Archives: Performers

PALEHOUND

Palehound’s new album Eye On The Bat charts something that divides you into “before” and “after” – the danger of fantasy, of heartbreak, and the pain of growth. How we can surprise ourselves. It’s a documentation of illusions shattering, both of yourself and of others. A tangle of raw nerves …

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MATT MALTESE

Everybody is searching for happiness – and although it might be impossible to find, Matt Maltese is getting closer. For his fourth album, in order to look forward the musician finally let himself look back to the past. Reflecting on a sense of place, the meaning of where you grew …

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EMPATH

Philly quartet Empath’s bristly lo-fi production, synth-heavy instrumentation, and new age undertones all congealed into an ecstatic reading of punk. The band emerged from their city’s thriving D.I.Y. scene, touring constantly and capturing their joyous and blurry sound on early 7″s and their 2019 debut full-length, Active Listening: Night on …

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VNV NATION

VNV Nation is an alternative electronic music project led by Ronan Harris in the roles of singer, songwriter and producer.

ICEY DA BOSS

Self-proclaimed “Hip-Pop” artist Icey Da Boss (founder of The Energy Ent. Platform) is an energetic rapper with a futuristic sound reminiscent of rap powerhouses like Lil Wayne and Young Thug. After releasing several mixtapes, Icey Da Boss released his first album, “Me vs. You” in 2018. In 2019, he was …

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BABYFACE BENO

Babyface Beno moved to Durham five years ago from a poverty-stricken West Virginia town. His success has been driven by his passion and dedication to his music. He has worked tirelessly to build his career coming from just one album. He has performed at over 200 shows and manages a …

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HOJEAN

Hojean is a self-taught musician, artist, producer and songwriter from New York and raised/currently based in the outskirts of Atlanta. Over the past few years, Hojean’s steady release of singles and debut EP, Swing, showcases his unique blend of indie pop and alternative r&b. The last year has led to …

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JOHN R. MILLER

John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling upcoming debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler …

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JOELTON MAYFIELD

Born and raised in Marble Falls, TX and based in Nashville, TN since 2017, singer-songwriter Joelton Mayfield writes honest, earnest songs about love, loss, vulnerability, and the confusion that comes with exploring a broad spectrum of emotions. Mayfield’s debut EP, I Hope You Make It, has garnered airplay on Nashville’s …

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NOAH GUNDERSEN

Noah Gundersen, lead singer of the The Courage (also known as Noah Gundersen And The Courage), hails from Centralia, Washington – a small town 85 miles south of Seattle on the I-5 corridor. Gundersen has been making music since childhood, learning piano at a young age and later teaching himself …

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CASEY DUBIE

Casey Dubie is a folk-pop artist from Vermont. Casey produced Strangers in Nashville and released her five-track EP in November 2015. Previous EPs include Neverland and In Your Atmosphere. Known for her rich use of analogies and imagery, Casey’s music is a mix of heartbreaking angst, gentle narratives, and the …

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WILL BUTLER & SISTER SQUARES

Will Butler + Sister Squares | s/t | MRG840 Sara Dobbs and Jenny Shore used to work summer stock theater in St. Louis, Missouri. They’d do the hand jive with TV stars past and future; they’d get coldly corrected by the ancient, legendary choreographer Gemze de Lappe. Sara went on …

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SLOW PULP

When the members of Slow Pulp discuss Yard, their second full-length record and first for ANTI-, their vocabulary often defaults to synesthetic imagery and sensation. “We have so many visual cues for how we talk about music,” singer and guitarist Emily Massey says as she stops herself in the middle …

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BABEHOVEN

Maya Bon, the singer-songwriter behind Hudson, New York’s Babehoven, views light as one of life’s few fundamental truths. In times of pain, we often look to simple things we can rely on, and light is as reliable as they come. Babehoven’s first full-length album Light Moving Time (out Oct 28, …

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FIELD MEDIC

Field Medic is the lo-fi folk project of Kevin Patrick Sullivan. At eighteen, he discovered the music of Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, who changed his perspective on what a song could be and led to him developing his own style which he describes as “freak folk/post country with an …

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OLIVIA BARTON

Olivia Barton writes songs that sound like stream-of-consciousness journal entries—because they are. Olivia asks and answers questions in real time, taking you through a “diary of the healing process” (Sound of Boston). The 90s-inspired folk-pop songs live in a raw but playful space Olivia (sort of) jokingly describes as “somewhere …

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COLLAPSIS

Chapel Hill-based band Collapsis, which mixed country sounds with bar-band rock, was formed from the ashes of several other southern bands, namely Queen Sarah Saturday, who in their demise donated the talents of Collapsis’ guitarist/vocalist Ryan Pickett and bassist/vocalist Chris Holloway. Local legends Dillon Fence also collapsed, leaving drummer Scott …

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AGOSTO

Agosto: A Tribute to Heroes del Silencio Agosto is a captivating rock band that pays homage to one of the most iconic Spanish rock bands of all time, Heroes del Silencio. With their passionate performances and unwavering dedication, Agosto brings the spirit and energy of Heroes del Silencio’s music to …

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YARD ACT

Yard Act return with their new single and video, “The Trench Coat Museum,” and announce a November headline tour in the US, including their return to New York, Philadelphia, and Austin, and debut performances in cities including Baltimore, Nashville, Atlanta and New Orleans. Co-produced by the band and Remi Kabaka …

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ZULU

Known for their blend of hardcore and powerviolence, Zulu is pushing the boundaries of those sounds into new territory on their forthcoming album, A New Tomorrow. Formed as a solo project by vocalist Anaiah Lei in 2018 and then joined by guitarist Braxton Marcellous, the Los Angeles based band has …

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SOUL GLO

If you gave Soul Glo a snapshot of what was in store for them in 2020 at the end of their first practice in 2014, you might put the space time continuum in flux. If you were to tell vocalist Pierce Jordan and guitarist Ruben Polo that everything that they …

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JESSY LANZA

Jessy Lanza is a musician, producer and DJ from Hamilton, Canada who currently lives in Los Angeles. She has released three studio albums; Pull My Hair Back, Oh No and All the Time on London’s legendary Hyperdub label. Her fourth album, Love Hallucination, is set for release on July 28th …

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JEREENA MONTEMAYOR

“Jereena Montemayor is a Filipino-American R&B/Soul artist originally from Southern California, later moving to Houston, Texas. She began her music career making Twitter and YouTube covers in her bedroom with her acoustic guitar. After finding her first ounce of fame as a cover artist, she released her first hit single …

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WOMBO

‘Fairy Rust,’ the new album from Wombo (Sydney Chadwick, Cameron Lowe, Joel Taylor), contemplates the spaces in-between, a meeting of the physicality of the land with the fluidity of the imagination, to uncanny effect. Across twelve tracks, sharpened guitar work, distorted freakouts and downtempo musings see the trio make a …

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THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO.

Southern Documentary Fund is pleased to present THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO., directed by Chad Stockfleth. An inside look at The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the ’90s rock collective that launched Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, and other bands. Around 1985, a group of …

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WILD COAST

Indie Folk or Americana or… whatever it’s called when a group of friends gets together in a room with an acoustic guitar, and whatever other instruments they can find, there are harmonies though… would that be alt-country? would that be so bad Influences include: Ryan Adams, Wilco, Billy Bragg, Merle …

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CAYUCAS

Cayucas, Blue Summer A return to musical roots is a time-honored tradition for many established artists who have endured for the better part of a decade. Forming and shaping an identity can take an album or two, and perpetuating forward motion while perfecting a sound can take another. Sometimes a …

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