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 …
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 …
Photo credit: Sabelo Narasimhan MC Frontalot (Brooklyn, NY) is nerdcore royalty, rhyming about subjects from IT problems to old folklore with a very distinctive cadence and sound. From his FAQ: Q: Who is MC Frontalot, and what is nerdcore hip-hop? A: Front’s just this middle-aged nerd who spends a lot of …
Sam Lao (Dallas, TX) the inspirational and excellent rapper/singer brings the powerful beats and bars that gets your ass moving while prodding your brain from slumber. Bio:Sam Lao is a rapper/singer in Dallas, Tx. Although an artist from birth – mainly drawing, painting and sculpting, she only recently began creating …
Sammus, (Ithaca, NY) an extraordinary rap artist that defies genre, dropping bars that range from thoughtfully introspective to esoteric gamer references. Bio: SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is an Ithaca, NY based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Known as much for her …
photo by Jon Shaft Tunde Olaniran, (Flint, MI) rapper, artist, and social advocate creates beautifully schizophrenic pop songs with his four octave vocal range and crafty production skills. Bio: The Afro-futurist mix of Hip-Hop/R&B/Punk that is Tunde Olaniran returned with his first full-length album on Quite Scientific entitled Transgressor on August 7th, …
Written by Bang Ho If you thought Mega Ran was just an opener to be passed over at the nerdcore show, you’d be dead wrong. Forty minutes before he hit the stage, there was a line outside Sidewinder and inside you’d think the headliner was about to take the stage. …
Written by Phil Barton Onry Ozzborn and his Duo Tour invaded Austin and on one of the coolest nights of the season, and he brought a van full of heat to the outdoor venue of The Gatsby on 6th. Rafael Vigilantics, the billed opener, was anything but that. For underground …
Written by Phil Barton I can’t say enough how stoked I was to see Rob Sonic rockin’ a stage solo. Despite how difficult it is, I’m not gonna talk about the other guy from Hail Mary Mallon, though that’s how Rob, AKA Bobby Freedom introduced himself. Backed by DJ Zone, …
