This round of Showcasing Artists includes legendary British post-punk band Wire, on the heels of their soon-to-be released 17th studio album Mind Hive; Riceboy Sleeps/Jónsi & Alex member and Sigur Rós collaborator Alex Somers; the Charli XCX-created band and subject of a new Netflix reality series Nasty Cherry (I’m With the Band: Nasty Cherry will debut this Friday); on-the-rise rappers Jucee Froot and Marlon Craft; the hazy Beach Boys-esque nostalgia of India’s The F16’s; London jazz collective Steam Down; Los Angeles shoegaze project Launder; Tim Burgess, frontman for British pop-rock mainstays The Charlatans; jazz-infused Tokyo hip-hop trio Dos Monos; Hop Along singer Francis Quinlan; left-field Ukrainian pop singer Alina Pash; Mexican psych duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete; Stone’s Throw Records’ L.A. post-punk trio Automatic; Zambian afropop and R&B queen Salma Sky; Major Lazer member and reggae/dancehall/afropop DJ, MC and producer Walshy Fire; rising Indonesian indie-pop band Reality Club; Colombian electronic dance floor meets retro-latin act Monophonicos; the heart-on-sleeve soulful pop of South London’s Arlo Parks; blissed out dream pop of Bodywash; and a victory lap from chaotic Japanese noise punks and SXSW crowd favorites Otoboke Beaver
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