As we have previously mentioned, this year marks LP33’s first ever showcase at SXSW!!! So over the course of the next couple of days will be highlighting artists that are throwing down for us at SXSW this year.
Afghan Raiders
Mikey Francis and Vincent “Beans” Campillo are Afghan Raiders. From the seedy city of Las Vegas the duo make electronic music of the house grunge variety (hope that reference little sense).
The pair have quickly garnered a healthy buzz for an impressive list of remixes for the likes of: Depeche Mode, Neon Indians, The Faint, Phoenix and most notably The Black Lips and Gza for the track”The Drop I Hold”. Said track won Filter Magazines remix contest in August of 2009.
Downtown NYC electro favorites Cubic Zirconia are hitting the road and
doing it old school on the way to SXSW.
In addition to their officialSouth By showcase (and a few unofficial, but officially bangingparties, including an I Heart Comix/Mad Decent carnival w/ Major Lazer, Amanda Blank and Ninjasonik!), they’ll be hitting Chicago, Cleveland,St. Louis (MO), and Oklahoma City.
Sporting a stage show fully equipped with male and female go-godancers, visuals and more, Cubic Zirconia will turn the most square of haters into melt-faced bass addicts within two songs.
Get a taste of the bass heavy, fire-starting vibe that fills the floorof every CZ show in the video for their latest single “Josephine” below:
For all of Cubic Zirconia’s tour shanangains, be sure to check their
blog for BPM Mag at www.bpmmagazine.net.
One of the many talented bands showcasing this year at LP33.tv’s Official SXSW Showcase is New York band FIGO!
The people who recently falsely reported that Panasonic was discontinuing their Technics 1200 line of turntables because most DJ’s were turning away from music on wax and toward digital products clearly didn’t consult the good folks at Stones Throw or catch wind about their upcoming SXSW 2010 event “45 Live”
Jihae (pronounced “jee-heh”) has been at the creative helm of the artistic realm for years; having acting, composing and songwriting in her background. She was born in South Korea but was raised in Nigeria and Sweden. Jihae has also spent some time living in the UK before settling down and making New York City her home.
On her acclaimed debut album “My Heart Is An Elephant” (2007), Jihae collaborated with visionary filmmaker Michel Gondry on percussion and kicked off …
SXSW has posted the full showcase lineup on the official SXSW website!
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A vocalist named Tigs, a bassist named James, and a guitarist named Will got together with some synths in early 2008. What was the result?
A rockin’ new group called, CHEW LiPS who have been hard at work drumming up a buzz in the UK… without a drummer. While they feel right at home in the UK, you can catch them in Austin, TX this March when they play SXSW.
This isn’t your grandma’s electro-pop; you won’t find much complex layering or deep grinding synths here. But what you will find in this stripped down lo-fi techpop are powerful and textured vocals which at times are reminiscent of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O. Additionally, their catchy (yet not overcooked) melodies are sure to please.
The CHEW LiPS have created an addicting combination that has the potential to carry this band to stardom. Be sure to check them out this March when they tear it up at SXSW.
Surrounding their SXSW 2010 debut, everyone’s new favorite band from New York City, The Freelance Whales, will be playing a ton of dates surrounding with fellow buzz bands Cymbals Eat Guitars and Bear in Heaven.
Major Lazer ( Diplo and Switch) are releasing a new EP (due April), that will feature an additional contributions from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.
The EP will find Yorke behind the boards remixing – “Jump Up” – a track from last years “Guns Don’t Kill People – Lazers Do”.
The announcement was made via Diplo’s Mad Decent Blog. The forthcoming EP titled “Lazer’s Never Die” will also feature contributions from M.I.A. and Busy Signal.
1. The Children
The clunk and clank of a mysterious forced march of caught bandits in some futuristic landscape bring in the reverberations and voice manipulation of Chris Keating, very similar to what you might hear from The Knife, rendering him almost completely unintelligible. From an instrumental standpoint, you’ll hear some nice pianos, xylophone and even a faint horn. This is such a unique and interesting way to start off, I’m convinced the song is used as a secret code to …
