CJLO X SXSW 2024: Hip Hop and RPM Preview

March 4 2024 // Amrew Weekes and Jason Regy // Magazine // Features

It’s been 5 years since I last went to SXSW and I am excited to get back to this cool city and awesome festival. There are a lot of artists this year that I do not recognize which is what is going to make this festival fun as I am sure there will be a lot of cool discoveries. Here are some artist I see in the lineup that I want to check out.

One of the artists in the lineup is Baby Kahlo, a female rapper representing Baltimore.  Another female artist I will be checking out is Cha’keeta B, from Austin TX, whose style is smooth with lyrics that hit you in the face. Another female artist all the way from Taipei Taiwan, is Lex the Lexico. She has a fun, brainy flow over beats that take me back to the 90s and beats that could be played on one of CJLO’s Alt rock shows.

I’m also going to checking out some R&B artists. One artist I want to see is Latir, who is described as an Alt-Indie R&B artist who has combined his love for Hip Hop, old School jazz and electronic into his musical style. I checked out his 2023 album Daydreams and Desires and his sound is definitely something J-Nice would play on our show The Limelight.  

Another artist who I was pleasantly surprised to see Canada’s-own and friend of The Limelight Janette King. This artist has been on our show several times, she is a talented songwriter and producer and has a beautiful soulful voice, so I know I am in for a good performance.

And finally we have Audrey Nuna from Manalpan, New Jersey who has an indie pop/R&B vibe. I checked out her song "Starving" featuring Teezo Touchdown and immediately added her to the list.

As a DJ myself, I cannot go to a music festival without catching a few DJ sets. I will be checking out Ace representing the U.K. and host of Radio 1Xtra who will be dropping some funky grooves. I also have ASHMAR on the list who’s a singer-songwriter and producer from Austin, who will be dropping a funky, Hip Hop DJ set.

These are just some of the artists I see in the lineup. There will be a lot more discoveries as this is the magic of going to showcases. I am excited to share which artist you have to check out when I get back from SXSW.

 

Amrew Weekes aka Lady Oracle is a co-host of The Limelight, Saturdays 6-8 p.m.

As most of my loyal listeners would know, this past October I attended ADE in Amsterdam. It was my first music conference anywhere, let alone an entire continent away.

While this even is less focussed on the electronic music scene, and doesn’t have as many big names as ADE did (anyone else went to the Scantraxx Alchemy of Sound, I Am House’s event, the Black Hole Recordings label party or Charlotte de Witte’s secret location rave?), there are definitely plenty of events to be excited about at SXSW this year!

Here are the top events of each day that I’m the most excited to see:

March 13th

  • N:Force at Kingdom

  • Nils Hoffmann at Coconut Club

  • Justin Hawkes at Kingdom

  • Totalement Sublime at Swan Dive

   March 14th

  • Nhạc Gãy at Empire Control Room

  • Bubele Booi at Speakeasy

  • Hinako Omori at Seven Grand

  • Tay Powers at Revival Coffee

   March 15th

  • Jason Voltaire at Central Presbyterian Church

  • HIEN at Empire Control Room

  • Aïsha Devi at Central Presbyterian Church

  • Arexibo at Empire Control Room

Aside from what I mentioned above, I will be checking out a bunch of the events in Austin from the 13th of March until the 15th. Who knows, maybe a different event will completely shatter my expectations and be the most memorable event of the festival. If I don’t see you there, I’ll also be checking out the AVA Recordings label party when I get back to Montreal (if the plane landing time permits) - after all, I’ll have some catching up to do with my friends.

 
Jason Regy is CJLO 1690AM's RPM Music Director and host of Rigged Sessions Sundays 10AM-12PM