Macbeth and FILTER Magazine have teamed up to showcase an incredible line up of indie artists at Lustre Pearl on Austin’s historic Rainey St on March 13, 2013. SXSW Badges welcome. Please arrive early for entry.……

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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…

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“There’s a certain kind of female that occupies a space in which she’s perpetually young and girlish but also wise and worldly. Goldie Hawn is one, and so is Jena Malone. When they’re young, they’re playful but seem ahea…

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This band is called Bad Cop, from Nashville, Tennessee, and at the center of it are the things that make all great rock bands the way they are: tight musicianship, remarkable songwriting, and above all, the ability to pu…

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“(The Virgins are) making reliably honest, memorable music…their next album is definitely something to look forward to.” —Rolling Stone Cult Records is set to release Strike Gently, the long-awaited second full length…

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Los Angeles’ Local Natives will release their sophomore album, entitled Hummingbird, on Frenchkiss Records/Infectious Music on January 29th, 2013 (out in Europe January 28th). Much has happened between the band’s cri…

Dickies and FILTER Magazine have teamed up again to showcase a stellar line up of indie talent at Lustre Pearl on Austin’s historic Rainey St. Showcases will take place March 14th - 16th. SXSW Badges welcome. Please arri…

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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…

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BIG BLACK DELTA - BIOG 2012 Jonathan Bates isn’t one for straight lines. The conversation about his band—one-man outfit Big Black Delta—is filled with twists and turns, punctuated with talk of cats (he owns two), alie…

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The product of a move from South Carolina to Berkeley, CA and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Toro Y Moi’s third full-length, Anything in Return, puts Chaz Bundick right in the middle of the producer/…

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The formation of Divine Fits can be traced back to Britt Daniel attending a Handsome Furs show in 2007, seeing Dan Boeckner milling around and looking like like the type of guy that would talk to strangers. Britt acted o…

Dickies and FILTER Magazine have teamed up again to showcase a stellar line up of indie talent at Lustre Pearl on Austin’s historic Rainey St. Showcases will take place March 14th - 16th. SXSW Badges welcome. Please arri…

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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…

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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…

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‘Before we started work on this album, we'd found a new sense of clarity and confidence, not only as a band, but from a personal point of view. We've healed some of our demons, not all of them, but the outcome is that we…

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In just a year or so, soulsters Fitz & the Tantrums went from the living room to the main stage. The recipe for meteoric success? Six killer musicians, five dapper suits, irresistible songs, some serendipity and one vint…

Dickies and FILTER Magazine have teamed up again to showcase a stellar line up of indie talent at Lustre Pearl on Austin’s historic Rainey St. Showcases will take place March 14th - 16th. SXSW Badges welcome. Please arri…

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…

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, …

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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…

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…