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2013 SXSW Show Reviews
SXSW Show Review March 14th Presets at Emo’s East It is a veritable rarity to find the Presets playing a North American show, so to have them playing Thursday night in Austin, on their only American stop this year, is an absolute blessing from the electro gods. The Aussie DJs mixed up their powerful…
TOP TEN AUSTIN ELECTRONICA ACTS 2013
1. Bloody Knives A high adrenaline electro-thrash duo with Shoegaze overtones, Bloody Kniveshave a unique, industrial synth-punk sound that transcends multiple genres. Preston Maddox and Jake McCown’s intricate sound is as if you injected My Bloody Valentine with 300cc of amphetamine, gave them all synths, and sent them careening into a Dead Meadow concert. Their…
BODY LANGUAGE (SXSW INTERVIEW 2013)
SXSW Artist Spotlight: Body Language Brooklyn indie band Body Language make funky dance pop, and this year the band returns to SXSW for the third time with every intention of getting people moving to their music. Recently The Horn’s Lee Ackerley spoke with the band’s lead vocalist Angelica Bess about past SXSW experiences, life on…