SXSW 2014 2014-03-12

Har Mar Superstar Brooklyn NY

4.43 3.60 Har Mar is mesmerizing live but careful getting too close unless you want to get a special package delivered to your face. It's pop meets late 80's R&B meets funk and it's sexy as all hell.

Jungle London, UK

4.40 1.85 Funky, down-tempo tunes to get your groove on to.

Sam Smith London UK-ENGLAND

4.40 3.65 British R&B/pop vocalist already recognized with Disclosure and Naughty Boy, with debut album dropping in 2014

Little Dragon Gothenburg SWEDEN

4.40 3.05 Rad, esoteric electronica band with female singer Yukimi Nagano

The Preatures Sydney AUSTRALIA

4.40 1.25 Old-rock meets new indie pop. The smooth lead vocal has a groovin' 70's vibe.

Kraak & Smaak Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS

4.40 2.30 Electronic producers with constant smacks of funk and cracks of old school rhythms.

Typhoon Portland OR

4.38 2.45 Big orchestral indie rock with uplifting powerful sound and counterbalancing dark lyrics

BRETON London UK-ENGLAND

4.38 2.05 Synth-rock group who come with backing visualizations. Their new stuff utilizes a wider variety of instrumentation which build more complex songs.

Asgeir Reykjavik ICELAND

4.33 0.05 Ásgeir Trausti is a young, Icelandic singer-songwriter who recently simplified his band moniker and completely redid his debut album in English. Think an Icelandic Bon Iver and you're getting close.

Folly and the Hunter Montreal CANADA

4.33 0.75 Folk melodies and nice acoustic instrumentation