Jesca Hoop has lived all over the map, and her rich life experience is reflected in her distinctive voice and natural gift for inventive song craft.

Made up of Ally Young and Lee Newell, Lovelife formed after the duo met with a stroke of strange symmetry, in the midst of failed relationships and freshly cut projects. Finding a mutual inspiration and resilience the duo were offered the unlikely opportunity of relocating to New York; giving them the chance to write and create music in a new and inspirational environment.

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 members’ ability to work seamlessly as a singular, dynamic voice.

Third Root is a hip-hop collaborative based out of San Antonio, Texas that focuses on fusions among Black and Chicana/o culture and identity. Third Root consists of hip-hop music artists and writers Charles Peters (Easy Lee of Mojoe) and Marco Cervantes (Mexican Stepgrandfather). In June 2012, they released the full length LP, Stand For Something and continued with a follow up project, Mind Elevation Mixtape, mixed completely by Third Root's DJ Chicken George.

Since the mid 90s, The Linus Pauling Quartet has been playing their particular brand of Texas stoner metal/garage psych infused with their obsessions for drugs, beer, sci-fi/fantasy, and the mighty Bongs of Power. Over the years, they've appeared at multiple SXSW and Terrastock festivals, contributed tracks on several psych compilations and singles, and recorded 8 full-length studio albums - the most recent of which, "Bag of Hammers", is perhaps the heaviest thing they have ever released into the wild.

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With three critically acclaimed self-produced albums, numerous collaborations as a producer, remixer and featured artist, six Greek Video Music Awards nominations (Best Hip-Hop Video 2006/2008/2009, Best Video of the Year 2008, Best Male Artist 2009 and Best Duet 2010), a nomination for MTV Europe’s Favorite Act, and a win for MTV’s first Best Greek Act (2008), Stereo Mike is undoubtedly one of the most promising forces in Greek music.