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The official Gorilla vs. Bear x SXSW 2018 showcase goes down on Friday night, March 16th, at Seven Grand in downtown Austin. Featuring the best official SXSW showcase lineup I've ever seen in my life, starring: Hinds, Faye Webster, Men I Trust, Helena Deland, Sun June, Hater, and Forever...

We've been enamored lately with songs both new and old(er) from Anemone, the swirling, immersive psychedelic pop project from Montreal's Chloé Soldevila. If you're unfamiliar, the group's whimsical and chilly visuals for their subtly sprawling reverie "Endless Dive" is an ideal starting point. Chloé tells us why she chose to set the video for such a decidedly sunny and dreamy West Coast

We're stoked to share this new mix we made for our friends at RACQUET Magazine, an extremely dope new independent tennis magazine that emerged last year, and has already garnered more than its share of accolades for their beautiful design and on-point writing...

Very psyched to announce that we've teamed up with Driftless, Our House, and Nine Mile to present this full day/evening of amazing artists on Thursday of SXSW at the Ginger Man. Featuring live sets from Hand Habits, She-Devils, Juanita Stein, Forgotten Species, Hayden Pedigo, and Matt Kivel during the day, and DJ sets from Airbird, Ellie Herring, CFCF, and Baltra at night...

Our official Gorilla vs. Bear 2016 SXSW showcase at Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel offered a glimpse into the future of pop music on a beautiful Thursday night in east Austin, from Negative Gemini's frenetic, club-ready experimental electronic pop that began the evening (I heard at least a few people compare her vibe to an early Grimes set circa 2011) to headliner Charli XCX's first-ever, next-

Brooklyn producer / experimental dance-pop musician Lindsey French — aka Negative Gemini — follows up one of our favorite songs of last year with the title track from her forthcoming debut full-length Body Work, out "mid 2016" on 100% Electronica...

Brighton producer Leon Vynehall drops a tight 2-hour Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1, featuring Fela Kuti, Mosca, Can, and most importantly, a handful of great new tracks from his own forthcoming record Rojus. Listen below + get psyched to see Vynehall live in Austin at SXSW on Thursday afternoon at the Tiny Mixtapes + ISO50 party at Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel with D∆WN, Jlin, and more, right

Kristin Welchez (aka Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls) unveils the beautiful, '80s-pop-inspired title track from X-Communicate, her new album as Kristin Kontrol, out in May on Sub Pop. Kristin says of the record:

We're beyond psyched to present the official Gorilla vs. Bear x Mazda + Hype Machine's Hype Hotel SXSW 2016 showcase, starring:

Charli XCX's SOPHIE-produced Vroom Vroom EP is out today on Charli's own label of the same; listen to the whole thing below + buy it on iTunes here. In related news, you can catch Charli XCX + SOPHIE performing together live for the first time at the official Gorilla vs...