Last September, five Austin bands and more than a thousand friends and fans gathered at the Moody Theatre, home of the Austin City Limits television series, to pay tribute to Brent Grulke, the music director of South By Southwest, who unexpectedly passed away at the age of 52.

The Staves are English sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor, whose unique vocal harmonies and haunting melodies have already seen them tipped for success by The Guardian, iTunes, Time Out, The Times, Nylon, and The Independent to name but a few. Known for their jaw-dropping live performances, The Staves recently supported Bon Iver on their European stadium tour, followed by their own headline tour of UK and Ireland before supporting Fink in India.

The Austin Steamers is a star-studded group of Texas gentleman that know their way around the strings and can sing a few harmonies besides. The band formed in December 2011 and has been doing a Friday night residency at Austin\'s very own White Horse Honky Tonk ever since.

\"Pumcayó\" is Spanish for \"thump! (it/he/she) fell\". The music crafted by the quintet touches on contemporary folk acts like Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear, with occasional nods to progressive rock. The disparate musical strands are all held together by the glue of the band\'s indelible Mexican inheritance and the end result, much like Mexican handicrafts, is intricate, textured, colorful and raw.

Pumcayó has collaborated with visual artist Marcel Dzama and has shared stage with bands such as OKGO and Kings of Convenience.

PAWS live in Glasgow, with members respectively from Tain (Highlands of Scotland), Edinburgh, and Glasgow. The band is made up of Philip, Joshua and Matthew.

Pájaro

Kicking down doors in TX is one of Austin\'s own... SERTIFIED, founder of Die Slo Entertainment, brings with him hard lyrics, slick rhythm patterns & a straight forward delivery that will not only have you bobbin your head but, will always leave you anticipating his next verse. Known for his memorable hooks and versatility on the track, Sertified always kills the mic and will never leave a fan unsatisfied.

Agent Ribbons isn\'t just a band--it\'s a tree house club of post-feminist dreamers trying to find their place in the scheme of things, like a hand-sewn and lovingly-crafted garment in a modern, disposable world. Listening to everything from Eartha Kitt to the Velvet Underground and taking notes from bands like the Shaggs, the Boswell Sisters and the Zombies, they miraculously reconcile seemingly-unrelated genres, sounding something like Girls in the Garage doing the Three Penny Opera.

Puerto Candelaria has had more than one million people attend their concerts during 16 international tours, which took them to more than 40 cities in Central America, South America, Europe and Asia.

In its history of 11 years, Puerto Candelaria has produced 4 albums, rich in local and foreign sounds. In their last album, they take their Cumbia Underground and make it into a rebellious sound called \"Cumbia Rebelde\".

"Hussle Club is for everyone on this same path, people that devote their lives and make sacrifices in order to live life as they wish and use their talent to defy the 'system' by living a life that is non-conventional and coming out on top. It's for the artists, the painters, the dj's, the musicians, the rappers, the pushers, the graffiti writers, etc. Hussle Club is for everyone and I'm just supplying the soundtrack." - Prince Terrence