Holy Mountain

Flying Balalaika Brothers
The Original Flying Balalaika Brothers were formed in Los Angeles in 1995 by Zhenya Kolykhanov (a.k.a. Z Rock), the former lead guitarist of the Russion surf/rockabilly group Red Elvises. The group started as a street band and later transformed into the group Red Elvises; which had a large history of performing for clubs, motion pictures, and tv shows in California....

Daedelus
Born Alfred Weisberg-Roberts in Santa Monica, California, producer/instrumentalist Daedelus wanted to be an inventor from an early age, a sentiment that led to him choosing an artistic moniker (in Greek mythology, Daedelus was known as an inventor, although Weisberg-Roberts also cites the character Stephan Dedalus in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- as well as the ship in the Japanese cartoon Robotech -- as equally valid reasons for his selection) when he began releasing his own work....

Emily Wolfe
Emily Wolfe’s debut record Director’s Notes is rooted in folky-pop melodies with a unique, soothing vocal quality, and topped with inspired lyrics about the ups and downs of young love. Each track pulls you further into the mood of the melody allowing your mind to wander through the stories until eventually, they become your own....

The Ton Tons
"Even coming away with one legitimate discovery at SXSW makes the whole enterprise worthwhile, so it was both ironic and appropriate that my discovery this year comes from Houston. This wasn’t so much discovery as confirmation: I knew about the Tontons before, from several testimonials and their MySpace page, but after watching them Thursday....

Walker Lukens
Singer-songwriter, Walker Lukens, spent several years wandering through the desert. At various times, he could be found filling half-empty New York City bars with his songs, retracing Huckleberry Finn’s path with photographer Logan Beck, languishing under the moniker The Brood, crisscrossing the U....