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Great Caesar first caught the critical eye for releasing a concept video for “Don’t Ask Me Why” which centered on the modern fight for gender and sexual equality. The buzz around the video’s socially conscious message earned the Western-influenced indie folk band cred from varied celebrity endorsements and sent them on a whirlwind tour through SXSW along with some speaking gigs. The sextet settled down shortly afterward to focus on writing and recording their foot-stomping singalongs. The result is a project with soulful, sweet vocals over retro keyboard tones, lush floating guitars, and trumpet fanfare. Groovy, rumbling bass and efficient, ticking percussion structures their pop-forward folk.

Download & stream Caspian on Audiotree Live -- https://smarturl.it/AT-Great-Caesar

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Low Cut Connie has a piano named Shondra. She’s traveled everywhere with the band, bringing their righteous rock n’ roll to dingy bars and swanky cocktail clubs across the US. Her savory, aged tonality is the pedestal around which Low Cut Connie’s irreverent jams swing. They add peppy gang vocals, a boastful stage presence and cheeky lyricism to create a live performance that is compulsively fun to watch.

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Tigerwine is a 2000’s alt rock-obsessed three-piece who want to be the loudest band in the world. They’re outgoing, personable dudes who accidentally invented their road favorite Crucial Mac N’ Cheese and have a deep love for the Iron Giant. They are all three born and raised in the conservative mountain area of Colorado Springs, and its strict environment has had a reactionary influence on the band’s culturally critical, scathingly loud music.

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Raging Fyah are a traditional reggae band from Kingston, Jamaica. Their soulful sound exists to provide upbeat energy and positive vibes to listeners around the globe. Lead singer Kumar Bent lends a voice to Raging Fyah’s dialectical lyrics; he speaks on themes of personal identity, the advancement of race relations and forward progress in their homeland. The band incorporates the use of multiple keyboards with classical tones fit for a tropical church service with elements of dub and expansive vocal harmonies. Their free-spirited approach to songwriting allows a vast range of influences to congeal into the final product of relaxing, patient roots reggae.

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Enemies is a mostly instrumental math-pop band who write cathartic tropical jams to ward off the dreary cloud-cover of their UK home. They're an exceptional group of musicians whose colorful guitar tones chatter back and forth with the rhythm section's shrewd beat construction while leaping across a multitude of time signatures. Enemies makes mathematical, nerdy rock feel sunny, reflective and downright optimistic. Though often extremely technical, their playful musical banter illuminates the strength of grasp this quartet has on writing pop hooks.

Download & stream Strawberry Girls on Audiotree Live -- https://smarturl.it/AT-Enemies

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Lucy Dacus is a witty songwriter whose solo tunes have evolved into twangy indie rock slow-burners with help from the rest of her talented quintet. She began writing mostly for herself, but met up with like-minded players in Richmond, Virginia who helped flesh out and grow her skeletal demos. Dacus is a soft-spoken, in-the-moment kind of player whose lyrics are open-ended but biographical. She possesses an acute observational focus, one that gifts her with the ability to tell stories that resonate with thoughtful universal truth.

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Hodera began as an outlet for Matthew Smith’s poetry put to folk music. At its core, the songwriter sentiment remains but the final product contains tinges of 2000’s alternative, emo and indie rock.

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Astronauts etc. is the songwriting project of frontman Anthony Ferraro. With his band, he creates a soulful brand of indie pop filled with spacey 70’s keyboard tones. Ferraro’s breezy falsetto is the perfect companion to sharp, ethereal guitar licks. Shimmering chords and a groovy rhythm section round out the sound.

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Penny and Sparrow make minimalist music with a lot of soul. Their emotional, lyrically heavy ballads contain soft spoken, ethereal harmonies sung over airy acoustic or electric guitar. The duo records with a full band and sometimes perform as such, but retain a preference for the intimacy and financial freedom of a two-piece. Get to know the band through moving, folksy tunes here on Audiotree Live.

Download & stream Penny and Sparrow on Audiotree Live -- https://smarturl.it/AT-Penny-Sparrow

 

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Animal Years are an upbeat folk band who perform with rapid-fire, finger-picked guitars and percussion that ticks and thumps along to harmonious vocal arrangements. Lead vocalist Mike McFadden’s voice is soulful, kind and conversational as he hollers over the rolling chord progressions. The band provides ample support, laying a solid folk foundation for his pining texture to ring out over gang vocals and anthemic choruses.

Download & stream Animal Years on Audiotree Live -- https://smarturl.it/AT-Animal-Years

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