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Half Step
75 1/2 Rainey St
Venue infoAge Policy: 21+
Wednesday, March 12
Presented by: Frenchkiss & Grand Jury
Avid Dancer is Jacob Summers, a former U.S. Marine and a world champion at the art of rudimental snare drumming. While his first song ever, "Stop Playing With My Heart," certainly sports a steady rhythm, the focus here i…
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Presented by: Frenchkiss & Grand Jury
Pile have been dropping jaws in the Boston underground since their inception, earning themselves a legendary status throughout the years. After touring the country in support of their much-lauded 2012 release, Dripping, …
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Presented by: Frenchkiss & Grand Jury
So many pieces of Savannah, GA three-piece The Casket Girls seemed to happen by accident. From their beginning — when electronic sound-shaper Ryan Graveface (Graveface Records, Dreamend, Black Moth Super Rainbow) found s…
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Presented by: Frenchkiss & Grand Jury
Tweens are a trash pop trio hailing from Cincinnati Ohio, comprised of Bridget Battle (Vox/Gtr), Peyton Copes (Bass), and Jerri Queen (Drums/BG Vox). Since their formation in May 2012, they have gone from pumping out old…
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Presented by: Frenchkiss & Grand Jury
In the late summer of 2011, Drowners frontman Matthew Hitt found himself in New York City. He’s from a small town in rural Wales but New York is where Hitt feels most at home. “I just like the way things look here. I lik…
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Thursday, March 13
Presented by: Audible Treats
King Mike has been in the mix for the past 9 years. Starting from his college dorm room in the summer of 2004 as a bedroom DJ, you can now catch King Mike rocking clubs and shows for thousands of people. He has performed…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
It's easy to do a little time-traveling when listening to the music of Chicago's Caleb James. One of many buzzing artists from Hip Hop's midwest mecca, Caleb channels a previous sound and vibe that cleverly pays homage t…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
The HBK Gang, also known as The Heartbreak Gang,[1] is an American hip-hop and music production collective based in Richmond, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by Iamsu!, Chief and P-Lo in 2008, members…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
When Austin, Texas, reality rap collective League of Extraordinary Gz recorded “We Gone Make It” in spring 2010, Octavis “Esbe Da 6th Street Bully” Berry stepped in the recording booth and yelled his first two words: “Le…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
As one of the most celebrated auteurs of his generation of hip-hop artists, Black Milk has conditioned fans and critics to expect the unexpected with each release. Few producers have earned the notoriety and respect he h…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
Founded in 1997 in Oakland, CA, Hiero Imperium Records is A-Plus, Casual, Del The Funky Homosapien, DJ Toure, Domino, Opio, Pep Love, Phesto, and Tajai. Coming off waves of success from earlier releases like Souls of Mis…
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Presented by: Audible Treats
"The East Oakland backpacker crew are members of the loose underground hip-hop consortium known as Hieroglyphics. The group consists of four erudite but hardcore MCs: A-Plus, Phesto, Opio and Tajai. Their debut album in …
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Friday, March 14
Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
PLAzA is the Italo-electro-lounge-'80s-drum-machine-funk spin-off project of Johan Churchill (formerly of Tres Lingerie). The sounds of Plaza have been slowly forming since Johan lived in NYC. It was there that he discov…
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Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
San Francisco producer Loose Shus creates tracks that can sound like 70s cop movie soundtracks, horror movies, or experimental electro. His sounds may range far and wide, but his latest work is focused on an aesthetic th…
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Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
With his luscious tenor and seductive lyrics, San Francisco singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 8th Grader (AKA, Jayson Martinovich) injects a unique and fresh R&B sensibility to his singular brand of nu-soul. Hi…
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Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
"Two dudes, two mics. Anything can happen." Behold, the proclamation of Yip Deceiver, the tag-team all-analog dance duo, who broadcast sexxed-up jambox jaunts and light club floors ablaze at home in Athens, Georgia and …
Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
Don't try to classify Chicago partymaster Willy Joy as anything but that - a party. Known for all types of bass music but steeped in the traditions of house and juke, his DJ sets and original productions have been packin…
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Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
Kishi Bashi's debut full-length is a bright and soaring avant-pop record written primarily on violin - Kishi Bashi's main instrument which has brought him to record and tour with the likes of Regina Spector, Sondre Lerch…
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Presented by: Aerobic International + Friends
Encompassing the entire spectrum of soul music, San Francisco's Hotthobo fuses new and classic boogie, disco, two step, sweet soul, italo, and funk into a frantic dancefloor journey. Playing 100% vinyl sets of rarities …
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Saturday, March 15
Foot Patrol smellebrates the wonders of the foot. Yes, we're talking dogs, gunboats, call them what you will; those sometimes smelly appendages are the subject of Foot Patrol's amorous attentions. TJ Wade, the band’s b…
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PapaNegro is a post-Funk band from Chile. We're known for our groovy and elegant sounds, impecable execution, the best vibes and extreme energy in our live shows, where even the most indifferent can't help but groove. Th…
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La Orquesta Vulgar makes its music combining Jazz and Funk, but with a twist of Mexican essence, the sound of the city, the smell of our streets are imprinted in the composition. We tell a story of the urban culture. Th…
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Austin, TX-based ROXY ROCA gets it done with a powerful, soulful sound inspired by the great soul and funk pioneers of the 60s. We call it Dynamite Texas Soul. It’ll make you want to get up out your chair. ROXY ROCA's ne…
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Recently featured on the cover of Texas Music magazine, Soul Track Mind has made a name for themselves by blending ’60s and ’70s era soul and R&B with flares of jazz, blues, funk and dance rhythms and a sound deeply root…
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New Orleans’ Hot 8 Brass Band was founded in 1995 by tuba player Bennie Pete, Jerome “Bay Bay” Jones (trombone) and Harry “Swamp Thang” Cook (bass drum) to play brass band music professionally. Although many of the curre…
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