We’ve broken down Free Press Summer Fest into two days of Must-See action! We’ve got a variety of acts from punk, pop, rock, dance and hip hop.
There may be a few set conflicts, but these are the best of the best if you’re looking for a crunk and twerktastic Free Press weekend!
Much of the inner-Austin area will be shut down this weekend, overrun by industry execs from the film, music, and tech world. That is, essentially, what South by Southwest means to Austinites. It sounds miserable, I know, but at least we can mooch as much as possible from the festival by attending its many free shows, and quite a few of the showcases have amazing artists. Here’s a few sets that are free and (fairly) easy to get into, and seriously can’t be missed.
The initial Free Press Summer Fest 2013 line-up was announced today… and it’s fan-freakin-tastic.
Gotta give wicked credit to Houston for putting on an annual music fest with a consistently good line-up that DOESN’T include Paul Wall every year (not that I would complain).
My crew and I went last year and despite the intense heat (it’s in the first week of June), we were able to enjoy great sets from The Flaming Lips, Snoop Dogg (just before his “Snoop Lion” fiasco), Z-Ro Morris Day & the Time, Afrojack, Diplo, Wallpaper, Fitz & the Tantrums, among others.
Without further ado, here’s the 2013 Free Press Summer Fest line-up (and can I mention how AWESOME it is that Quad City DJs are performing?! Come on, ride the train, it’s the choochoo train, woo woo!!):
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Borgore * Dawes * The Bronx * Paul Banks (from Interpol) * SOJA * JAPANDROIDS * Chairlift * The Mavericks * Mord Fustang * Devin the Dude * Baroness * Los Amigos Invisibles * Vintage Trouble * Savoy * Machine Gun Kelly * Super Mash Bros * Milo Greene * Half Moon Run * The Octopus Project * The Men * Ume * Kitty Pryde * Quad City DJ’s * The Beans * Blackmarket Syndicate * Deep Cuts *Showers * Otenki * Forced FEM * Orents Stirner * Infinite Apaches * Chin Xaou Ti Won * Mikey & the Drags * Hello Chief * A SEA ES * UZOY
* The Niceguys * Midnight Norma Lane * Nick Greer & The G’s * TRVP LORDZ ft. BUDA LOVE
* Young Mammals * DJ SUN * RIVERS * American Fangs * Snow In Texas * Ashes Of Babylon
We first posted about Brenton Duvall a few months ago when he tore it up with “Ambien (Sleepy Trip),” where he mashed Lil Wayne and Passion Pit. He’s back with another epic mash up, this time with 90s one-hit wonders Semisonic, and none other than Biggie, himself.
Brenton Duvall | “Time For What You Want (Notorious B.I.G. v. Semisonic)” [mp3]
Xaphoon Jones is one half of Chiddy Bang, and he just dropped his second mixtape, cleverly titled Mixtape Vol. 2. We decided to give you guys one of our favorite (and most creative) tracks off the mixtape, a mash up of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” and Passion Pit’s “Sleepy Head.”
Xaphoon Jones | “The Jackson Pit (Jackson 5 v. Passion Pit)” [mp3]
You can also download the full mixtape (for free) here.
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