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Einstellung formed in 2003 as an outlet for it's members to blend their record collections, with a nod to Spiritualized, Neu, My Bloody Valentine and Black Sabbath amongst others. Not attempting to reinvent the wheel, Einstellung's manifesto is to enjoy each other's company, produce music that makes them laugh/cry and through the use of dynamics and texture, create an all-engulfing sense of now.

With a powerful, sultry voice that evokes comparisons to artists as diverse as K.T. Tunstall, Girl in a Coma’s Nina Diaz and Ronnie Spector, Emily Bell has made it to the top of the “must see live” list in Austin, Texas. Her debut album In Technicolor was self-released on May 28, and her single "Back to the Way I Was" was picked up by close to 200 national radio stations and video outlets respectively.

Since then, Bell has done two national tours, performed live on the Ron & Fez Show on Sirius XM, the Artie Lang Show, BreakThru Radio, and even got her own day in Austin when the Mayor proclaimed August 22, 2013 “Emily Bell Day.” Interrobang.com ranked Bell No. 1 on its list of the top five artists to watch at SXSW 2013 - after listening to 1,210 tracks from showcasing acts. Her next single, “Hey Baby,” is getting nationwide distribution on the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau compilation, Austin Music, Volume 12. Her debut album features nine cuts that cross tracks laid through Delta blues, ‘60s rock, girl-group glam and Motown power. With John Evans, her producer, co-writer, guitarist and partner, Bell has crafted a “here I am” statement and likes to call it “Technicolor rock ‘n’ soul.” After writing and recording in Raphael Saadiq’s Burbank studio in LA with former members of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Bell returned to her Texas roots. With recent live shows including F1’s Fan Fest, KGSR’s Discovery Series, CMJ, Freedom Over Texas 2013, Michelle Clark’s Sunset Sessions and the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar coming up this December 17, Bell is making waves as one of Austin’s hottest new talents. Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll says “She’ll knock you down, then lick your wounds, burn up the stage and leave you begging for more.” For more information, see www.emilybell.com.

Eric McGauley, better known as Eros, is an American electronic music artist based out of Orlando, Florida. Eros began writing and producing electronic music in high school, followed by releases on a multitude of Florida based labels, including his own D'funkt records. In the 90s, Eric first had success with a few of his songs being played in regular rotation on local commercial FM radio. This got the attention of Robins Entertainment and Tommy Boy record scouts, both who contacted him after the release of "What's that Sound," a single that featured a sample of rapper Skee Lo. During this time Eric played frequently at popular events such as Zen Festival in Los Angeles, Ultra Music Festival in Miami, and many other venues and clubs throughout the U.S. Eric currently has 6 full length albums, 15 vinyl releases and over a dozen appearances on compilations such as Koch's Beatles Re-grooved series. Eric has recently branched out, working on styles outside of the breakbeat dance realm, creating solid productions in the genres of trip hop, dubstep, and electronic rock/pop. This experimentation has paid off (literally!) with newer tracks being licensed to ads for Quicksilver sportswear and Burton Snowboards, as well as a track appearing in NBC's hit show Smash and the feature film Bachelorette. This year also marked the collaboration between Eros and DJ Magic Mike, a childhood hero, best known as one of the pioneers of the Miami bass sound. This creative combination helped to launch Magic Mike's album to number one on Beatport.com. Along with recent tracks being released on Caffeine, Zone, Bad Baby and EA Records, Eric is working on several remixes for heavy hitters in the electronic music scene and finishing up the next full length album, scheduled to be released in the near future.

Eternal Summers will detonate your chill vibe. While you've no doubt spent the hot months absorbing ultraviolets and soaking up beachy sounds, Nicole Yun and Daniel Cundiff have been cutting loose in the back woods, creating their fuzziest, jangliest statement yet: Silver, out on Fall 2010 on Kanine.

The inland duo's music comes out of the forests of Roanoke, VA, where the mountain vistas are inspiring but the scene is mostly cover bands. Both members are a part of the Magic Twig Community, a collective of nine like-minded musicians that cherish boundless creativity and weirdo indie pop. When Yun, who sings and plays guitar, moved to Roanoke, she originally played with another drummer, but when he bailed before a gig, Cundiff jumped in. What resulted was something very, very punk, and Yun and Cundiff knew they had the right musical chemistry. That's when Eternal Summers was born.

Feeling no need to flesh out their lineup, the duo decided to treat the open spaces as an instrument. When they call it dream punk, they're only partially joking. Taut, hooky and often wide-open, their sound is simple but it takes up room. They employ the quietest quiets and the loudest louds-from hazy, clanging reveries to rapid No Wave squalls. They've received adoring write-ups since the release of their self-titled debut EP, available on 10-inch vinyl: Pitchfork called "Lightswitch" a song "you need to hear now" and posted the "also-awesome" "Fall Straight Back." The band has since played with the likes of Harlem, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Dan Deacon, Beach Fossils and Wild Nothing to name a few. On Silver, Eternal Summers has streamlined and then leaped beyond their original sound.

Where the EP was sun-drenched and simple, Silver is far-reaching and ambitious despite its minimalist drums-and-guitar cast. The album mixes 90-second fist-pumpers and dreamy, six-minute meditations, noisy highs, and uncomfortably quiet hums. Silver captures the energy of their live shows–which has inspired the lead single "Pogo"–and calls to mind early indie legends like the Raincoats, Galaxie 500, Beat Happening, and Unrest.

evolv's musical style is driven by powerful harmonies and complimenting melodic guitar movements. Armed with a passionate stage presence, evolv captivates their audience; continuing to push the boundaries of cinematic post-rock and ambient compositions with hip-hop/lofi elements. Follow evolv on his journey as he takes you back to your favorite memories.

Growing up in the mountains of Upper Styria, Austria, Philipp Szalay is a country kid that spent his youth skijumping & cross-country skiing. However, being too lazy to train hard enough to become a professional Sportsman and starting to excessively love the music of Oasis, he started to teach himself how to play guitar in 2006. What started as an attempt to become one of the cool kids quickly became an obession and in the same year he started to write his first original songs.

In 2008, Philipp was headed to Graz to apply to university and to start working on his music more seriously. What followed were years of performing and finding his voice, sound and place on stage, including support shows for profiled artists such as Helgi Jonsson, Scott Matthew, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons and Teenage Fanclub. In 2010 he self-published his Debut EP and started to work on his debut album in late 2011.

In 2013 now the game has changed. In the course of recording this album, it grew constantly and in the end it became something much larger than himself. With the help of amazing people he was able to define a new sound for his music and to record the songs the way they resounded in his head. Finishing this album marked the beginning of something new, so he felt that it was time to take a new line and a new name ...

A vulnerable and honest voice, Fate Under Fire grabs your ear quickly with alternative pop vibes. David James created the Sacramento, CA quartet from his home studio. Always evolving and making no apologies, the sonic landscape has transformed from driving guitars to sweeping synths, touching leads and big drums.

"Love Stinks... yeah, yeah"

Heartbreak is a strange and complicated enough thing to deal with on its own. There are a bevy of raw emotions it brings tumbling forth. It sends even the most level-headed among us down some strange paths - towards some odd decisions. All that happens in the aftermath seems magnified to the nth degree.

So, what to do when your ex forms a band with someone else's ex?

Naturally, you call that 'someone else' up... and form a new band of your own.

Well, that's how it started anyhow. Alicia Gbur and Christian Doble traded post-breakup wallowing for an outlet of creative productivity by joining forces with friends Matt Rickle and Mike Spence - as well as each other - in a time they usually would have reserved for sleepless nights and regrettable text messages. And thus, FAWN was born a band not necessarily defined by heartbreak, but undeniably inspired by it.

From the heart of the ever-budding Detroit Music Scene, the band's members are no strangers to rock-as-release endeavors - having had prominent roles in such diverse acts as Kiddo, The Von Bondies, Thunderbirds are Now!, Javelins, and Those Transatlantics. They come bearing gifts of day-dreams-in-ripped-jeans anthems alongside spunky, angular beats and boy/girl harmonies sung with poise and fervor. While referential lines may be drawn from FAWN to slew of 90's touchstones (The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Breeders, Juliana Hatfielt) or the modern day slacker-rock of Yuck or Surfer Blood, it is not simply an exercise in brooding nostalgia.

The quartet evokes a certain undeniable positivity even when the cadence of the melodies start to go to a more somber place. It's the kind of music to blast with your car windows open immediately after quitting your job at the mall. FAWN masters the art of mature indie-pop while still winking and letting you know everything is going to be okay; it's is an express elevator out of 'the dumps.'

Robin Huqueleux a.k.a Fear Club is a 23 year old musician, graphic designer and a “do-it-yourselfer” based in Paris, France. He began recording electronic music in 2012 influenced by the electronic sound of Toro y Moi and Washed Out. His sound is serving up addictive dreampop, ambient tunes that are perfect for the Spring and Summer seasons. He regularly collaborates with the melting vocals of 18-year-old Ashley Garcia living in Los Angeles. Fear Club aims to capture “our nostalgia of sunny days when summer is gone.”