Hexvessel

Post-punk is big business these days, and for good reason — we live in urgent, nervous times, and this is urgent, nervous music. Finland’s Beastmilk know this and capitalize upon it…

Hexvessel have a bunch of dates in the EU in the next six months, including interesting stops at Roadburn 2013 and Heavy Days in Doomtown. But the Finnish psychedelic folk band has one other interesting show planned as well, a single SXSW date at The Hideout on March 14, their only US show this far…

SXSW has announced its first round of artists for the 2013 installment of the festival which happens from March 12-17. Among the acts are Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, BADBADNOTGOOD, The Bug, Chris Cohen, Mac DeMarco, Eagulls, Klaxons, Thurston Moore, Marnie Stern, Amon Tobin, White Lung, Why…

Hexvessel are a self-described “psychedelic forest folk” band from Finland who go by the slogan “Plant trees and worship Sagan!” This isn’t what someone might normally associate with your typical Roadburn 2012 entry, visions of dancing, luted sprites and such, but Hexvessel maintains an eerie undercurrent that keeps things dramatic, haunting, and overall listenable…