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Hundred Visions - "Where Do I Sign": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

Hundred Visions is a two-guitar band from Austin, Texas. Sharing an affinity for glam rock and the SST catalog, they honed their spare approach to rock music in a hot garage in 2010, releasing their first EP Last Cab From Tunis the following year. They recently followed this up with their first LP, Permanent Basement.

"Taut, wound-up new-bruisers Hundred Visions come from contemporary Austin, but sound beamed straight outta 1979, connecting the line between the between the breezy American power pop of bands like the Shoes and the jagged Brit post-punkers of Gang of Four." SPIN

Shark Week - "If You Want Me to Stay (or a while)": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

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 glory days of rock ‘n roll, the debut EP, titled simply “EP,” distills the raw energy of the four-piece’s punk-infused garage sound into a hip-shaking three-song package.

Helado Negro - "Dance Ghost": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

From the room he grew up in, in South Florida, to his apartment in Savannah, and now in his current home in Brooklyn, Roberto Lange of Helado Negro has never not made music. Tones whittled out of these places, memories, time and all its impressions, Invisible Life is Helado Negro’s third full-length album. Like captured light, it is a reflection of Helado Negro’s refined love affair with synthesis, sampling, and his own strengthening voice.

BP Fallon & The Bandits - "Still Legal": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

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 Johnny Thunders, toured with U2 billed as 'Guru, Viber & DJ', turned up on BBC TV miming bass guitar with John Lennon, was media guru to Marc Bolan & T.Rex where he coined the term T.Rextasy and is immortalised as 'Purple Browed Beep' in the T.Rex hit Telegram Sam.

Immanu El - "On Wide Shoulders": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

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 beautiful. The band has gained a growing reputation to be one of the most promising bands from Scandinavia today and performed over 300 shows in 30 countries since the debut album was released 2008. After four years on the Swedish West Coast, their relationship with the sea has left a clear trace upon the latest album, 'In Passage,' which was released October 29th, 2011.

Mahogany - "Phase Break": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

"Mahogany never fall back on atmospherics alone. As gorgeous as these sounds are, they always seem to have a place within the greater plan of the song" — Pitchfork

"International collective Mahogany offers danceable yet highly intricate art pop. The band’s lush arrangements nod to classic prog and psych, but the music maintains a futuristic feel." — Time Out New York

"Mahogany are a brave exception" — NME

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