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King Mez – SXSW 2016 Top 20

King Mez’s bars are tight and sharp, the production and music blend beautifully with raw lyrics. From his biography: Ambitiously battling to emerge as a respected lyricist and producer from Raleigh, North Carolina, 25 year old King Mez has managed to differentiate himself with a righteous delivery unsullied with superficial content …

Possessed by Paul James – SXSW 2016 Top 20

Possessed by Paul James is a solo bluegrass musician with a killer sound that is much larger than one man should be able to produce! From his website: Possessed by Paul James is originally from Florida, and was born into a Mennonite family. He gives credit to his parents for instilling the …

Sweet Spirit – SXSW 2016 Top 20

Sweet Spirit embodies their name, creating “get your ass moving” dance-able indie rock tracks! From their Facebook bio: Ironically, the nine-piece band Sweet Spirit started as a solo project. Austin singer Sabrina Ellis was going through some distressing times: the band that she fronted for several years, Bobby Jealousy, with her …

Cowboy Mouth, 1/14/16, Parish, Austin, Photos – Write-up

Guest writer GypsyShelly Like the classic pick-up line boasts, “Remember my name, you’ll be screaming it later,” Cowboy Mouth is unforgettable and knows how to show you a good time! Battling walking pneumonia and fighting a fever did not deter band drummer and lead singer, Fred LeBlanc, from whipping his faithful fans …

Cosmo Sheldrake – SXSW 2016 Top 20

photo by Oleg Pulemjotov Cosmo Sheldrake  combines intricate loops and smooth vocals into eclectic and uniquely beautiful songs. From his about page: Cosmo Sheldrake is a 25 year-old multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and producer. He regularly performs on banjo, loop station, keyboards, double bass, drums, penny whistle, sousaphone, accordion and many more. He …

Powers – SXSW 2016 Top 20

Powers blends funk, soul, and electro-pop into irresistible tracks that must be danced to. From thier bio: Intimate can be loud. Rambunctious can be endearing. Heartfelt can be lighthearted. POWERS introduced themselves to the world on that premise. And it listened. Their recent romping bursting, single, “Beat of My Drum” shot up …

Alex Vargas – SXSW 2016 Top 20

Photo by Jules Faurschou, Insta: @twohundredtigersphotos Update: Unfortunately, Alex Vargas was removed from the SXSW schedule.  Hopefully we will be able to catch him on tour.   Alex Vargas’ soulful vocals will bring chills and the haunting music will remain with you. From his bio – Born in Copenhagen but based in …

SXSW 2016 Twitter List

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SXSW 2016: Third Artist Announcement

This is a big one, 559 artists added to 146 of round one and 207 of round two brings the total artists announced for SXSW 2016 to 912. We will be listening to all of the these and adding more to the Best of SXSW 2016 and the SXSW 2016 Top 20. …