SXSW Recommended: WOW

Next month worlds’ biggest showcase festival is back again: South by South West in Texas, USA. It’s the festival that celebrates the convergence of the interactive, film and music industries. We love to introduce to you some of the interesting acts that caught our attention.

Leah Lane from Rosegarden Funeral Party

Rising from the inferno of heartbreak with a determination towards gentility, humility, graciousness, and kindness, Rosegarden Funeral Party takes influence from life’s tragedies and spins chaos into beauty. Leah Lane fronts the band with a voice like that of the lovechild between Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux and her guitar playing has been compared to that of Daniel Ash. Wil Farrier’s bass playing takes obvious inspiration from Peter Hook.

Trying to fill the gap between Black Sabbath & Franz Ferdinand: Page Turners

Page Turners try to capture the energetic flow that is created as a result of merging 70’s rock with Britpop/indie of the 21st century with guitar-driven original music. This basically means that the young Czech-Russian band loves Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath as much as they love Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines and Franz Ferdinand.