Premier lifestyle and entertainment marketing firm Audible Treats is proud to announce their Fourth Annual Official SXSW Hip-Hop Showcase. The showcase will take place at The 512 Bar on Thursday, March 14th at 7:30 PM. Co-headlining the show will be Souls of Mischief, Prince Paul, and Hot Sugar, the three of whom will be joined by Dallas media darlings A.Dd+, indie powerhouse label Funk Volume’s Dizzy Wright and Jarren Benton, rising Southern trap star SL Jones, Bay Area #airchair evangelists Iamsu! and Roach Gigz, tumblr queen Chippy Nonstop, blackcloak lifestyle ambassadors The Doppelgangaz, and Denver goth-rap duo BLK HRTS. As an official SXSW-sponsored showcase all badge and wristband holders will be admitted free.
Over the past three years, Audible Treats has produced some of the most diverse and talked about hip-hop showcases. This year is poised to be the most exciting showcase yet, co-headlined the legendary Souls Of Mischief crew, who are celebrating the 20 year anniversary of their seminal album ‘93 Til Infinity and everyone’s favorite producer, Prince Paul,along with ultra-talented rising star, producer Hot Sugar. Elsewhere, the showcase displays artists from around the country, ranging from Southern acts, like A.Dd+, SL Jones, and Jarren Benton; to West Coast acts like Iamsu!, Roach Gigz, Chippy Nonstop, and BLK HRTS; and representing the East Coast is rowdy New York duo The Doppelgangaz. Says Audible Treats Co-Founder and President, Michelle McDevitt, “What I love about our showcases is the fact that we’ve always been known as the PR firm that breaks ‘next-to-blow’ level talent and our showcases are the best opportunity for fans to get in early on seeing the stars of tomorrow all in once place.”
For this year’s showcase, Audible Treats has teamed up with a pair of premier media outlets HipHopDX and LX-Goods, a collection of top-flight lifestyle companies, including Akomplice, Flüd Watches, Rocksmith NYC, Scratch Tracks, and Drop Dead Clothing, along with leading audio equipment and software manufacturer Native Instruments.
Audible Treats is a Brooklyn-based entertainment marketing and publicity firm specializing in print and online publicity and social media marketing. Working closely with the best record labels and lifestyle companies since 2004, Audible Treats creates customized, effective marketing and publicity campaigns for countless clients, ranging the spectrum from legacy artists to Grammy-winners to rising stars including Kreayshawn, Amon Tobin, Kool Keith, Hieroglyphics, Black Milk, The Pharcyde, Slightly Stoopid, J*DaVeY, and many more. By combining out-of-the-box creative strategies with industry know-how, Audible Treats plays a vital role in assisting clients to meet their goals.
The Details:
When: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 8PM – 2AM
What: Fourth Annual Audible Treats Official SXSW 2012 Hip-Hop Showcase
Where: The 512 Bar, 408 East 6th St, Austin TX (cap is 250-300)
Who: Souls of Mischief, Prince Paul, Hot Sugar, A.Dd+, Dizzy Wright & Jarren Benton, SL Jones, Iamsu!, Roach Gigz, Chippy Nonstop, The Doppelgangaz, and BLK HRTS