| March 12, 2015 – (Burbank, CA.) – Warner Bros. Records is excited to announce our complete SXSW 2015 schedule of events. The WBR Publicity Team: Roderick Scott, Brooke Black, Jaime Rosenberg, and yours truly, Rick G from WB will be in Austin from March 18 – 21. We are setting up invites and interviews opportunities now. All info listed below.
WBR Artist Showcase by Date:
Sun March 15:
The Flaming Lips 9:00PM – 12:00AM Spredfast & Viacom Velocity ACL Live at the Moody Theater
Wed March 18:
Big Data 10:00pm KCRW Showcase The Parish
Twin Shadow 7:30pm Tumblr Interactive Ironwood Hall
Thurs March 19:
Big Data 8:30am KGSR Morning Session W Hotel
Twin Shadow 12pm Spotify Session Spotify House
Priory 1:00pm YouTube Music Experience Coppertank Event Center
Priory 3:30pm OnAirStreaming Session OnAirStreaming Studio
ILOVEMAKONNEN 4:10pm The Blackheart
Big Data 4:30pm Spotify Session Spotify House
Twin Shadow 5:00pm Consequence of Sound / Hype Machine Day Party Hype Hotel
ILOVEMAKONNEN 7:05pm YouTube Music Experience Coppertank Event Center
Twin Shadow 8:50pm Culture Collide (DJ Set) Container Bar
Mystery Skulls 9:10pm – 9:40pm BIZ 3 Showcase The Main
Dylan Gardner 10:00pm – 10:40pm Grammy Museum’s Homegrown The Velveeta RM
Big Data 10:00pm ACL – Live 101x Zilker Park
GTA 1:00am – 2:00am Outbreak House Old Antones
Andra Day 1:30am St. David’s Bethell Hall
Fri March 20:
Andra Day 12pm – 6:00pm The Blue House Lamberts Downtown BBQ
Twin Shadow 12pm – 12:40pm Public Radio Rocks Day Stage Convention Center
Greg Holden 12:10pm Quantum Collective Whole Foods Rooftop
Priory 1:30pm – 2:30pm BaebleMusic Empire Control RM & Garage
Mystery Skulls 2:05pm Quantum Collective Whole Foods Rooftop
Big Data 2:45 – 3:10pm Quantum Collective Whole Foods Rooftop
Twin Shadow 3:00pm Spin Party Stubb’s BBQ
Mystery Skulls 4:30pm Beautiful Buzz Party The Brew Exchange
Greg Holden 5:00pm – 5:30pm Grammy Pro Studio Gibson Showroom
ILOVEMAKONNEN 5:00pm Hype Machine Hype Hotel
Big Data 6:00pm Waterloo In-Store Waterloo Records
Priory 6:50pm -7:20pm IFC Showcase Palm Park
Funk Volume 8pm-2am Funk Volume showcase Red Seven
Dylan Gardner 8:00pm ASCAP Showcase Victorian Room / Driskill Hotel
Greg Holden 10:00pm ASCAP Showcase Victorian Room / Driskill Hotel
Andra Day 12:30-1:15am 18th Floor Hilton Garden Inn (downtown)
Mystery Skulls 1:20am Shout It Out Loud Cheer Up Charlie’s
Sat March 21:
Dylan Gardner 1:00 – 1:30 WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Twin Shadow 1:00pm Waterloo In-Store Waterloo Records
Mystery Skulls 1:45pm – 2:15pm WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Priory 2:30pm – 3:00pm WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Greg Holden 3:15pm – 3:45pm WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Big Data 4:00 – 4:45pm WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Twin Shadow 5:00 – 6:00pm WBR / FLOOD Fest Cedar Street Courtyard
Priory 9:00pm – 9:40pm Pandora Showcase The Gatsby
Big Data 10:00pm – 10:45pm Pandora Showcase The Gatsby
WBR Publicist Guide:
Andra Day [email protected] 818-953-3319 (o) / 323-360-3494 (m)
Big Data [email protected] 212.707.2038 (o) /917.292.2490 (m)
Lyssa Thompson [email protected] 917-292-7273 (m)
Dylan Gardner [email protected] 818-953-4368 (o)
While @ SXSW: [email protected] 818-953-3692 (o) / 718.404.6465 (m)
[email protected] 818-953-3473 (o) / 818-331-0852 (m)
Funk Volume (Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton)
[email protected] 818-953-3319 (o) /323-360-3494 (m)
GTA Brice Ormesher [email protected]
Greg Holden [email protected] 212.707.2038 (o) / 917.292.2490 (m)
[email protected] 818-953-3473 (o) / 818-331-0852 (m)
ILOVEMAKONNEN [email protected] 818-953-3319 (o) / 323-360-3494 (m)
Mystery Skulls [email protected] 818-953-3319 (o) / 323-360-3494 (m)
Priory [email protected] 818-953-3692 (o) / 718.404.6465 (m)
Twin Shadow [email protected] 818-953-3692 (o) / 718.404.6465 (m)
ARTIST INFO:
Andra Day: Andra Day’s voice is as powerful as it is expressive. The San Diego native and performing arts high school graduate worked with various producers over the years to develop her musical style. Her break came from a taped recording of a live performance heard by Stevie Wonder, who contacted her and introduced her to producer/writer/musician, Adrian Gurvitz. Day and Gurvitz spent the next year working on her debut album with what she calls a “retro-pop-soul” sound (“a blend of jazz, soul, doo-wop, plus a little bit of rock, and hip-hop on the underbelly”). In 2012, Andra posted a series of covers on YouTube to gauge public opinion. The pieces went viral and that, combined with her breathtaking live performances, and landed her a recording deal with Warner Bros. Records, who will release her debut album this summer. If the name/voice sound familiar, her song “Coolin’ in the Streets” was used for Bud Light Lime’s “Switch On Summer” campaign and she could be seen on national ads for GAP’s “Summer Loves” campaign. The singer wowed audiences at the Sundance screening of “What Happened Ms. Simon?” and she will be participating in this year’s ESSENCE Music Festival in New Orleans.
Big Data: (New Album, 2.0, to be released March 24) Paranoid electronic artist Big Data saw major success in 2014 with his hit single “Dangerous (feat. Joywave),” which claimed the #1 spot on the Alternative chart at Billboard, has been one of the longest charting songs of 2014,and is preparing to impact at Top 40 in February. Big Data was named one of Rolling Stone’s “10 Artists You Need to Know” and USA Today’s “On the Verge” artist, with coverage in Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and a performance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Big Data, led by mastermind Alan Wilkis, will release his album 2.0 on March 24, which features guest appearances from Twin Shadow, Rivers Cuomo, White Sea, Kimbra, Jamie Lidell and many more.
Dylan Gardner: Dylan Gardner is one of a new breed of young artists for whom the internet is a great education. He has taught himself to be a multi-instrumentalist, pro-tools engineer, and bedroom producer (though it’s not your typical bedroom; the closet has been turned into a vocal booth).Did we mention that Dylan is 18? None of this would matter if Dylan’s songs weren’t so effortlessly, effervescently extraordinary. Innocent yet sophisticated, classic but up-to-the-minute, and utterly comfortable and confident in his own skin, Dylan is a major talent. In 2013, he signed to Big Deal Music Publishing and recorded his debut album Adventures in Real Time, co-produced with John Dragonetti of the Submarines. It was released on WBR on January 1st. Album Stream: https://soundcloud.com/dylangardnermusic
Funk Volume: Funk Volume is one of the most successful independent hip-hop record and production companies in music today. Founded in 2009 with the idea of protecting the integrity of the artist’s vision, the label is home to co-founder and artist Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton, SwizZz and producers DJ Hoppa and Kato. Several of their artists have graced XXL magazine’s Freshman Class list as a result of their organic and rabid following.
Greg Holden: (New album, Chase The Sun, to be released April 14) Scottish-born singer-songwriter Greg Holden will release his major label debut Chase The Sun on April 14 Produced by Greg Wells (Adele, One Republic), featuring new single “.Hold On Tight” He’s best known for writing the massive Phillip Phillip’s single hit “Home” that sold five million tracks in the U.S. and landed Holden an ASCAP Pop Award. He also released “The Lost Boy”, which hit No. 1 on iTunes in Holland, raised over $50,000 for the Red Cross, and was featured in the fifth season of Sons of Anarchy.
GTA: (New EP DTG Vol. 1to be released March 23) Thirty push-ups and a shot of tequila each: that’s all the preparation Julio Mejia and Matt Toth need to transform from laid-back, unassuming 24-year-olds into the scene-stealing DJ and production duo, GTA. Despite GTA’s wild, unpredictable sets, everything the duo does – both on stage and in the studio – is unified by a simple mission statement: death to genres. Promoting their genre-free ethos, Toth and Mejia have become bona fide tastemakers to fans and fellow artists alike, proving that “dance music” is best defined as whatever makes you move. They finished their first collaboration in a single sitting, sent it off to a few labels for feedback and heard directly from Afrojack, who wanted to sign the song to his Wall Recordings imprint. Since then, the guys have toured the globe with Rihanna, Calvin Harris and Tiesto, collaborated on releases with Diplo, A-Trak and Martin Solveig and officially remixed Kylie Minogue, Iggy Azalea and deadmau5. Now, the guys are prepping a barrage of new releases as part of a freshly-inked deal with Three Six Zero Music and Warner Bros. Records.
ILOVEMAKONNEN:Makonnen Sheran, better known as iLoveMakonnen, is a whimsical self-made rapper, singer, and producer from Atlanta by way of Los Angeles influenced by the likes of Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy and Lil B. Unfortunate circumstances – a two-year period in which was under house arrest following the accidental shooting death of a friend – made him focus more on music, as well as on blogging and interviewing artists, which enabled him to hone his craft and network. From 2011 through 2013, Makonnen released several albums and EPs, gradually building a reputation for his surreal and seemingly lackadaisical approach to singing and rapping. In 2014, Miley Cyrus boosted his profile by posting an image of the I Love Makonnen EP to Instagram. Later that year, Drake remixed and inserted himself into Makonnen’s “Club Goin’ Up on a Tuesday” which led to a signing with Drake’s OVO Sound label supported by Warner Bros. Records and released officially as “Tuesday“. The song hit #1 song at urban radio reaching the Top 5 and Top 20 at rhythmic and Top 40 radio, respectively. The song would later be nominated in the “Best Rap/Sung Collaboration” category for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Makonnen is busy gearing up for his major label debut due this year.
Mystery Skulls: Mystery Skulls is an electronic dance-oriented neo-soul and vintage disco-influenced outfit centered around lead singer/songwriter Luis Dubuc. Formed in Dallas, Texas in 2010, Mystery Skulls grew out of Dubuc’s previous project the Secret Handshake. In 2011, Dubuc debuted the first Mystery Skulls album, the five-track EP, which included the single “Amazing.” In 2012, buoyed by a strong online following, Dubuc relocated the band to Los Angeles. In 2014, Mystery Skulls released their full-length debut album, Forever, on Warner Bros. Records which features appearances from Nile Rodgers, Brandy and Snowblood.
Priory: Portland duo Priory sold everything they had, built a studio in an old cement factory and crafted their own signature breed of alt-pop. Their anthemic song “Weekend” has been making waves on pop and alternative radio and will appear on their April 2015 Warner Bros. Records debut, Need To Know. “Weekend” was featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter throughout football season, and the band can be heard in the latest Taco Bell commercial. You can catch them on tour this spring with Kaiser Chiefs, and they’ll be making appearances at SXSW, Bonnaroo and Governor’s Ball.
The Flaming Lips: I think you know who they are…
Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis, Jr., is on a headlining tour behind his third album ‘Eclipse,’ out March 17th. Listen to new single ‘I’m Ready.’ The album was recorded at the historic chapel at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, one of George’s many sources of inspiration in his new home of Los Angeles after relocating from New York a few years ago. The Dominican Republic-born, Florida-bred Lewis adopted the Twin Shadow moniker in 2006. He has released two previous albums on indie labels Terrible and 4AD, 2010’s ‘Forget’ and 2012’s ‘Confess.’ Live performances opening for Florence & the Machine and The Strokes, appearances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo, plus his own headlining shows have earned George a reputation as a charismatic and compelling frontman. He has also performed on ‘Letterman,’ ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ and ‘Conan‘. His track ‘Old Love, New Love’ featured in ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ was named one of the best songs of 2013 by Rolling Stone.
VENUE GUIDE:
ACL Live at the Moody Theater – 310 W 2nd St (Willie Nelson Blvd)
Cedar Street Courtyard – 208 W 4th St, Austin, TX 78701
Cheer Up Charlie’s – 900 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Container Bar – 90 Rainey St, Austin TX 78701
Coppertank Event Center – 504 Trinity St, Austin, TX 78701
Driskill Hotel – 604 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701
Empire Control Room & Garage – 606 E. 7th Street, Austin TX 78701
Gibson Showroom – 3601 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704
Hype Hotel – 1100 East 5th Street, Austin, TX
Ironwood Hall – 505 E. 7th Street, Austin TX
Old Antone’s Venue – 213 W 5th St, Austin TX 78701
OnAirstreaming Studios at Vintage Innovations – 1409 W 3rd St, Austin TX
Palm Park – Austin, TX 78701
Parish – 214 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
Red Seven – 611 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701
Spotify House – 901 E 6th St. Austin, TX 78702
Stubb’s – 801 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
The Blackheart – 86 Rainey St, Austin, TX 78701
The Brew Exchange – 706 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
The Gatsby – 708 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
The Main – 610 E 6th St, Austin TX
The Velveeta Room – 521 E 6th St, Austin, TX
W Hotel – 200 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701
Waterloo Records – 600A N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
Zilker Park – 2100 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704
Convention Center – 500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701
Whole Foods – 525 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX
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