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Welsh indie rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are relentlessly making their mark on today’s hotlists. Rolling Stone named Them one of the top ten musicians to catch at March’s SXSW festival i...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/06/08/features/interview-with-catfish-the-bottlemen-on-how-they-got-their-start-as-ninjas-how-they-keep-it-real-and-dreaming-big/

Her EP, Room 93, produced “Ghost,” which has over 6 million streams on Spotify; her September London show sold out in under a minute; she’s touring with one of the biggest names in music th...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/06/02/news/halsey-announces-new-album-badlands-for-august-2015-release/

Jamestown Revival members Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance are true Texans at heart as they have a love for Western adventure stories and a knack for carrying the rock-country-fused torch of their g...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/05/06/features/interview-with-jamestown-revival-on-their-album-utah-inspirational-adventures-and-their-love-of-one-of-texass-best-kept-secrets/

The progressive Danish indie rock quartet Mew has finally released a new album. As of this past week, +- has hit the ground running. Respective band members have done the same in the past year to...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/05/01/features/interview-with-mew-on-their-new-album-a-fresh-perspective-and-the-how-it-feels-to-do-something-for-the-greater-good-of-music/

It’s that time of year again folks, that time where we make our selections for the best of this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival. For the 2015 edition of this list, we again continue ...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/30/features/mxdwn-best-of-sxsw-2015/

Screamo powergroup United Nations have made plenty of headline-worthy moves from their official debut in 2008 to now. Their first album bore a rather controversial version of The Beatles’ famed...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/27/features/interview-with-united-nations-on-their-unnaturally-organic-progression-thriving-on-drama-and-why-theyre-shocked-the-real-un-didnt-hire-them-and-the-postal-service/

Since her Nashville-based girl group Black Belles went their separate ways, multi-instrumentalist Olivia Jean has not lost steam. The shy, yet sultry songstress maintains a strong relationship wi...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/22/features/interview-with-olivia-jean-on-how-shes-always-trying-to-figure-it-out-and-how-lucky-she-is-to-be-in-that-five-percent/

We have been fans of Ex Cops from the jump. The indie alternative outfit made their way to Austin this March for their second appearance at SXSW. Prior to the festival, they made headlines as the...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/18/features/interview-with-ex-cops-on-how-they-told-mcdonalds-no-and-how-theyd-advise-other-artists-to-not-be-afraid-to-do-the-same/

English sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow make up a powerful alternative rock duo. The fierce females perform under the moniker 2:54 – a nod to their favorite spot on a song by The Melvins. No...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/06/features/interview-with-254-at-sxsw-on-the-evolution-of-music-trent-reznor-and-chasing-that-high/

Backstage at Spotify House during SXSW, we caught up with the members of Gorgon City Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott, aka “Foamo” and “RackNRuin” respectively. These two English gents ar...

https://music.mxdwn.com/2015/04/06/features/interview-with-gorgon-city-at-sxsw-2015-on-what-makes-them-tick-their-time-in-america-and-why-they-like-fireballs/