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Canvas Kyle, 3/25/2017, Alta’s Cafe Austin, Photos

On a perfect Spring evening in Austin, Canvas Kyle aka The Canvas People with only Kyle, played a remarkable acoustic set for the Prints and Pints party at Alta’s Cafe. Catch the full band 4/1 at Stubb’s! [bbit bandname=”TheCanvasPeople”]

Luck Reunion 2017 – Photos – Write-up

Nestled just west of Austin is Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch. Once a year the site becomes home to the Luck Reunion.  Hundreds of people that are lucky enough to score one of the capped attendance tickets are treated to the best music there is.  The 4th annual Reunion went fantastic.  Rain …

The Canvas People, Best of Austin’s Spring Festival 2017 Interview

  Up-and-coming local Austin indie pop band The Canvas People are a four piece band with breathtaking sounds woven with amazing beautiful harmonies and dreamy melodies. They answered a few questions for us in this delightful interview. Be sure to check them out during the fest! Will you introduce the …

Music Felon’s SXSW 2017 Top 20

We handpicked a list of artists after listening to all the performing acts at SXSW 2017 on Spotify and made a Best of SXSW 2017 playlist. Then we selected the top acts with relatively small followings and created Music Felon’s SXSW 2017 Top 20 Playlist. These artists are the crux of what the SXSW is all about …

L.A. Salami – SXSW 2017 Top 20

L.A. Salami (London, UK) is a master of his craft, slinkily spinning stories while finger picking folk diddies on the guitar, painting moving pictures with our ears as the canvas. Bio: L.A. Salami (Lookman Adekunle Salami) is a singer/songwriter from London, England known for crafting magnetic blues-rock songs with a postmodern …

QUIX – SXSW 2017 Top 20

QUIX (Auckland, New Zealand) consistently fabricates amazing trap EDM that is simple and wildly entertaining, just the right stuff for the party. Bio:Quickly becoming the hottest thing out of New Zealand since Russell Crowe, QUIX has had an absolutely massive year in 2015 and showed no signs of slowing down. 2016 …

Matt Maeson – SXSW 2017 Top 20

Matt Maeson (Virginia Beach, VA) delivers raw and emotive vocals over an alternative sound, tinged with an americana sound. Bio: Who killed Matt Maeson? Maybe the devil, who haunted his parents, two reformed teenage outlaws who played in religious heavy-metal bands and wouldn’t let him listen to rock on the …

Weaves – SXSW 2017 Top 20

Weaves (Toronto, ON) takes you on the best kind of cerebral and sonic roller coaster with their eclectic music that commands you to listen. Bio: In a little over two short years, Weaves have gone from a collection of voice memos on Jasmyn Burke’s iPhone to establishing themselves as one …

Buggsy – SXSW 2017 Top 20

Buggsy (Bristol, UK) has bars that blaze stupid fast but also has a critical understanding that a masterful control of pacing serves the song four fold refreshingly with grimey real life content. Bio: Buggsy, The fast spitting Rasta emcee from the district of St.pauls in Bristol, UK. Not shy of entertaining …