Hip-Hop
Doomtree is a record label. Doomtree is a rap crew. Doomtree is a family. Over the past five years Doomtree has become one of the most highly regarded hip-hop collectives in the Midwest, thanks to our innovative recordings, explosive live shows, and tireless work ethic. By combining the blueprint of hip hop with the DIY ethos of punk and a slew of disparate artistic and musical... more

Acapella
Make Room For Progress By P. S. Jones Progress is a man that loves women, or at least that the vibe I get off him during our phone interview. Women like his mother and grandmother have played an important part in his journey in the music business. When I ask him the clichéd question, “When did you first fall in love with Hip Hop?” the twenty-seven year old, Massachusets native comes back with a surprising answer.... more

Indie
A native of Austin TX, Suzanna Choffel combines her poetic sensibilities and sweet smoky voice with funky urban rhythms to create a fresh and unique sound. She uses her guitar to create staccato rhythms underneath her dazzling soulful vocal melodies, all backed by a pulsing band with unique instrumentation. Her music has been described as “indie pop with urban beats”, and "jazz-infused soul pop" with comparisons ranging from Feist... more

Hip-Hop
WORDSMITH can claim many areas around the globe as his home. The son of a former Full Colonel in the Army, he has resided in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Kansas and even Germany to name a few. After moving around so much, Word found rap as an outlet when he started saving his lunch money each week throughout high school to buy classic tapes from Redman, Big L, Nas, Eric B. and Rakim, Jeru the Damaja,... more

House
Musicians like to write about themselves that their stuff allows for „no pigeon holing“. With the first releases from Trickski in 2005, it quickly became evident that this is not true for these guys. They fit into every drawer you can think of! Fans returning home with a new Trickski record habitually tear their hear in front of their shelves: Where is this one going? Techno? Yes. House? Definitely. Dicso? Sure. Rock? Sometimes.... more

Electronica
Toxic hurricane sludge, endless war and the eternal question of what to do with one’s Saturday night when the world’s about to implode… Cubik and Origami mine these topics and more on Slept In On Doomsday, their new release on Dinner Party Records. Originally known for the slow-burning downtempo funk of their eponymous debut on Wide Hive Records, and an intricate beatbox/instrumental EP in 2007, the duo have since broadened... more

Indie pop
SXSW DATE - FRIDAY March 20 Snake Eyes Vinyl w/ London Victory Club   www.myspace.com/snakeeyesvinyl   *Stay Tuned for More   New Madrid Faults was conceived by John Kimock & Matt Molchany in the winter of 2007. Steady progress has been made in the last 6 months on an album slated for release on Ropeadope in early 2009. Early this year Matt Juknevic joined the band, finally making things feel as... more

Alternative Rock
Electric, bare, straightforward, physical or tribal are some of the adjectives that come to mind when listening to the new Manta Ray record, Torres de electricidad [Electricity Pylons], the natural follow-up to their more conceptual previous album, Estratexa (2003). Having toured Russia, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the US - gaining support from the American label FilmGuerrero (of which released the last record... more

Club
Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony, sometimes known as ‘Bosshanover’, although this tropical moniker may appear deceptive as blue seas and palm trees are pretty rare around these parts! Nevertheless, it can be argued that this is the place where the primordial mixture of ‘Nu- Bossa’ and funky breaks first sprang to life in the mid 1990s. By the end of that decade, music maniacs Ralf Droesemeyer and Mark... more

Techno
"Forget everything you know about the phrase "International DJ," and allow yourself the pleasure of meeting Ferry Corsten. The Dutch superstar has consistently been voted one of the top 10 DJs in the world” (according to DJ magazine’s definitive Top 100 DJ chart) for five years. He’s played for hundreds of thousands of fans – sometimes at once – in amphitheaters, fields and nightclubs from Australia to... more