WARNER BROS. RECORDS ANNOUNCE COMPLETE SXSW 2016 ARTIST SHOWCASES
LUKAS GRAHAM, THE HEAD AND THE HEART, DEFTONES,
THE WILD FEATHERS, PHASES, MYSTERY SKULLS, DUA LIPA, AND
RESIDUAL KID TO PERFORM
March 11, 2016 - (Burbank, CA) - Warner Bros. Records is excited to announce our complete SXSW 2016 schedule of events. Jill Augusto and Jaime Rosenberg from the WBR Publicity Team will be in Austin from March 15 - 20. We are setting up invite and interview opportunities now. All info listed below.
COLD FRONTS:
3/15 TBD SXSW Music Opening Party
3/18 7 pm Culture’s Collide Guacamole Showdown @ Collide
3/19 8 pm Showcase @ Cheer Up Charlie’s
DEFTONES:
3/18 3 pm Spin’s 14th Annual Day Party @ Stubb’s
ANGELICA GARCIA:
3/18 8 pm ASCAP Showcase@ The Driskill Hotel
LUKAS GRAHAM:
3/15 12:15 pm Spotify House @ 1501 E. 6th St.
3/16 4 pm MTV Woodies Festival @ 305 S Congress
3/17 9:30 am KGSR SXSW Live Broadcast @ The W Austin
3/17 6:40 pm YouTube’s Music Experience @ The Coopertank
THE HEAD AND THE HEART:
3/18 12 am The SHOWTIME Roadies House @ Clive Bar
JENNY LEWIS:
3/18 8:35 pm Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion @ Luck Ranch
3/19 2 pm Rachael Ray’s Feedback @ Stubb’s
DUA LIPA:
3/16 4 pm YouTube’s Music Experience @ Coopertank
3/17 4:30 pm The FADER FORT @ Pine St Station
3/18 8 pm Hype Machine’s Hype Hotel @ Fair Market Bldg.
MYSTERY SKULLS:
3/17 3:30 pm Beautiful Buzz party @ The Brew Exchange
3/17 9:30 pm Culture Collide Showcase @ The Container Bar
PHASES:
3/16 12 pm Waterloo Records Day Party @ Waterloo Records
3/16 6 pm SXSW 2nd Play Stage @ Hotel Van Zandt
3/16 8 pm SXSW Paradigm Showcase @ Maggie Mae’s
3/18 3 pm iHeart Showcase @ Maggie Mae’s
3/18 5:50 pm Best Lil’ Big Fest @ Tiniest Bar in Texas
3/18 9 pm Grammy Museum’s Homegrown @ Tap Room
RESIDUAL KID:
3/15 5:30 pm SXSW Casual Strangers Party @ Guero’s Taco Bar
3/16 5 pm 93.7 KLBJ SXSW Day Party @ Shady Grove
3/16 7 pm Austin Music Awards @ Austin Convention Center
3/17 12-6 pm Residual Kid’s Biggest Little Day Party @ FRANK
3/18 11:10 pm Old Flame Records Showcase @ Valhalla
THE WILD FEATHERS:
3/16 4:30 pm Splendour In The Grass Day Party @ The Sidewinder
3/17 4 pm 88.5 KCSN SXSW Official Radio Day Stage Showcase
3/17 8:15 pm Grammy Block Party @ Four Seasons Hotel
3/17 11:20pm
Musical Milestones: Tribute to The Ramones @
Maggie Mae’s Rooftop
3/18 8:30 am KGSR SXSW Live Broadcast @ The W Austin
3/18 8 pm Rachel Ray’s Feedback House @ The Chick Ranch
3/19 2:50
pm Quantum Collective’s Southwest Invasion @ Whole
Foods Rooftop
ARTIST INFO:
COLD FRONTS:
Craig Almquist, the leader and constant force behind the Philadelphia-based band Cold Fronts. The
legend of Cold Fronts goes like this: The band was playing an impromptu
show in the streets of Austin at SXSW in 2012 when the legendary Sire
Records co-founder Seymour Stein passed by. Liking what he heard, Stein
asked Almquist for a CD. Almquist had no idea that his admirer was none
other than the man who once signed the Ramones, Talking Heads, and
Madonna, and only two weeks later did he understand his good fortune. A year later, Stein signed the band to Sire. Whatever, right? Forever Whatever is the title LP from the band released October 2015 on Sire Records. Cold Fronts have shared stages with The Cribs, The Vaccines, The Districts, and more.
DEFTONES:
Deftones were
one of the first groups to alternate heavy riffs and screamed vocals
with more ethereal music and hushed singing - spawning a fair amount of
imitators in their wake. The multiplatinum, Grammy-winning alternative
rock band from Sacramento, CA, was founded in 1988. The band consists of
Chino Moreno, Stephen Carpenter, Frank Delgado, Abe Cunningham, and
Sergio Vega. Their current single “Prayers/Triangles” is off of their forthcoming eighth studio release Gore, coming out April 8th.
ANGELICA GARCIA:
Singer and songwriter Angelica Garcia’s
journey “down the rabbit hole” began when she moved to Accomac,
Virginia. Graduating from Los Angeles School for the Arts, the
17-year-old native Angeleno found herself living in a 200-year-old
gothic brick home encircled by magnolia trees and under a blanket of
bright stars. Isolated and alone, Angelica locked herself in the parish
house and fashioned a musical world that veers between ghostly gorgeous
countrified blues and sly swamp Americana. With a childlike whimsy,
quirky sense of humor, and dynamic delivery, it could easily soundtrack
an apparitions’ ball in some Faulknerian mansion. Upon first listen, it
entranced Warner Bros. Records. Recorded by Charlie Peacock [The Civil
Wars, Switchfoot] in Nashville, her full-length debut will unlock this
world for everyone in 2016.
LUKAS GRAHAM:
Breakout artist Lukas Graham combines soul, pop, and alternative and is topping charts all over the world with their debut single “7 Years,”
which has been streamed over 200M times globally and is #9 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Hailing from Denmark, Lukas Graham will release their
self-titled debut album this spring before embarking on a rapidly
selling out U.S. headline tour.
DUA LIPA:
Every facet of Dua Lipa’s
music - the way she pulls from contemporary hip-hop, classic soul, and
pop and reshapes them into her own crimson sound - accentuates the
visual world that’s naturally building around her. Welcome to Planet
Dua. “Soaring pop melodrama that gives daytime radio a good name”
GUARDIAN MUSIC ONLINE. “The real draw is her smoky voice” FADER. “She
may well get very, very big” GIGWISE.
THE HEAD AND THE HEART:
Formed in Seattle, The Head and the Heart
released their self-titled debut album on Sub Pop Records in 2011,
which went on to become one of the label’s best-selling debut releases.
The band’s sophomore release Let’s Be Still followed in
2013, with the two records totaling more than 500,000 sold in the U.S.
alone. The Head and the Heart has become an internationally celebrated
band, having built a loyal fan base and becoming known for their raucous
and energetic live shows. The band is currently recording, with new
music expected for release in the coming year.
JENNY LEWIS:
Jenny Lewis has been on the road behind her critically acclaimed 2014 album, The Voyager,
which gave the L.A.-based singer-songwriter her first Top 10 album and
highest chart debut yet, earning ‘Best of the Year’ accolades from Rolling Stone, TIME, NPR, Spin, Billboard, The Guardian, American Songwriter, Stereogum, Paste, and many more, while “She’s Not Me” and “Just One of the Guys” appeared on Top Song lists from The New York Times, Slant, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork,
and more. Lewis also released a ten-year anniversary reissue of her
debut solo album, 'Rabbit Fur Coat,’ and performed a handful of
instantly sold out dates across the country.
MYSTERY SKULLS:
A
mastermind electronic artist, producer, and singer, Mystery Skulls is
the adopted stage name for Luis Dubuc, a self-taught musician from
Dallas. He blazed up the electronic charts with his 2014 debut Forever and collaborated with pop icons Nile Rodgers and Brandy on the standout single “Magic,” earning love from Noisey, NYLON Guys, Earmilk and more for his retro electro-pop stylings. Mystery Skulls is on a co-headline tour with French Horn Rebellion through early April, with more news to come soon.
PHASES:
Los Angeles-based PHASES (formerly JJAMZ) is Z Berg (The Like), Jason Boesel (Rilo Kiley/Bright Eyes), Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), and Michael Runion. Their single “I’m In Love With My Life” is NYLON’s 'Morning Mantra,’ Buzzfeed’s
'Pop Song You Can’t Miss,’ andhas found fans in Amy Schumer, Sia, and
Mark Ronson, among others. They toured with BØRNS behind their debut, For Life, and will play Coachella before heading on tour with Maroon 5.
RESIDUAL KID:
Austin-based teenage trio Residual Kid has been called “the bad ass band that might just save rock” by the Huffington Post. With Salsa
- their debut EP for Sire Records - the world will finally get to hear
what the Huffington Post was talking about. Lead track “Scentless
Princess” offers a subtle tip of the cap to Nirvana with its classic
loud-quiet-loud grunge formula, while tracks like “Chill” display a
maturity and sonic vision well beyond the band’s years. Having already
appeared at festivals in Europe and opening for legendary groups,
Residual Kid will take center stage in America in 2016.
THE WILD FEATHERS:
The Wild Feathers
are one of the hardest-working bands on the circuit, having toured the
world nearly non-stop over the past 3 years. Apart from headlining
tours, they have performed with Bob Dylan, Gary Clark Jr, and Willie
Nelson plus appeared at almost every major music festival. They have won
the hearts of fans and critics everywhere due to their unique and
heartfelt take on modern American rock 'n’ roll. Their eagerly awaited
second album Lonely Is A Lifetime (produced by Jay Joyce, mixed by D. Sardy), will be released by Warner Bros. Records on March 11th. The single “Overnight” is available here. Watch the video here.