SXSW 2018 2018-03-13

Great Good Fine Ok Brooklyn NY

4.44 3.55 Electro pop with falsetto male vocals. One of the band members wears map-themed garments to great effect.

Ghostland Observatory Austin TX

4.40 2.90 Arguably Austin's most celebrated electro-duo. The cape-wearing keyboardist and the Freddy Mercury-esque lead singer are known for putting on incredibly lively shows.

Dessa Minneapolis MN

4.33 3.25 Part of the Doomtree collective, Dessa gives us a mix of hip-hop, slam poetry and lush melodies.

Okkervil River Austin TX

4.33 2.65 Quirky folk influenced indie rock storytellers.

Now, Now Minneapolis MN

4.33 3.70 Indie rock that keeps inside the pop realm. Reminds me a bit of The Cranberries and more recently, Wolf Alice.

Beshken New York NY

4.33 0.00 Chill Electro with different vocalists and some jazzy jams

Charles Fauna Brooklyn NY

4.33 0.00 Driving Indie pop with swoon-worthy male vocals. I dare you not to move while listening

Aiming for Enrike Oslo, NORWAY

4.33 0.00 Two norse rockers who release a guitarsenal of rock on you with a drum kit, a guitar and a crazy spread of loop pedals. I don’t know Enrike, but he should get out of the way.

In The Valley Below Echo Park CA

4.29 1.25 Relatively mellow rockin' indie duo with a captivating live show

Andrew Applepie Berlin GERMANY

4.25 0.00 Electronic indie dance music with a variety of collaborators/vocalists