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Bipolaroid - "Supernatural Beauty": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

Spearheaded by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ben Glover and drummer King Louie Bankston, the group play delta psychedelic music influenced by Syd Barrett and the 13th Floor Elevators, delivering odes to dissociation, time machines, looking glasses, the fifth dimension, and the like on both space rockers and more fey orchestrated pop-psychedelia.Their latest LP, Twin Language, is due out Spring 2013 on Get Hip Recordings.

Shugo Tokumaru - "Katachi": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

Shugo Tokumaru is a Japanese singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who debuted in May 2004 in America with his album Night Piece. He creates every aspect of his music, including the lyrics, music, arrangements, recording and mixing. He is known for the variety of instruments he uses in his music, using over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings.

Rayland Baxter - "Drive Away Melody": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

It’s hard to pinpoint the moment that songs are born, the day casual hummers become singers or scribblers become songwriters. Rayland Baxter certainly can’t, and he wouldn’t want to. Though he grew up in Nashville to the sounds of his father’s pedal steel, he didn’t dream of being a rock star. He loved music, of course, but he liked other things, too: being outside, playing sports, working at the bait shop to make spare change.

Ray C feat. Risky Boi - "Got Damn": SXSW 2013 Showcasing Artist

Ray C , a native of San Antonio, recently graduated from Texas State University where he began his career as an underground hip-hop artist. He earned a name for himself from features on various mixtapes, as well as his shows and freestyle battles.

In 2010, Ray C was featured as a top 8 finalist on BET 106 & Park: Freestyle Friday. He was also featured on the BET show “The Deal” and has opened for numerous big name artists over the last year. Most recently, Ray C appeared on the latest Blue October album “Any Man In America” guest appearing on the title track.

Pyyramids - "Dont Go" - SXSW Showcasing Artist

PYYRAMIDS is the dark and mysterious union of two beautifully creative minds joined together from great distance. Improbably comprised of Tim Nordwind and Drea Smith – he from the indie rock band OK Go, she from the electro-pop outfit He Say/She Say – the duo initially bonded over an affinity for first-wave British post-punk and 80’s Manchester bands. “We were an unlikely combination, and that seemed like reason enough to try it,” Nordwind explains.

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