"This may be the birth of a new genre of music; a new niche that will, once again, bring the world spotlight back to the southeast. It wouldn't surprise me ... these guys are really that good."

Brian Dukes
A&E Editor
Up & Coming Weekly

Dirty5Thirty

Dirty5Thirty is a six member, organic hip-hop group from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They are proudly "multi-genred" and borrow liberally from influences in jazz, metal, funk, hip-hop and psychadelia. Their "rap-attack meets jams" (Independent Weekly) style has been touted as The Roots meets Soulive, with a little Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam thrown in for taste. A demonstration of these influences can be seen in, "ITSNOTGONNABELIKE
ITWASBEFORE", the band's first full length LP (3/2006).

Furthermore, Dirty5Thirty is accomplished, having played over 100 shows at more than 30 venues in two years. They raised over $2000 for the Lineberger Cancer Research Center at UNC-Chapel Hill through the creation, promotion and planning of "Project Elevation," an eight band festival held in April of 2005.

At the moment they are maintaining a busy performing schedule throughout the American Southeast, and are planning the release of their first music video for "Vertigo (Planetary Alignment)"..

The Line-Up

• Katharsis
• Dirty5Thirty
• Black Sky Radius
• The Infamy
• Carolina Still
• Autumn Window
• Someone's Sister
• The Lowlands