"Legacy of Hipocracy" by MODERN MOTION 4:35 minutes (3.81 MB) Modern Motion's influences are not only social but political, therefore reggae is a natural format as it seems to the band that everything stems from reggae and/or tribal music. The ability to write upbeat songs while still writing about issues of war and poverty, injustice and indifference give a good balance and meaning to the music. Modern Motion has been on the beach in Northern Florida playing small bars and huge night clubs for the better part of three years.
"Chill Right Now" by TACO & DA MOFOS 3:54 minutes (3.57 MB) Enticing grooves, party-starting lyrics, catchy melodies, & an attitude like none other, Taco & Da Mofos pull out all the stops. From feel good reggae, to edgy rock, all the way to down south Rap and more, Da Mofos guarantee to have all cultures of life satisfied…
"Sympathetic Blues" by THE LOFT 4:12 minutes (3.49 MB) "The Loft was easily one of the stand-out bands I saw during SXSW-week" - Sean Claes (Managing Editor, INsite Magazine - Austin, TX)
"Revelation Sunday" by THE STEEPWATER BAND 5:59 minutes (7.73 MB) On Revelation Sunday, The Steepwater Band takes full advantage of their musical depth and diversity, combining their influences, distinctive songwriting, and a rootsy intensity to create their own brand of classic sounding edgy rock or what some have called Heavy Americana.
"My Pint" by THE BASTARD SUNS 3:10 minutes (4.35 MB) The Bastard Suns are a five-piece group from North Atlanta who perform original music comprised mostly of reggae-infused punk rock, often mixed with Irish drinking music. The Suns bring a high energy performance that is popular with both sexes and most age groups. All of the members are well into their 20’s and all are extremely dedicated to their art. In only two short years, The Bastard Suns have released a full length album and a subsequent split CD under their label - Unable Records.
"Homegirl" by THE RUNNING 4:49 minutes (4.41 MB)
"Bars" by WILLIE 3RD STREET 3:58 minutes (4.55 MB) The music of Willie 3rd Street is comprised of many different influences that span the gamut of genres from Hip Hop to Bluegrass to Rock and back again. A fresh guitar riff, tight funk beat and rhythmic vocals carrying plays on words is the root of this music. Originally from a small town in western Kentucky, Carson Gream (Willie 3rd Street) has since migrated to Nashville, Tennessee and is working to introduce the style he calls "Polyethnic Cajun Slamgrass" to Music City. "In a way its cool to not have anyone that I am compared to.
"This Joint" by SLIGHTLY STOOPID 4:08 minutes (6.4 MB) With more than a decade of making music together, the members of Slightly Stoopid have perfected one of the rarest—and most valuable—skills a band can develop: the art of the stealth groove, that knack for quietly—almost innocently—sliding into a song and utterly lassoing anyone within earshot by mid-song. That's where the band has come to reside, musically: deep in the pocket, that ever-elusive, funky trench where a band can entrance an audience, hypnotize it and hold on to it until the set or CD is finished.
"Incognito" by THE DIALECTICS 3:15 minutes (2.99 MB) The Dialectics are a live hip-hop band with 6 to 9 members. No one knows the exact number for sure, and the Dialectics refuse to issue an estimate for fear that they might leave someone out. Needless to say, the sound is big. Taking their cues from live-band acts like the Roots and Digable Planets, the Dialectics use real guitar, bass, and drums to breath life into break beats. They trade in samples for the spoken word. They are pioneers in the use of manual hand claps.
"Bread and Water" by RYAN BINGHAM 4:09 minutes (3.8 MB) Brian Hiatt - Rolling Stone: Singer-songwriter Bingham is the proudest Texan this side of Hank Hill: He writes lyrics overflowing with border-town imagery that dances just to the edge of cowboy cliché; earns his sepia-toned album cover with a dusty wood-and-steel sound; and despite being twenty-five, sings like Steve Earle's dad. All the mood-setting can get tiresome, but his best songs rock the hardest: the hand-clappy rave-up "Bread and Water" and the anti-war, pro-pot-growing cow-punk "Dollar a Day."
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