A$AP Ferg: "DTM Awards '14" ("Trophies" Remix)
A$AP Ferg has spent the past few months relishing over the big victory he scored with his recent release, Trap Lord, which has been in constant rotation over here at RubyHornet since it dropped. Today, as "DTM Awards '14", the New York City and A$AP Mob rapper dropped his remix to Drake's "Trophies" and also announced a tentative release date for the full A$AP Mob project with a tweet, pointing at March 4 for the official release. Check out the latest from the 'Hood Pope' streaming here below.
[Album] Mike Golden & Friends: "Utopia"
Mike Golden & Friends have been slowly building themselves into one of the premier acts to catch in the increasingly crowded Chicago music scene and yesterday they dropped their latest release, Utopia to continue that climb. Teased over the last few weeks with the behind the scenes video for the single "Mary Jane" featuring Vic Mensa and Donnie Trumpet, Utopia is a truly transcendental project for the group, who bring together a myriad of influences and sounds to create the soulful, highly instrumental sound that sees the band float between rock, blues and post-punk sensibilities behind the strong-voiced Mike Golden at the helm.
Utopia demonstrates a certain growth that comes naturally for a band in their 20s, a slightly more mature, developed songwriting and computed worldview that bleeds through in the music. On "Best Part", Golden glosses over aiming for the sweetest time in a relationship, aka the best part, singing, "I just wanna make it to the best part,". On the album's title track, he explains, "When you wake depends on when you take a hold of it," As the rap scene in Chicago seems to take over how people view the city, acts like MG&F demonstrate the true range of music coming out of The Second City. A sold out show last Friday at the House of Blues in Chicago was a fitting celebration of the group's latest release since 2011's well-received Groceries and served as a proper introduction for a project that we should see pop up quite a bit throughout this year.
[Video] King Krule: "A Lizard State"
King Krule is a weird guy. From his voice to his style to the music he makes, everything has a bit of a different feel to it. That sensibility is on display in his latest visual, this one for his track, "A Lizard State" from his latest project, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon, which made waves when it dropped late last summer. The video opens with a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Muder, with Hitchcock walking sideways on a wall, explaining that the following story is about "An undertaker and who he undertakes" before cutting to a phone and a growl from King Krule, who then jumps into the somewhat haunting, 60s-inspired song. The whole video has a bit of film noir to it with dark shots and shadows throughout.
According to Director Jamie-James Medina: "Archy and I both love Hitchcock and we've spent a lot of time away from music talking about his films. When I heard the phone ringing over the intro all I could think about was Dial M For Murder and the scene where Grace Kelly answers the phone. That really started the conversation. I had this idea of Hitchcock introducing King Krule. I've seen every episode of Hitchcock Presents and every introduction that he gives is brilliant - you could use any episode and it would work. We loved the idea of Archy defying gravity and that being the setting for his performance. But right up until shooting we didn't know if we'd get permission to use the Hitchcock footage - to have him appear. Its such an honor that the Hitchcock estate gave us the opportunity. And then at the very end he said, 'and the room is full of lizards', so we had to find a set of lizards and managed to get a guy who entertains at children's parties."
Check out the latest from Krule below and catch him live on tour now.
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SXSW 2014 Announces Expanded Lineup
Yesterday, South by Southwest organizers announced the full lineup for this year's massive week-long music-industry meet and greet in Austin, Texas. Included in the avalanche announcement to perform at official showcases throughout the six-day event were Melsisa Etheridge, Action Bronson, Allen Stone, The Dum Dum Girls, Vic Mensa, Mobb Deep, Charlie XCX, Big Freedia, Cody ChestnuTT, The Tontons, and many more that joined the bulging roster of over 1,200 acts slated to perform during SXSW 2014.
According to the Associated Press, "In 2013, more than 25,000 people saw 2,278 acts during the festival." The official announcements run alongside the ever-increasing number of unofficial, and often feature more headlining acts. A list of artists announced yesterday I'm looking forward to can be found below, and a full list can be accessed here. The rest of the country may have celebrated 2014 on Dec. 31, but with this latest announcement, SXSW 2014 organizers have set the groundwork for the music industry's true beginning to the new year.
Artists Announced:
3LAU (Las Vegas NV)
Ariel Abshire (Austin TX)
Action Bronson (Queens NY)
A.Dd+ (Dallas TX)
Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin TX)
Adelaida (Valparaiso CHILE)
Priscilla Ahn (Los Angeles CA)
Air Review (Dallas TX)
Akka (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
Alaclair Ensemble (Quebec CANADA)
Alligator Indian (Asheville NC)
Lisa Alma (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Alpha Consumer (Chicago IL)
Alpha Rev (Austin TX)
Dave Alvin (Los Angeles CA)
American Aquarium (Raleigh NC)
American Authors (Brooklyn NY)
Animic (Barcelona SPAIN)
Keren Ann (Caesarea ISRAEL)
A-N-T (Houston TX)
Antal (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
Anthm (New York NY)
Archie Pelago (Brooklyn NY)
Adam Arcuragi (Los Angeles CA)
Juliette Ashby (London UK-ENGLAND)
Andrew Ashong (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Atlas Moth (Chicago IL)
Atropolis (Astoria NY)
Federico Aubele (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
awaken! (Venice CA)
Awill (Oslo NORWAY)
Baby Bee (Houma LA)
Badbadnotgood (Toronto CANADA)
Liam Bailey (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Ball & Chain (Vilnius LITHUANIA)
Band of Skulls (Southampton UK-ENGLAND)
Lee Bannon (New York NY)
Jef Barbara (Montreal CANADA)
Barcelona (Seattle WA)
Bobby Bare, Jr. (Nashville TN)
Cy Barkley and the Way Outsiders (Nashville TN)
Basecamp (Nashville TN)
Battle Lines (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
B. Dolan (Providence RI)
The Bear (Muscle Shoals AL)
Bearcubbin’! (Portland OR)
Bear Hands (Brooklyn NY)
Beat Culture (New York NY)
Beautiful Bodies (Kansas City MO)
Cory Becker (Los Angeles CA)
Bent Denim (New Orleans LA)
Bent Shapes (Boston MA)
Cindy Lee Berryhill (San Diego CA)
Josh Berwanger Band (Lawrence KS)
Betty Who (New York NY)
Beware Of Darkness (Los Angeles CA)
Big Dirty (Austin TX)
Big Freedia (New Orleans LA)
BioShaft (Caracas VENEZUELA)
Bipolaroid (New Orleans LA)
Diane Birch (Portland OR)
Birth of Joy (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
Bishop Nehru (Rockland NY)
Bituaya (Caracas VENEZUELA)
Black Atlass (Montreal CANADA)
Black Books (Austin TX)
Black Cobain (Alexandria VA)
Black Drawing Chalks (Goiania BRAZIL)
B L A C K I E (Houston TX)
Blacklist Royals (Nashville TN)
Black Milk (Detroit MI)
Black Tusk (Savannah GA)
Black Violin (Miami FL)
Bloodgroup (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Blue Eyed Blacks (Nashville TN)
Hugh Bob and The Hustle (Milwaukee WI)
Body Parts (Los Angeles CA)
Haley Bonar (St Paul MN)
Boogarins (Goiânia BRAZIL)
The Bots (Glendale CA)
Brazos (Brooklyn NY)
The Bright Light Social Hour (Austin TX)
Bronze Radio Return (Hartford CT)
Bronze Whale (Austin TX)
Brothertiger (Brooklyn NY)
Hollis Brown (Queens NY)
Marcus Brown (Austin TX)
Tyler Bryant and the Shake Down (Honey Grove AR)
Buffalo Daughter (Tokyo JAPAN)
Basia Bulat (Toronto CANADA)
Christian Burghardt (Portland OR)
Bett Butler & Joël Dilley (San Antonio TX)
The Cactus Blossoms (Minneapolis MN)
Cage The Gods (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Calculon (San Diego CA)
California Wives (Chicago IL)
Kirin J Callinan (Blue Mountains / Sydney AUSTRALIA)
CALLmeKAT (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Fabrizio Cammarata (Palermo ITALY)
The Casket Girls (Savannah GA)
Jackie Chain (Huntsville AL)
Chalk And Numbers (Brooklyn NY)
Vaadat Charigim (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Charli XCX (London UK-ENGLAND)
Charlotte OC (Blackburn UK-ENGLAND)
Chatham Rise (Minneapolis MN)
Cheerleader (Philadelphia MN)
Cheetah Chrome (Cleveland OH)
Cherry Glazerr (Los Angeles CA)
Cody ChesnuTT (Atlanta GA)
Chlöe Howl (Maidenhead UK-ENGLAND)
Chocolate Tiger (TAIWAN)
Chrissy Murderbot (Chicago IL)
Circa Zero (Los Angeles CA)
Clear Plastic Masks (Brooklyn NY)
Cocktails (San Francisco CA)
Coin (Nashville TN)
The Cold and Lovely (Los Angeles CA)
Collie Buddz (Bermuda BERMUDA)
Wendy Colonna (Austin TX)
Andrew Combs (Nashville TN)
Como Asesinar a Felipes (Santiago CHILE)
Congorock (Los Angeles CA)
Cosmonauts (Fullerton CA)
Cough (Richmond VA)
The Creases (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
Creepoid (Philadelphia PA)
Crew54 (Central Texas TX)
Crooks (Austin TX)
Denzel Curry (Miami FL)
The Cush (Fort Worth TX)
Cut Snake (San Diego CA)
Cymbals (London UK-ENGLAND)
The Damn Quails (Norman OK)
Douglas Dare (London UK-ENGLAND)
Bart Davenport (Los Angeles CA)
Nicholas David (Minneapolis MN)
Marie Davidson (Montreal CANADA)
Mikaela Davis (Rochester NY)
Dead Earth Politics (Austin TX)
Dead Ghosts (Vancouver CANADA)
Dead Leaf Echo (New York NY)
Dear Boy (Los Angeles CA)
Death By Unga Bunga (Oslo NORWAY)
Jerry David DeCicca (of The Black Swans) (New Braunfels TX)
Deep Cotton (Atlanta GA)
The Deep Dark Woods (Saskatoon CANADA)
The Defibulators (New York NY)
Delhi 2 Dublin (Vancouver CANADA)
Della Mae (Boston MA)
Dënver (San Felipe CHILE)
Desert Noises (Provo UT)
The Deslondes (New Orleans LA)
Madi Diaz (Los Angeles CA)
Dinner And A Suit (Nashville TN)
Dinosaur Bones (Toronto CANADA)
Marianne Dissard (Paris FRANCE)
The Districts (Philadelphia PA)
Divers (Portland OR)
DJ Amen (San Francisco CA)
DJ Babychino (Austin TX)
DJ Buddha Stickygreen (Missouri City TX)
DJ Dimepiece (Chicago IL)
DJ Halo (Oakland CA)
DJ Hella Yella (Austin TX)
DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia (Memphis TN)
DJ Richard (New York NY)
Doctor Explosion (Oviedo SPAIN)
Dorrough Music (Dallas TX)
Dots Will Echo (Ridgewood DE)
Dott (Galway IRELAND)
Dr. Awkward (San Diego CA)
Dreamend (Savannah GA)
Daniel Drexler (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Driver Friendly (Austin TX)
Dr. Rackle And The Sound Griots (New Orleans LA)
DTCV (Los Angeles CA)
Dubb Sicks (Austin TX)
Dugas (Winnipeg CANADA)
Andrew Duhon (New Orleans LA)
Ben Dukes (North Hollywood CA)
Dum Dum Girls (New York NY)
Dyse (Berlin/Dresden GERMANY)
Mia Dyson (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
DZ Deathrays (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
East India Youth (London UK-ENGLAND)
East Of The Wall (Asbury Park NJ)
Eaux (London UK-ENGLAND)
Echosmith (Los Angeles CA)
Ana Egge (Brooklyn NY)
Electric Eye (Oslo NORWAY)
Eliza and the Bear (London UK-ENGLAND)
Carrie Elkin (Austin TX)
Eminence (Belo Horizonte BRAZIL)
Equals (Austin TX)
Eros and the Eschaton (Greensboro NC)
Escondido (Nashville TN)
Escort (Brooklyn NY)
Melissa Etheridge (Leavenworth KS)
Et Tu Brucé (London UK-ENGLAND)
Evans the Death (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ex Hex (Washington DC)
Factor & The Chandeliers (Saskatoon CANADA)
Falcons (Los Angeles CA)
The Family Crest (San Francisco CA)
The Family Rain (Bath UK-ENGLAND)
Farewell Fighter (Nashville TN)
Deniro Farrar (Charlotte NC)
Fat White Family (London UK-ENGLAND)
Favored Nations (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)
Fé (London UK-ENGLAND)
Fences (Seattle WA)
J Fernandez (Chicago IL)
Fictionist (Provo UT)
Fires Were Shot (Austin TX)
Harvey Sid Fisher (Hollywood CA)
Fismoll (Poznan POLAND)
FKi (Atlanta GA)
Flagship (Charlotte NC)
Float Fall (Leuven BELGIUM)
Fly Golden Eagle (Nashville TN)
Fofe y Los Fetiches (San Juan PUERTO RICO)
Folk Family Revival (Magnolia TX)
Foot Patrol (Austin TX)
Elijah Ford & The Bloom (Austin TX)
Forests (Taipei TAIWAN)
Foxtails Brigade (Oakland CA)
FOXTROTT (Montreal CANADA)
Lyla Foy (formerly WALL) (London UK-ENGLAND)
F.R.E.E. - Forever Radical Edifying & Exalting (San Antonio TX)
French Horn Rebellion (New York NY)
Friendly Savages (Austin TX)
The Front Bottoms (Bergen County NJ)
Fuel (Harrisburg PA)
The Futures League (Los Angeles CA)
Galcher Lustwerk (New York NY)
Gambles (New York NY)
Gang Of Youths (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Gap Dream (Akron OH)
The Garden (Orange CA)
Gardens & Villa (Santa Barbara CA)
Gareth Emery (Los Angeles CA)
Martin Garrix (Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS)
Howe Gelb (Pennsylvania PA)
Gentlemen Hall (Boston MA)
Gerald G (Austin TX)
Gezan (Tokyo JAPAN)
GF Soldier (New Orleans LA)
Ghost Beach (New York NY)
Ghxst (Brooklyn NY)
Glitches (London UK-ENGLAND)
Gloryhound (Halifax CANADA)
Glossary (Murfreesboro TN)
Gnaw (New York NY)
Gochag Askarov Ensemble (Baku AZERBAIJAN)
Louise Goffin (Los Angeles CA)
Gold Beach (Austin TX)
Lynval Golding and Contra Coup (Madison WI)
Louise Gold & the Quarz Orchestra (Berlin GERMANY)
Goldroom (Los Angeles CA)
Good For Grapes (Vancouver CANADA)
Gorgon City (London UK-ENGLAND)
Gramma’s Boyfriend (Minneapolis MN)
Grand Analog (Toronto CANADA)
Grayskul (Seattle WA)
A Great Big World (New York NY)
Grieves (Seattle WA)
Gringo Star (Atlanta GA)
The Griswolds (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Grizfolk (Venice Beach CA)
Grmln (Santa Cruz CA)
Growl (Austin TX)
GT Garza (Houston TX)
Guantamano Baywatch (Portland OR)
Gulp (Cardiff UK-WALES)
Noah Gundersen (Seattle WA)
Habibi (New York NY)
Hablan Por La Espalda (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Haerts (New York NY)
Happy (Kyoto JAPAN)
The Harlequins (Cincinnati OH)
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer (Vancouver CANADA)
Heidi Harris (Astoria NY)
Hauschka (Dusseldorf GERMANY)
Dave Hause (Philadelphia PA)
Hawk & Dove (Brooklyn NY)
Heathers (Dublin IRELAND)
Ryan Hemsworth (Toronto CANADA)
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas (Detroit MI)
Katie Herzig (Nashville TN)
Heymoonshaker (Paris FRANCE)
Lilly Hiatt (Nashville TN)
High Tension (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Judith Hill (Los Angeles CA)
His Electro Blue Voice (Como ITALY)
JP Hoe (Winnipeg CANADA)
Holiday Mountain (Austin TX)
Holychild (Los Angeles CA)
Holy Esque (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
HolySexyBastards (Valencia VENEZUELA)
Honeyblood (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
The Hood Internet (Chicago IL)
Hospitality (Brooklyn NY)
Hospital Ships (Austin TX)
Hozier (Dublin IRELAND)
Cymien Hughes and The God Phaktorr (Dallas TX)
Humboldt (Valparaíso CHILE)
Humming House (Nashville TN)
Hundred Visions (Austin TX)
Hunee (Los Angeles CA)
Hunter Hunted (Los Angeles CA)
Eric Hutchinson (New York NY)
HyunA (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Ice Eater (Fort Worth TX)
Imarhan (Timbuktu MALI)
Indian Summer (Cheltenham AUSTRALIA)
In-Flight Safety (Halifax CANADA)
Inner Oceans (Denver CO)
Jacuzzi Boys (Miami FL)
Jameszoo (’S-Hertogenbosch THE NETHERLANDS)
Ruby Jane (Austin TX)
Jetta (London UK-ENGLAND)
Jitterbug Vipers (Austin TX)
Fletcher C Johnson (Brooklyn NY)
KatieGotBandz (Chicago IL)
Sean C. Johnson (Del City OK)
The Jones Family Singers (Bay City TX)
Stanley Jordan (Sedona AZ)
July Talk (Toronto CANADA)
The Jungle Giants (New Farm AUSTRALIA)
Kashmere Stage Band’s Thunder Soul Orchestra (Houston TX)
Ethan Kent (Dallas TX)
Mikal kHill (Charlotte NC)
Kid Astray (Oslo NORWAY)
Kill It Kid (Bath UK-ENGLAND)
Emily King (New York NY)
Emily Kinney (Santa Monica CA)
Kishi Bashi (Athens GA)
The Kite String Tangle (Strathpine AUSTRALIA)
Kiven (Los Angeles CA)
Jordan Klassen (Vancouver CANADA)
Sonny Knight And The Lakers (Minneapolis MN)
Oumar Konate (Bamako MALI)
Krampfhaft (Utrecht THE NETHERLANDS)
The Krayolas (San Antonio TX)
Kristy Kruger (Denton TX)
La Canalla (Sevilla SPAIN)
Dawn Landes (Brooklyn NY)
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard (Chicago IL)
Language Room (Austin TX)
Larry g(EE) (Dallas TX)
La Triple Nelson (Montevideo URUGUAY)
Le Chat Lunatique (Albuquerque NM)
Leftover Cuties (Venice CA)
Lemaitre (Oslo NORWAY)
Julian Lennon (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
Leopold and His Fiction (Austin TX)
Les Claypool (Sebastopol CA)
Let’s Buy Happiness (Newcastle UK-ENGLAND)
Li’l Cap’n Travis (Austin TX)
Lily & The Parlour Tricks (New York NY)
Little Fyodor (Denver CO)
The Littlest Viking (Whittier CA)
Little Wesley (Austin TX)
The Living Room Project (Austin TX)
Lo’Jo (Angers FRANCE)
The Lonely Biscuits (Nashville TN) The Lonely Wild (Los Angeles CA)
The Lonesome Heroes (Austin TX)
Liz Longley (Nashville TN)
Lost Bayou Ramblers (Lafayette LA)
King Louie (Chicago IL)
Lydia Loveless (Coshocton OH)
Lovelife (Los Angeles CA)
Lovely Quinces (Split CROATIA)
Mike Love (Oahu HI)
Lovers (Portland OR)
Low Cut Connie (Philadelphia PA)
Lowell (Toronto CANADA)
Lucky Loc (Hillsboro TX)
The Lumiphonic Creature Choir (Brooklyn NY)
Rosu Lup (Oaklyn NJ)
Lyenn (Brussels BELGIUM)
Annie Mac (London UK-ENGLAND)
Machinedrum (New York NY)
Magic Mouth (Portland OR)
The Magic Numbers (London UK-ENGLAND) Mahogany (Brooklyn NY)
Mallory Knox (Cambridge UK-ENGLAND)
Mandolin Orange (Carrboro NC)
maNga (Istanbul TURKEY)
Manic Sheep (Taipei TAIWAN)
Man Or Astro-Man? (Atlanta GA)
Marianne’s Wish (Nicosia CYPRUS)
Maribou State (Berkhamstead UK-ENGLAND)
Marmozets (Yorkshire UK-ENGLAND)
Felix Martin (Caracas VENEZUELA)
The Mary Onettes (Jönköping SWEDEN)
Matrimony (Charlotte NC)
Matt the Electrician (Austin TX)
Tom Maxwell and The Minor Drag (Carrboro NC)
The David Mayfield Parade (Nashville TN)
Ian McLagan (Austin TX)
MC Lars (Oakland CA)
Mean Creek (Boston MA)
Meat Market (Oakland CA)
Me and the Bees (Barcelona SPAIN)
Rod Melancon (Los Angeles CA)
Lubomyr Melnyk (Winnipeg CANADA)
The Melodic (London UK-ENGLAND)
Vic Mensa (Chicago IL)
Meta and The Cornerstones (New York NY)
Lori Meyers (Madrid SPAIN)
Miami Horror (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Mideau (Salt Lake City UT)
The Migrant (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Tor Miller (New York NY)
Chris Mills (Brooklyn NY)
Mimicking Birds (Portland OR)
Mingo Fishtrap (Austin TX)
Mire Kay (Malmö/Stockholm SWEDEN)
Misun (Washington DC)
Chris Mitchell (Houston TX)
Mobb Deep (New York NY)
Mood Rings (Atlanta GA)
Ian Moore (Seattle WA)
More Or Les (Toronto CANADA)
Moving Units (Los Angeles CA)
The Mowglis (Los Angeles CA)
Mr. Lewis and The Funeral 5 (Austin TX)
Mr. MFN eXquire (Brooklyn NY)
Mt Warning (Strawberry Hills AUSTRALIA)
The Mud Howlers (Mexico City MEXICO)
Mujeres (Barcelona SPAIN)
Nick Mulvey (London UK-ENGLAND)
My Education (Austin TX)
Mystery Skulls (Los Angeles CA)
Nabiha (København N DENMARK)
Natig Rhythm Group (Baku AZERBAIJAN)
Natives (Southampton UK-ENGLAND)
Natural Child (Nashville TN)
Neighbours (Pittsburgh PA)
John Mark Nelson (Minneapolis MN)
Neon Hitch (London UK-ENGLAND)
New Bums (San Francisco CA)
New Desert Blues (Whiteley UK-ENGLAND)
The Niceguys (Houston TX)
Night Riots (San Luis Obispo CA)
Night Terrors of 1927 (Los Angeles CA)
Niño Cohete (Concepción CHILE)
No Coast (Kokomo IN)
Norris J (Dallas TX)
Northcote (Victoria CANADA)
Nothing (Philadelphia PA)
Nothing More (San Antonio TX)
Oberhofer (Tacoma WA)
Obliteration (Kolbotn NORWAY)
The Ocean (Berlin GERMANY)
O Conqueror (Austin TX)
O Emperor (Dublin IRELAND)
Ofei (London UK-ENGLAND)
Off! (Los Angeles CA)
Oil Boom (Dallas TX)
Morgan O’Kane (Brooklyn NY)
OK Sweetheart (Seattle WA)
Okta Logue (Frankfurt Am Main GERMANY)
Angel Olsen (Chicago IL)
Onehunnidt (Houston TX)
Opus Orange (Santa Monica CA)
Bernie Worrell Orchestra (Hampton NJ)
Orchid (San Francisco CA)
Orthy (Austin TX)
The Orwells (Elmhurst IL)
Outernational (New York NY)
The Outfit, TX (Dallas TX)
Owl Eyes (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Paddy And The Rats (Budakeszi HUNGARY)
Painted Palms (San Francisco CA)
The Painted Redstarts (Austin TX)
Panama (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Mangham Parker (Austin TX)
Jay Park (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Bobby Patterson (Austin TX)
Pawn (Los Angeles CA)
Perfect Pussy (Syracuse NY)
Jarell Perry (Los Angeles CA)
Mike Peters And The Alarm (Rhyl WALES)
Bird Peterson (Austin TX)
Petite Noir (Kinshasa DR CONGO)
Petunia & The Vipers (Vancouver CANADA)
Phil Beaudreau w/Dawaun Parker (Los Angeles CA)
Phox (Madison WI)
Pigeon John (Los Angeles CA)
PigPen Theatre Co. (Pittsburgh PA)
Pink Nasty (Wichita KS)
Plastic Visions (Nashville TN)
Polytype (Provo UT)
Pompeii (Austin TX)
Pony Boy (Nashville TN)
A Pony Named Olga (Berlin GERMANY)
Popstrangers (Hamilton NEW ZEALAND)
The Preatures (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Primitive Man (Denver CO)
Printz Board (Los Angeles CA)
Problem (Compton CA)
Protomartyr (Detroit MI)
Matt Pryor (Lawrence KS)
Psalm Zero (New York NY)
Psychic Teens (Philadelphia PA)
Pujol (Nashville TN)
PUP (Toronto CANADA)
Pure Bathing Culture (Portland OR)
Purple (Beaumont TX)
Pyrrhon (Brookyln NY)
Quaker City Night Hawks (Fort Worth TX)
Quiet Kids (Mcallen TX)
Radkey (Saint Joseph MO)
Raffertie (London UK-ENGLAND)
RAMS’ Pocket Radio (Belfast NORTHERN IRELAND)
Rare Monk (Portland OR)
Rathborne (New York NY)
Ratking (New York NY)
Raw Geronimo (Los Angeles CA)
Real Magic (Oakland CA)
Katey red (New Orleans LA)
Regra 4 (Curitiba BRAZIL)
Salaam Remi (Miami FL)
Reptiles (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Reuben and The Dark (Calgary CANADA)
Graham Reynolds / Golden Arm Trio (Austin TX)
The Rich Hands (San Antonio TX)
Ri¢hie (Nashville TN)
The Ridges (Athens OH)
Ringworm (Cleveland OH)
Rittz (Atlanta GA)
Rival Consoles (London UK-ENGLAND)
Rivers of Nihil (Reading PA)
Robbie Fulks (Chicago IL)
Emilio Rojas (Rochester NY)
RonKat Spearman (San Francisco CA)
Roo & The Howl (Denver CO)
Roosevelt (Cologne GERMANY)
Ruido Rosa (Mexico City MEXICO)
Caroline Rose (Burlington VT)
Peter Rosenberg (New York NY)
The Royal Concept (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Royal Teeth (New Orleans LA)
R. Ring (Kelley Deal & Mike Montgomery) (Dayton OH)
Rubblebucket (Brooklyn NY)
Ruby The Rabbitfoot (Athens GA)
Ruen Brothers (Scunthorpe UK-ENGLAND)
Running in the Fog (San Francisco CA)
Russian Red (Madrid SPAIN)
Rustie (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Dan Ryan (Los Angeles CA)
Sadistik (Seattle WA)
Said The Whale (Vancouver CANADA)
San Fermin (Brooklyn NY)
Sango (Grand Rapids DE)
Sandhya Sanjana Band ( THE NETHERLANDS)
San Saba County (Austin TX)
Sean Nicholas Savage (Montreal CANADA)
Save Your Breath (Newport UK-WALES)
S. Carey (Eau Claire WI)
Schaffer the Darklord (New York NY)
Schwarz Dont Crack (Berlin GERMANY)
Scorpion Child (Austin TX)
Jackson Scott (Asheville NC)
Scotty ATL (Atlanta GA)
Secret Colours (Chicago IL)
Seekae (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Seoul (Montréal CANADA)
Sertified (Austin TX)
Shad (Woodbridge CANADA)
Elaine Shepherd (Vancouver CANADA)
Sheppard (Brisbane AUSTRALIA)
She Sir (Austin TX)
Shimmering Stars (Vancouver CANADA)
Shoulders (Austin TX)
Shurman (Austin TX)
Shy Girls (Portland OR)
Sick/Sea (Mcallen TX)
Sihasin (Navajo Nation AZ)
The Silent Comedy (San Diego CA)
Silent Diane (Austin TX)
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3 million Xbox Ones, 4.2 million PlayStation 4s sold in 2013
Monday, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One sold 3 million units across 13 different countries in 2013. That's 3 million units in fiveweeks. Astounding number, isn't it? After all, that extra million is on top of the 2 million Xbox Ones the company sold in the console's first eight days. Quite an accomplishment, no?
However, just as Sony was wont to do in 2013, demonstrated by their E3 debut of the system in which Sony not only undercut the Xbox One's price point, but also poked fun at Microsoft's DRM policy, they swept the rug from under Microsoft and stole some of their thunder. At Sony's CES keynote yesterday, the company announced that it sold 4.2 million PS4s in the final six weeks of 2013.
In case you're wondering, Nintendo has sold 3.92 million Wii Us as of October 2013 since its launch in November 2012. They just can't catch a break, can they?
With both the PS4 and Xbox One yet to launch in Japan, as I noted recently, expect that number to increase exponentially during the first quarter of 2014. If you're a visual person, IGN has a few bar graphs comparing the PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U against one another, as well as lifetime and launch sales of the PS3, 360, and Wii.
[via IGN]
PlayStation Now to stream old PlayStation games to PS4, PS Vita
When Sony bought Gakai back in the summer of 2011, it was always assumed that they would use the cloud service to stream PS3 games for the upcoming PlayStation 4. Today, the Japanese company confirmed their plans with their announcement of PlayStation Now. Currently, PS3 games are confirmed to be a part of the service, allowing PS4 owners to stream PS3 games to the PS3, PS4, PS Vita, and select Bravia TVs with additional devices planned for the future. PS2 and PS1 games are also rumored to be available through PlayStation Now, although the official press release hasn't addressed their availability. A beta run for the service is set to begin at the end of the month with a roll out scheduled for the summer.
There are no details as to how the service will function, but Sony has noted that a subscription plan is in the works for gamers to choose from an assortment of games, as well as the ability to stream individual titles. There's no word on whether or not gamers who already own copies of the game will have access to them or have to pay a fee (much like the PS3 to PS4 upgrade service). One thing's for sure: it won't be long before us PS4 owners can get rid of our PS3s collecting dust.
[via PlayStation Blog]
Polaroid Socialmatic Camera to Officially Launch at CES 2014
With CES 2014 well on its way in Las Vegas, one product that many people have been anticipating is Polaroid's Socialmatic Camera AKA the Instagram camera. It will officially launch this week at CES, so that means we can see it for sale within the next month or two. ADR Studio are the geniuses behind the camera. Housing a 14 megapixel digital camera (front and back), the camera can also print a 2x3 full color photo thanks to ZINK Zero (the guys behind the ink printing technology). Good news for us photo nerds who can't wait to get their hands on this guy. Be sure to check out this overview video from ADR Studio about the camera, as well.
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Alex Wiley Releases Four New Tracks
One of the more impressive debut projects from last year was Alex Wiley's banger-heavy Club Wiley, distributed by Chicago independent label, Closed Sessions. Released at the beginning of the summer, a steady stream of videos and support shows both in and out of his hometown have brought Wiley to the forefront of the next wave of artists to leap from the bubbling scene in the Midwest. With little new music hitting the Internet since the release of the project, Closed Sessions celebrated a new year by pulling a Beyonce, unexpectedly dropping four songs via ClosedSessions.com. The short project sees Wiley demonstrate all sides of his rhyming capabilities, spitting verses over Master P's "Make Em Say Uggh", as well as an eclectic gathering of beats courtesy of The Odd Couple that show Wiley is an artist to be reckoned with in the Second City. The recently released songs, which you can stream and download below, are also a bit of promotional fodder for Wiley's show on January 18 at Reggie's Rock House in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood, tickets available here.