unraveling psyche and his grisly misdeeds. Ye…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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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…
"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 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…
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…
"Never short on hooks or ambition, The Sour Notes play brittle pop for star-crossed post-grads... On rising tides of lonesome guitars & glimmering synths, the band builds its postmillennial laments, occasionally nodding …
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…
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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…
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…
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Being in his early twenties, Andrew Collberg already looks back upon some eventful years spent between two cultures and many different musical influences – a fact that is mirrored in the beauty of his new album “On the w…
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…
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 …
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…
BEACH PARTY WAS STARTED BY JAMES HURST AND ROB BANKS. THE TWO SPENT THE SUMMER OF 2012 WRITING AND RECORDING HOME DEMOS AND DEVELOPING THEIR SOUND. SHARING A LOVE FOR ALL THINGS MUSIC, THEY SET OUT TO CREATE A ‘LO-FI’ SO…
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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…
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 …
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…
Everything they see is upside down. How else do you explain Bonde do Rolê? They turn Brazilian folk songs into dance tracks, and they make rockabilly replays into haunting taunts. In 2007, when their debut album With Las…
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 …
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…
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…
Cello Fury is a rarity in the music world: three classically trained cellists and a rock drummer performing high-energy original music in venues ranging from concert halls to rock clubs. Appealing to a wide audience acro…
DJ Grip: DJ Grip is a well known DJ in the Texas and southern region, best known for his highly acclaimed mix-tapes(Down In Texas,Anti Broke,GRIP etc)and his energetic club/concert performances. DJ Grip is definitely som…
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 …
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…
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…
Drop City Yacht Club doesn't front. In fact, the California trio—Kristo, A Wolf, and THX—will just as quickly rap about the girl who turned them down as the one that they took home. Writing and producing all of their own…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Rachel Staggs and T.J. O'Leary formed Experimental Aircraft in October 1997 in Austin, Texas. Mark Smith joined soon after on bass, and the trio performed live with several different drummers before recruiting Jason Ferg…
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.……
"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…
Folly & The Hunter is made of 3 unique individuals that come from a variety of backgrounds that influence the band’s sound.
Nick Vallee, the lyricist and vocalist, was born and raised in Vancouver Canada, and moved to …
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Hi Rhythm is known as being the house band for hit Memphis soul label Hi Records during the 1960’s and 70’s. They are one of the few bands from this era that has stayed together and maintained all its original members. …
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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…
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 ‘…
Hybridity Music is a label focused on showcasing artists working in the cross-pollination of performance, music, art, and technology. We are committed to working as an artist run label, and view each artist as a collabor…
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…
When is the sum of the parts of a musical quantity far greater than the whole? When Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison unite as an ongoing musical act.
After all, their own individual artistic achievements already sum up …
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
Not long ago, the members of Motive were shredding through jazz lead sheets and getting carted across the U.S. and Europe to showcase their young talent. Nowadays, Motive populates a different scene. These Seattle transp…
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…
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…
Noel McKay is a songwriter who was raised in Lubbock, Texas. His songs have taken him across the United States and all over the world. In 1993 he was discovered by songwriting legend Guy Clark while performing his songs …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
Quit Together is more or less the documentation of the duo's primary reactions to each other's sounds. Between the two of them, influences range from early-mid 90s Hip-Hop and Trip Hop, DJ Screw, Joy Division, Nina Simon…
Ranch Ghost has cut their teeth in almost any and all ways imaginable together and thus the tightness of their blues-tinged, gruff surf-rock.
The noise that emanates from these four ruffians is heavily reliant on the …
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With an excess of frenetic energy and penchant for well crafted, unconventional dark indie rock, Ravenna Woods has quickly become a favorite among Seattle concert-goers and music critics alike. Their 2010 full length ‘De…
We all met when we were forced to ride through a haunted house in the same trolly. By the end of the ride we had written and recorded our first 7''.
We spent some time up in Montreal recording our first album in thee…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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.……
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 …
Recording as Steffaloo, Los Angeles native Steph Thompson has in a very short time captivated indie music fans with releases in two distinct styles. Her 2011 self-released debut, Meet Me In Montauk, and her 2012 Mush ful…
Stephen Kellogg claims that when he was growing up, his musical interests were divided between his father's record collection, devoted to '70s singer/songwriters like Jim Croce and Cat Stevens, and his sister's rock & ro…
Sweatshop Union are Pacific north-west hip-hop heavyweights, and have earned a reputation as the hardest working collective in the region. Having performed over five hundred shows internationally, they continue to change…
Therese Aune (NO) plays dreamy filmatic music, drawing inspiration both from pop music and classical minimalists. She is known for her atmospheric piano playing and powerful expressive voice. When performing, she is acco…
" 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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Want to know why they call DJ Hella Yella the Yella Hulk? Just ask the Southern Entertainment Awards and the Austin Chronicle who both voted him as Club DJ of the Year! It’s no question that when DJ Hella Yella is behind…
Biography
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
Oh Whitney is a rock band. 'Rock' being, in this case, the indie kind. And alt-country. And some jazz + metal lurking in the drummer, rhumba in the bass player. Guitars more from a zeppelin angle. Songs written mostly fr…
Discography:
Onehunnidt X DJ Candlestick - Legacy of a Legend (2011)
Onehunnidt - Keep It 100 (2012)
Onehunnidt X OG Ron C - Keep It 100 Chopped Not Slopped (2012)
2012 Houston Press Music Awarded Best Solo Rapper …
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…
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 …
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 …
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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…
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…
Wardell (formerly Brother/Sister) is a band that was formed by one brother and one sister who met during a play date set up by their parents. One's black and one's white. They remain brother and sister. They make the kin…
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 …
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 city of Pittsburgh is known as the “City of Champions”, and it is the mindset of hard work and determination that propels the city to heights that others cannot reach. Brewing in the depths of the cities core is a ra…
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…
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…
Arabia Mountain, the sixth studio album and fourth Vice Records release by the Black Lips, finds the hell-raising Atlanta quartet digging deep into the roots of their exposed-nerve sound and simultaneously exploring surp…
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…
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…
Syd Arthur, a quartet of Canterbury-based devotees of sound immersed in the simple pleasures of songwriting, performance and exploratory musical interplay, released their debut album On An On this July 2nd.
Greatly i…
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…
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 …
You can read this biography, and learn what we already know about Dante Higgins in this article, but the bottom line is –the boy is talented. H.I.G. is going to be the next Southern rapper at the forefront of the game. W…
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…
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. …
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, …
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…
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…
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.…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ester Rada * The new soul of the Middle East
Ester Rada’s cross-cultural sound is a deep reflection of the Israeli born Ethiopian’s heritage. Growing up in a highly religious Jewish family- and growing up in more th…
They met. They fell in love. They wrote songs.
They fought. They made up. They broke up. They wrote songs.
At a time when for most it would be the end of a relationship, for Australian band The Falls this feels like …
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…
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…
"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…
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.……
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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…
Lionel Williams (aka Hidden Music) is a Los Angeles based artist and musician. His collage art & psyche-pop music fuses vast landscapes, multi-religious symbolism, and the supernatural into a paradoxical whirlpool of "my…
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…
Presently situated at the heart of the East Vancouver's creative breeding ground, Robbie Slade and Peter Ricq come from Nelson, BC and Montreal with distinct perspectives. Outside of music, Slade utilizes his communicat…
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 …
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 …
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…
“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…
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…
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Named one of the “Best New Seattle Bands” by Seattle Magazine, Lemolo is a dream-pop duo comprised of Poulsbo natives Meagan Grandall and Kendra Cox. Creating what Seattle Weekly calls the “most promising expansions on …
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…
· 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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, …
There is not a single instance of a tattoo or piercing among Mrs. Glass and his two band mates. We think that's a pretty big deal for an Austin group.……
The timeless themes of the classic country duets have now been revived and revisited by My Darling Clementine, the husband and wife duo of Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish.
King, the former leader of U.K. Alt Cou…
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…
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…
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, …
He’s a little bit country. She’s a little bit…vampire. Together, they’re Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed, Hollywood’s newest power couple and potential heirs to the Civil Wars’ vacant throne.
After meeting at the premier…
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…
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 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 …
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 …
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…
London, ON's Single Mothers has made a compelling case for how red flags, stacked odds and strike outs can somehow inspire a collective recklessness to keep at it. Known for their dangerously explosive live show and the …
Snowmine doesn't just want to create music that you hear. They want to make music that you feel, that is in every breath, every corner and settles deep within the heart.
The Brooklyn quintet formed out of a longtime f…
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…
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…
The Stargazer Lilies are an ambient rock, dream pop trio from North Eastern Pennsylvania. The band is a new project started by John Cep & Kim Field from the newgaze band, Soundpool. They caught the ears of Ryan Graveface…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
VINNY CHA$E
CHEER$ CLUB
Born and raised in Harlem, New York, Vinny Cha$e first started in the music industry by directing music videos and shooting hip hop documentaries on household name artists. He personally shot …
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…
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 …
‘BONES’ was released on Monday 6th February 2012 on Play It Again Sam
Strength comes from our bones – the knowledge that, deep down, nothing is impossible. 'Bones', the stunning new album from Young Guns, captures exa…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
Drop City Yacht Club doesn't front. In fact, the California trio—Kristo, A Wolf, and THX—will just as quickly rap about the girl who turned them down as the one that they took home. Writing and producing all of their own…
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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…
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…
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 …
The completely unique Brooklyn bhangra band Red Baraat are making a sound no one else in the world is. A fusion of North Indian bhangra with hard driving New Orleans' brass, go-go, jazz, and hip-hop, Red Baraat has been …
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 …
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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 …
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…
J. Thoven is an alternative-rock band based out of Southern California. The band formed when Jake Pappas left Nashville as a solo artist to pursue a full band project. He ventured back home to sunny California to team up…
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'…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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 …
New Chain is the debut long-player from New York's Small Black. Richly coloured and thickly layered, it is an absorbing, eclectic and obsessive body of work. The Brooklyn group have succeeded in melting together locked a…
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…
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…
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…
Daystar Peterson dubbed Tory Lanez was born on July 27, 1992 to the parents of Sonstar Peterson and Luella Peterson in Toronto, Canada, At the very young age of 11,Tory discovered that his mother was ill with a rare dise…
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…
Queens, NY based rap sensations Rideout163 will be performing at SUITE 101 down Austin for SXSW, they have created a major buzz in recent months by being featured on AllHipHop.com. VladTV.com and YoRaps.com. Equally impo…
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…
CAVE PAINTING are moving into 2013 with a busy schedule of releases and select live shows.
They have prepared a special package for ‘Rio’ - their second UK single of the year. It follows the first, ‘Leaf’, which ga…
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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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 '…
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, '…
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…
To label The Audreys as just another roots-folk band would be a tragic mistake.
Taasha Coates should have been a nightclub singer, crooning like Lena Horne before a starstudded crowd at the Cocoanut Grove in 1950s Lo…
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…
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…
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…
Crafting dreamy synthpop since 2010, Brothertiger, AKA John Jagos, aims to capture the beauty and awe of life in his music. He released his first full-length, Golden Years, with great success on Mush Records in 2012, and…
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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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…
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…
At only 19, Chance The Rapper has generated a buzz larger than many recording artist his senior. Since the Spring 2012 release of #10Day Chance has made several radio appearances including Chicago’s WGCI and POWER92, eac…
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 …
“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…
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, …
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…
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…
East Cameron Folkcore (ECF) is a collection of individual artists working for a common goal: to create music that resonates, that tells stories, and that speaks the truth. This 11-piece band performs authentic, American …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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 …
"...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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
"In the aftermath of romantic devastation and acute homesickness, Jeevan Antony spills his heart and soul into striking, almost haiku-like lyrics and wraps them all in exotic, spacious soundscapes. It's impossible to lis…
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 …
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…
Miracles of Modern Science are an unlikely rock band. Using just mandolin, violin, cello, standup bass, and drums, they create explosive pop that upends notions of what these instruments can do.
The band began life at…
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…
Northern Faces is from NY. The band features Shortell and Marco Testa on vocals and guitars, Matt Ippolito on bass, and Mike Ryan on drums. The band solidified their lineup in early 2012 after heading to an isolated cab…
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…
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…
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…
In the basement of the New York Recording & Rehearsal Arts Building, a space affectionately known as “The Music Building” by the thousands of artists that have rehearsed and recorded here since the 70s, is Butcha Sound S…
Texas singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood's music is at once highly idiosyncratic but also as familiar as a bad habit. His bluesy, rootsy romps instantly start your head bobbing as his bizarre lyrics full of rich, Southern …
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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Tesoro has a unique sound that captivates even the most sophisticated Flamenco purists and enthusiasts. With rock, world, and jazz influences, Tesoro takes Flamenco Fusion to a new level.
Having performed live with gr…
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…
Bursting forth from Canada’s capital, native Producer/DJ crew A Tribe Called Red is making an impact on the global electronic scene with a truly unique sound. Made up of three members – two-time Canadian DMC Champion DJ …
From its inception, Valleys has been always changing. From the quiet and exploratory preliminary years to the stormy experimentation of recent works, the duo has always had one foot in the pop realm and the other in the …
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.……
“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…
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…
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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…
THE BLUE VAN is a rock band hailing from Denmark. In April 2005, they released their first full-length album The Art Of Rolling on TVT Records in U.S. touring throughout the country including tours with The Pretenders, …
"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…
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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…
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…
They say that nice guys finish last, but four young men repping Houston, Texas are out to prove that saying wrong. Through beats, rhymes, and musings about life, The Niceguys are musically what’s happening now. A self-co…
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…
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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…
Hailing from Detroit Michigan, Chuck Inglish has transformed the landscape of modern Hip Hop. As a true taste maker, Chuck Inglish has transcended music and fashion to become a cultural icon of a generation. Beginning in…
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…
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…
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 …
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Co-Founder and Resident DJ of The Dog & Pony Show, Paul Raffaele has quickly become a name in New York’s underground club scene, earning a reputation as a hard-working, crate-digging DJ with real dedication to his craft …
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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…
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,…
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…
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…
According to hip hop artist Skewby’s confidently titled 2009 mixtape, he’s been “Proving You Wrong Since 1988.” Reigning as a rapper/producer from Memphis, Tennessee, his first major move was to ignore the trend of South…
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…
In an industry where hip-hop acts have become dispensable, Marcus Moody, aka PAYPA, is determined to secure his place among the greats. PAYPA grew up as a child of military career parents, claiming home in the Southside …
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…
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…
LEOGUN IS:
Tommy Smith – Guitars & Vocals
Matt Johnson – Bass
Mike Lloyd - Drums
You've got to be bold to make it rock 'n' roll.
LEOGUN singer and guitarist Tommy Smith might characterize it as "cheeky", but it …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Born and raised in Austin, TX, Randell Jones, aka “Kydd”, is no stranger to music and is hailed for his lyrical ingenuity. Music was his first love as a child and soon took center stage in Kydd’s life. Being the second o…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FALCONS (ファルコンズ) Southern born, west coast relocated, with production taking inspiration from each. Staying heavily rooted in the bouncey Southern club tempo, fusing it with melodic r&b and hip-hop elements with sprinkle…
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‘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…
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…
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Gabriel Sullivan cut his teeth as a teen in Tucson’s punk scene. But his musical restlessness kept him seeking out new sounds. Somewhere along the way, he discovered some fascinating parallels between the Mexican conjunt…
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…
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…
Half Moon Run is a talented young band from Ottawa, Ontario and Comox, British Columbia. It was in a practice studio situated in Montreal’s Mile-End district, through the hardships of time constraints and flat-lined bank…
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…
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…
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…
Johnnyswim is a Los Angeles based, Nashville born duo comprised of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano. The stunning and original sound of this new vocal duo began in a record deal gone bad. Though he’d given up on a career …
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…
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…
Kool Thing began as the duo of Julie Chance and Jon Dark, originally from Dublin and Sydney, respectively, who met in Paris in 2010 at some side-street dive bar where Chance was DJing. The girls quickly noticed their ove…
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…
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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…
Minerals - five guys whose paths crossed quite unexpectedly. The founder is Andrzej Ratajczyk, who, along with Przemek Buchelt invited singer Filip Pokłosiewicz to join them. Later on joined Łukasz Cirocki and Tomasz Jac…
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…
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…
Danish singer/songwriter Naja Rosa's sound may be reminiscent and with the spirit of the Rock-ish Blues 60s and 70s, but unmistakably renews a classic blend of rhythms to make them relevant to new ears of today. Similar …
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…
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…
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If Parenthetical Girls have learned anything over the course of their bewilderingly unorthodox discography, it's that they are—for richer or for poorer—a necessarily singular pop group. It's a peculiarity that they've le…
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…
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…
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…
Pretty & Nice are a Boston quartet bent on creating joyous feelings. Songs are born on sunny porches, zapped with electricity, arranged around dancing morpho-rhythms, and slingshot skyward. It’s an advanced pop crash 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…
Serengeti's music is a sharp departure from most mainstream hip hop, which he considers "depressing" and always consists of "the same redundant ideas." His music includes numerous references to Chicago culture often done…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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.……
Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-folk duo. Formed in Nova Scotia, Sari and Romy Lightman have found a heavier, more ambient sound, ripe with dreamy, dissonant vocals, influenced by eastern song…
"Kel Tamasheq" est le quatrième disque de Terakaft. Il est d'abord un hommage au peuple touareg qui souffre depuis la décolonisation (Kel Tamasheq signifie “Les Touaregs”, ou, pour être tout à fait exact, “Ceux qui parle…
Triana Park is one of the most interesting musical phenomenon from The Baltic States, that has done a lot of unusual shows in television, different types of live concerts and open-air festivals. Music reviewers have desc…
Trummors are a folk-rock duo formed by songwriter Anne Cunningham and longtime New York City musician David Lerner, best known to some for his years of work with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. The two multi-instrumentalists…
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…
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. …
The Vespers are one of those lucky young bands that have built an extensive underground following simply through word of mouth and heavy touring. The band is uniquely made up of two sibling duos; the Cryar sisters, and t…
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…
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…
Anyone wondering about Wood & Wire’s sound need not look any further than the four-piece band’s name, which honors the purity of acoustic instruments and the gorgeous music a skilled artist can coax out of just simple wo…
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. …
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…
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…
Dexter Freebish is a band. Not a person. Since forming almost 20 years ago, Austin-based quartet Dexter Freebish has always been a band with which fate and faith have had a close association. Hearing parts of the story …
"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…
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…
Labeled as one of Houston’s best kept secrets, Mookie Jones, who has been met with critical praise by industry insiders, has remained relatively low-key in the public eye. Until now. At just 20 years old, the rapper - b…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
“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…
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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…
Though NYC clubkiller Harry Rodrigues aka Baauer hasn’t been on the scene long, the amount of buzz the 23-year-old has been able to build in such short time is strikingly impressive, going from SoundCloud’s best kept sec…
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 …
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…
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 new face of the music industry is not only an unduplicated persona, but the connection between the hood and politics. He is NOT a “rapper” but the humble TRUTH hip hop has been waiting for. Possessing a hip hop flavo…
Presently situated at the heart of the East Vancouver's creative breeding ground, Robbie Slade and Peter Ricq come from Nelson, BC and Montreal with distinct perspectives. Outside of music, Slade utilizes his communicat…
It's seldom an artist can move between two mediums and still maintain an intense amount of intrigue and support from fans. Time and time again, we have seen one art form fail for the sake of another. When referring to Tu…
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…
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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…
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…
Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in…
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…
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…
Described as The voice of 2013 by The Evening Standard, the classically trained, singer songwriter’s music fuses orchestral soul with velvety harmonies and emotional vocals giving nods to Nina Simone, George Gershwin and…
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…
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…
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…
Daniel Swain, better known by his mononymous stage name Danny!, is an American rap performer and record producer from Columbia, South Carolina.
Danny! is a former student of the Savannah College of Art & Design. He of…
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 …
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.……
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 …
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…
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…
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Dear Winter,
If it wasn't for your dreary days we may never have holed up in a basement to record these two new songs. We present to you She Moves, our antidote to the months of gloom you wreak on Portland. Call us es…
The Casket Girls is a new three-piece band hailing from Savannah, GA. Comprised of Ryan Graveface (Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Dreamend) who wrote and played all the song structures, and newcomers, …
Chevy Who? Chevy Who?” might just sound like a lyric from Wiz Khalifa’s 2011 hit “Taylor Gang,” but there was a point when this was a very common question asked.
Pittsburgh, PA also known as “The Steel City,” is not y…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jesse Boykins III is a singer / songwriter with a timeless sound. He is the creator of a new approach to music he calls “World Soul” in which he shares a point of view that crosses all genres, generations and cultures.
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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…
Joywave is a Rochester, NY indie pop band. The band released its first track “Golden State” on January 4th, 2011 via its website, and followed up with their 77777 Mixtape in March 2011. The collection is a complex arrang…
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…
Keys N Krates formed in 2008 out of a desire to do something different. They wanted to take the remix/electronic sound out of the studio and onto the stage, creating a new live electronica experience. The Toronto-based t…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Retox was birthed in Southern California, specifically in San Diego and Los Angeles during the later part of 2010. The members; Brian Evans on drums, Thor Dickey on bass, Michael Crain on guitar, and vocalist Justin Pear…
Rituals is the Toronto based incarnation of art school graduate Adam Christopher Seward. After spending the summer of 2009 writing and recording in his bedroom, Adam decided to pass them around to friends. Shortly after,…
Fresh off a headlining show at London's Royal Albert Hall, Ron Sexsmith returns to SXSW in support of his latest release, Forever Endeavour. Following the Bob Rock produced Long Player Late Bloomer - and the documentary …
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 …
“Dreamy ’60's soundscapes… Like Amy Winehouse went on holiday with Vampire Weekend” is MTV Buzzworthy’s reflection on indie darlings The Royalty. Best described as "rock & soul," the band extracts its influences from the…
Seryn is a 6 piece band who calls Denton, Texas their home. When listening to the well layered textures of guitars, ukulele, vibraphone, bass, violin, banjo and various percussion, it’s hard to imagine This Is Where We …
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 …
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…
“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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
"There are few things finer than Sunday nights shaking
your tail feathers to the Urban Achievers Brass Band." This ringing endorsement was found scrawled on the inside of an Austin bathroom stall, and neatly sums up th…
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…
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Bio
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 …
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"Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta continue to surprise me both in the studio and onstage live. "Mambo Mexicano" is the tip of the iceberg of great things to come." -Joey Burns Founder of Calexico/Co-Producer
"Sergio Mendoza…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Two years after releasing their debut album ‘Reverence for Fallen Trees’ (2009) Dutch folk-rockers The Black Atlantic released their new EP ‘Darkling, I Listen' in Europe and are set to release the EP in the US in Februa…
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…
SpaceGhostPurrp is an underground rapper and producer from Miami, Florida, and is the founder and member of the RVIDXR KLVN (Raider Klan).
SpaceGhostPurrp signed his first record deal with British indie label 4AD and be…
Tito Lopez’s first words tell the story. When he was less than a year old, the Gulfport,
Mississippi native was sitting in his high chair and said, “Wild, wild, west,” the chorus of a
popular Kool Moe Dee song at the t…
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…
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…
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…
"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…
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 "…
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, simply known as Kendrick Lamar, is an American rapper. He hails from Compton, California, currently signed to Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope. Lamar is a member of hip hop supergroup Black H…
The Last Royals, a Brooklyn duo of writer/singer/producer Eric James and drummer Mason Ingram, formed in early 2010 after meeting and working together on a charity record with producer Mike Beck. James had at that point…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
Absolutely Free is a sanctuary founded by 4/5 descendants of DD/MM/YYYY. They have mutated into a single, self-sufficient organism and, in doing so, their elastic musicianship and inclination to experiment presents itsel…
“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…
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, …
BAJOFONDO
Biography
Even though Bajofondo has been a pioneer in what has been known all over the world as “electronica tango”, the group doesn’t consider that this definition is appropriate for their music. It’s…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
Band Bio
When future music historians look back at the strong currents circulating between the Americas in the 21st century, they will find Los Lobos, Calexico, and a charismatic, lanky Missourian singing tight harmony …
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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…
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.…
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…
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"How do you write about a musician who has spent more than 30 years defying musical conventions? You could trot out all the cliched rock-critic terms: seminal, hyperbole, incendiary, eponymous, masterful, achingly poigna…
GoodPaper
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…
My name is Haley Bonar (rhymes with Daily Honor), I am a 29 year old singer/songwriter who resides in the lovely village of Saint Paul, MN. Since I can remember, I have been writing songs and singing. I grew up in the Bl…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
The New F-O's are a colorful breath of fresh sound waves that deliver strategic blows to your eardrums via high-end production and well-played vocals. With his raspy voice and melodic yet catchy delivery “Lifted” (one of…
The phrase "punk" gets thrown around a lot these days but for over a decade Off With Their Heads has eschewed trends and embodied that ethic with every ounce of their being. Having put out numerous releases and toured th…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PLASTER are back with a blast! Following their 2005 ADISQ awarded debut, First Aid Kit, The bombastic outfit is set to release its upcoming album Let It All Out, May 15 on Vega Musique.
Orchestrated by musical prodigi…
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…
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 …
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…
WALK WITH ME presents that last recordings done by original drummer Lloyd Knibb who passed away shortly before this album saw release. The 11 tracks on this album are a tribute to all the members who have passed on over …
Snak The Ripper raps with a voice as raw and honest as his material. In just three years, Snak has gone from rock-bottom anonymous, to internet superhero. Snak has garnered millions of YouTube views, solo tours across Ca…
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…
TEEEL (Jim Smith) is a electronic music producer/songwriter from New Jersey, founder of Synth Records (Synthemesc Recordings) and iheartsynths.com. Inspired by the 80s new wave movement, Teeel credits his sound to marath…
In 2010, Them Duqaines hit the streets again after a five year hiatus, and have just released the 10 song, instant beer-joint classic, "The Duqaines".
Since then, they’ve brought their original brand of tough-as-nails …
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…
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 …
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…
Bay Area post-shoegaze sextet, Whirr, generates expressive songs of cutting guitar textures backed by misty vocals. Their full length debut ‘Pipe Dreams’ dropped via TeePee Records on March 13th. ‘Distressor’ is a reissu…
Alphonse ALIXANDER Lanza III
(Idol Hanse, Azari & III, The Cruelty Party)
"Born to run and man of the pipe and gun, AIII is a moving shadow in a night world of transient affections and obscured motivations. From i…
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…
Exit was born out of Austin, Texas’ Ben Londa’s love of electronic music, and chiming new wave guitar work, particularly the ambient soundscapes of Global Communication and the lush instrumentation of The Cure. Meshing e…
In The Valley Below is a new musical pairing delivering hushed swirls of male and female vocals forged with dark stories of brooding riddles and romance. Currently based in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, Angela Gail …
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…
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 …
It is rare to find an artist who has both age and wisdom on his side. At just 24 years-old, Big K.R.I.T. possesses the musical intuition of an old soul. Hailing from Meridian, Mississippi, K.R.I.T. (born Justin Scott) gr…
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 …
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…
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…
