The Up and Comers, Breakouts and our WOW Performances from SXSW
Now that South by Southwest has wrapped and we are all back at our day jobs, we at Lawyers 4 Musicians want to bring you back to the music and share with you our favorite showcases from this year’s festival. Since we are lawyers (and not musicians) we brought in Whitney Jones from Propelr Music and Shoplifter Music to give us that extra musical insight on the performances that impressed us the most!
Lewis Del Mar at Whisler’s – this five-piece band was one of the favorite up and comers this year. We were able to catch them at their first show of the festival on Whisler’s intimate patio. The acoustic guitar mixed with electronic beat topped by frontman, Danny Miller’s laid back vocals, is a refreshing yet edgy new rock sound, certainly worth checking out.
Flint Eastwood at Darwin’s Pub – a definite highlight, Flint Eastwood from Detroit creates huge anthemic electro pop songs that could easily be sung by Katie Perry. An amazing live show, it was a complete surprise to see the energy and intensity this woman (Jax Anderson) could bring to her crowd.
Pillar Point at Flamingo Cantina – a tight performance from the charismatic frontman of Throw Me the Statute, Scott Reiherman. The layers and layers of synth, drums and guitar had everyone moving.
Deep Valley at Bungalow – a true rock and roll female duo, Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards, killed it. Troy’s, American flag fringed body suit gave her that true Joan Jett vibe. We loved her dominating and active stage presence (including her fearlessness to climb the monitors, drum set and anything else she could find).
Cloves at JW Marriott Ballroom (Universal Showcase) – Australian singer, Kaity Dunstan known as ‘Cloves’, impressed us with a voice somewhere between Adele and Alicia Keys. With her strong and emotional vocals backed by keys and a guitar, she will be interesting to watch and see where Universal takes her.
Jake Bugg at Old School Bar and Grill (Island Showcase) – We can’t help but love Jake Bugg, his cool persona and sound blow us away. His performance was on par, very tight, you could have mistaken it for listening to his album; the man doesn’t miss a key (or string for that matter).
Those are our favorites, check them out and tell us what you think, better yet, let us know if we missed one!
This post originally appeared on lawyer4musicians.com, a blog by the attorneys at Troglia•Kaplan that focuses on music & law. Original post: https://lawyer4musicians.com/2016/03/30/the-up-and-comers-breakouts-and-our-wow-performances-from-sxsw/