By now you should have heard of a company called NERO from one of your favorite artists. They are regularly hosting live streams where fans and upcoming musicians can submit their tracks to be reviewed directly by industry heavyweights in real time. Music reviews are in no shape a new concept for the culture. However, NERO was able to build and distribute the technology in a way that simply has not been done before. We think they are truly onto something massive for the indep

SXSW has always delivered some of the most impactful music sessions, conversations and panels in the country, and its 40th anniversary felt no different. One of the first sessions we tapped into featured Vic Mensa and Olly Sholotan, and what looked like a random pairing at first turned into a focused presentation of a new visual project. The two used their time to introduce HALFRICAN , an independent film series written by Mensa and starring both him and Sholotan. They opene