 SXSW Buzz: Music |
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SXSW is a talent showcase and a schmoozathon, a citywide barbecue party and a brainstorming session for a business that has been radically shaken and stirred by the Internet. - NYTimes
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Between Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend, I'm starting to wonder if we aren't living in a new age of 'college rock'. - Idolator
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| The Lemonheads. In a word: AWESOME. - SirWinston |
| Alert! SPIN editor Doug Brod's picks for Saturday! Nautical-themed Brit pop
from British Sea Power, Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong at SPIN's
closing night party, world-fused punk from Firewater, mini-sized Brit
chanteuse Duffy, dance-rock duo the Ting Tings. |
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SPIN deputy editor Steve Kandell's picks for Saturday! Math-y art school pop from the U.K.'s Los Campesinos!, the AC/DC-style
hard rock of Black Tide, hip rock'n'roll from The Virgins, the classic
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Pop-punk heroes Paramore, who sat down with MTV News earlier in the day to let fans know they're not breaking up, headlined one of the most un-SXSW events of the entire week: a multi-band pileup for the MySpace generation, sponsored by spooky-ooky retailer Hot Topic, packed with local kids who wouldn't know a SXSW badge from a dial-up Internet connection. - MTV
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| When Fuck Buttons
played the Pitchfork/Windish party earlier in the day, I foolishly left
my earplugs at the merch table. There was no chance I'd make the same
mistake. I know I didn't miss anything by blocking out a few decibels;
their aural assault is really something to behold, and it requires more
than just one's ears, anyway. - Pitchfork |
| The Ting Tings peppy pop duo shined on the big outdoor stage of Stubbs. With a debut album not yet released, the act's danceable power-pop -- brightened with sassy electronic loops -- proved to already be arena-ready. The act's set-closer "That's Not My Name" could have gone on forever, a smashing arms-in-the-air sing-along number with a hip-hop brashness, a slinky beat and a booming grand finale. - LATimes |
Stereogum Band To Watch: High Places (sxsw)
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Nathan Followill of Kings of Leon, Jason Sollsteimer of The Von Bondies and The Wombats watched MGMT at Stubb’s. - NME
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| One of the fest's hottest tickets, She & Him's Parish appearance commanded a SXSW badge-holder queue that stretched on for a block ... Understandable, really: M. Ward, the "Him" half, would be a pretty huge draw by himself, and toss in the novelty of seeing actress Zooey Deschanel in the flesh and just a few feet away [/starstruck] and you've got yourself a capital E Event. - Pitchfork |
| Inca Ore manipulated voice and violin to craft cold, alien lullabies, evoking the most stark and forbidden corners of the night. Grouper, meanwhile, carved a new Mariana Trench with low-end reverberations on her guitar, and then proceeded to drown her mournful songs in it. - Pitchfork |
| Constantines put on one of the best shows I've ever seen about five years ago, so my hopes were high for their 1 a.m. set at Antone's. Memory has a way of obscuring and romanticizing things, though, so of course I found the show lacking by comparison ... it's hard not to love a band that introduces a majority of its rough-edged rock tunes as love songs. - Pitchfork |
Be Your Own Pet played about three songs before their mics went dead ... It turns out the Mohawk's generator actually ran out of gas during their set ... they came back later ... the sheer balls on display is refreshing. I could go on about how wild, intense, and fun this band is live, but suffice it to say: if you get the chance, please see them yourself. - Pitchfork
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Brooklyn rockers A Place To Bury Strangers’ won countless new fans and got tongues wagging at SXSW in the early hours of this morning (March 15), playing an epic gig ... an intense five-song set punctuated by blasts of dry ice, walls of guitar noise and gob-smacked reaction ... a genuine sense of event around the gig ... with many punters grabbing band members and their manager after the show to find out more about the band... - NME
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Duffy continued her US assault this afternoon (Mar14) with an early evening show at SXSW. The UK’s official Number One artist closed proceedings at the Fader Fort venue. The Welsh songbird won over the crowd, which included former Clash man Mick Jones, who danced as the sun set. - NME
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The Rascals played a headline slot in the early hours of this morning (Mar15) at the Wave venue at SXSW at the NME showcase gig. The likes of Lightspeed Champion, Ed Harcourt, Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man and various members of Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong turned out to watch Mile Kane and co play their gig, which began at 1am (CMT). - NME
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| A familiar tune is being played on the business side, where traditional infrastructure is crumbling. The industry has been in a tailspin for more than a decade, entering its fifth straight year of steep decline as downloading and file-sharing continue to chip away at the old business model. A telling sign of the times: This year legal panels at SXSW comprise a full eighth of the seminar discussions at the Austin Convention Center. - BostonGlobe |
An interesting thing about this year’s gathering is the support of gay artists. Many new gay artists will perform and therefore, Gay.com will also be there. Eight of the most talented gay indie musicians will be performing in two simultaneous concerts at Austin’s two highest-profile gay venues, each gathering at least 1,000 fans, PlanetOut.com informs. - eFluxMedia
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Lou Reed is urging all music fans to demand better quality sound from downloads because he fears modern technology is "taking us backwards".
He said, "You have a lot available to you and it sounds bad. People have got to demand a higher standard. - PR-Inside
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| Moby is set to play a set at Vice tonight around midnight! - ChaCha Danielle |
| Singer-songwriter Ben Jelen raised over $10,000 for his environmental charity, the Ben Jelen Foundation, at the Eastsport Cafe at Moonshine on Friday, March 14th. - Houston Chronicle |
| The line to get into Antone’s, where the Vampire Weekend is scheduled to play at 11 p.m., is already over a third of the way down Lavaca Street. Unless you have a wristband or badge, don't plan on attending this one! Austin360 7:55pm
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The weather and music here at SXSW have got something in common – they’re HOT ! Temperatures peaked at an uncomfortable 95 degrees today. - MOG Charley
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Syd Straw deserves her own television show. It would probably have to run very late at night, but she made me laugh so hard at Bourbon Rocks Thursday that I had to wipe tears from my eyes. Straw, of course, is a singer, not a comedian... - Austin360
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| Liam Finn: A one-man basher! - NYTimes ArtBeat |
Mojo magazine editor-in-chief Phil Alexander on Friday interviewed two British punk rock living legends and lifelong friends. Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sigue Sigue Sputnik) were ridiculously entertaining as they displayed their well-developed cheeky English humor, creating the same spontaneous, anything-goes, aura that the Beatles used to disarm interviewers during press conferences. - Austin360
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| Hot 93.3 is the hottest radio station in Austin! ChaCha loves Hot 93.3. |
The Raveonettes, who are New Yorkers via Denmark, lived up to the hype surrounding their distortion-drenched new release, "Lust, Lust, Lust" during their 12:30 a.m. performance at Vice. One of the best parts of the performance was that the club was just big enough so that anyone with a wristband, a badge or $20 to slip the doorman was able to gain safe passage into the club. - Austin360
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| Influences: Much has been written about the Raveonettes' heavy Jesus and Mary Chain influence on the songs from "Lust, Lust, Lust," and it's all true. They definitely usurp the influential band's formula of fuzzed-out guitars crunching over four-on-the-floor drums and traditional pop song structure. But it should be noted that the Raveonettes name doesn't bear a close resemblance to the Ronettes by accident. Core members Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo also incorporate Phil Spector's wall of sound from the '60s into their pastiche of influences, as well as American West Coast surf music and elements from Italian psychedelic pop. - Austin360
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Thanks to Thom Yorke and the late Jeff Buckley, male rockers are no longer afraid to get in touch with the female side of their voices. On Thursday, the most ethereal falsettos at SXSW belonged to My Morning Jacket and Wisconsin-based newcomer Justin Vernon, alias Bon Iver. Mr. Vernon stunned a packed crowd at the Parish with a voice straight out of the Vienna Boys' Choir. When his folk-rock songs needed an extra dose of eeriness, he danced on the edge of a yodel, pulling back at the last second. - DallasNews
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Taste of SXSW: "After the law (or should I say,
respect for the noise ordinance) brought an end to the live music at
Hobo Village, it was off to try (and fail) to catch Tucson’s Bark!
Bark! Bark! at New York’s MyOpenBar.com Sink or Swim party, which to
everyone’s delight was held on the roof of a downtown parking garage
and offered lovely, misty panoramic views of the city. Mika Miko... The LA band’s full-speed-ahead, geek chic girl punk was a crowd pleaser. And rapid-fire, yelped vocals always seem to sound better when they are sung into a red telephone rigged up as a mic." - AZNightBuzz
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Picked by SPIN magazine as one of their acts to watch this year,
27-year-old Memphis DIY punk Jay Reatard has been getting some of the
best ink of his already 12-year career lately.
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Standing next to Davis Banner. He's playing at the fender party and has a guest DJ. 4:35pm - ChaCha Danielle
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A rock opera/musical that’s part Tommy and part Cabaret, Rainbow Around the Sun
is a perfect example of what a talented group of artists and musicians
can do when they have a modest budget and modern technology (e.g., HD
cameras, Final Cut Pro) to work from. Filmed in and around Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma by directors Kevin Ely and Beau Leland (who also edited)
and based on a concept album (remember those?) by singer/songwriter
Matthew Alvin Brown. - SlashFilm
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Just had an Arnold Palmer with Matt Fecher and gave an interview at The Mohawk. - ChaChaJustin |
SPIN's Editor Doug Brod offers his picks for Friday's showcases: Hip-hop from Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, sweet sounding folk from Nicole Atkins, punk legends X at the SPIN party, the Downbeat 5, and American Bang.
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SPIN's Deputy Editor Steve Kandell offers his picks for Friday's showcases. Supersuckers, Handsome Furs, Fleet Foxes, Bobby Bare Jr., Clipse, Flowers Forever.
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Paramore’s gig, at La Zona Rosa
at 12:45am (CMT) will be of particular interest. The band cancelled a
spate of gigs recently, citing “internal issues”, so it remains to be
soon how together they will be tonight (March 14). -NME
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Check out Ocelot. Saw them at IHeartComix last night and they brought the house down. - ChaChaJustin
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The "hot freaks" party is today and tomorrow from noon to 6. Six major music bloggers put it on, should be huge! -ChaChaMike |
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Huge buzz about "plants and animals" playing tonight at maggie mae's at 11pm
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Check out "sisters" they are playing the dizzy rooster at noon on Saturday. I hear a&r reps are going to see them - ChaChaMike
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| The recently re-energized N.E.R.D (No One Ever Really Dies) performed to a packed house last night. People are buzzing about their resurgance and their upcoming spring tour -Wayward Blog |
| Janice Headley of KEXP Seattle (90.3fm) said, "The first band I’ve seen so far at SXSW was Antietam,
and, man, it’s just gonna be all downhill from there… Okay, just
kidding! But this veteran New York band rocked with such amazing energy
and passion, it will be hard to beat" - KEXP Blog |
| British country rockers, The Barker Band, impressed the crowd last night. The brother-led and family fueled english country rockers were a little bit country, a little bit rock, a little bit bluegrass and a whole lot of fun for those in attendance. - CMT |
Jens Lekman, Bon Iver draw massive crowds and lines with Thursday night
sets at the Mohawk patio. Those who couldn't get in watched from every possible
angle, through fence cracks and over barricades. And inside Mohawk,
South Carolina's Explorers Club rocked a cover of "Johnny B. Goode." - SPIN
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| The Toxic Avenger heavy beats had the whole house bouncing at the Beauty Bar last night. Reply to 242242 ChaCha and ask us what bands are playing there tonight. - IHeartComix |
Alert! SPIN's Deputy Editor Steve Kandell offers his picks for Friday's showcases. Supersuckers, Handsome Furs, Fleet Foxes, Bobby Bare Jr., Clipse, Flowers Forever.
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Alert! SPIN's Editor Doug Brod offers his picks for Friday's showcases: Hip-hop from Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, sweet sounding folk from Nicole Atkins, punk legends X at the SPIN party, the Downbeat 5, and American Bang.
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moby is rockin the playboy party! - ChaChaBrad ~2am
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MGMT and DJ Johnny Sunshine are rocking the playboy party at SXSW tonight! - ChaChaBrad
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MGMT played a gig at The Rio venue in Austin, Texas tonight (March 13) as part of the SXSW festival, packing out the bar and causing fans to queue round the block for a chance to see the band in action. - NME.com 01:13:28
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NERD played a storming SXSW debut this evening (March 13). - NME.com 01:12:35
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Neon Neon were joined by Har Mar Superstar for their first ever live show at SXSW today (March 13). 01:11:39
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A tribute to Lou Reed at South by Southwest tonight (March 14) culminated with Reed and Moby performing an extended jam of the Velvet Underground man's classic tune 'Walk On The Wild Side'. 00:09:02
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The Whip is rocking Club Deville! - ChaCha Mike
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| Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello played an acoustic-based show tonight (March 13) at Stubb’s at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. 11:11pm
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Serj Tankian played a surprise solo set tonight (March 13) at Stubb's as part of the Body Of War show at SXSW in Austin, Texas. 23:02:01
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Here's a live shot of The Most Serene Republic
at Emo's in Austin, Texas today (March 13th) for the Arts and Crafts
Records day party. They rocked the early set at 12:30 P.M. and were so
good that we've selected them for our Best of SXSW feature (coming soon), which will feature all of the great bands we see this week. - Crave
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Jamey Jasta, the voice of the legendary Hatebreed, as well as Icepick
and Kingdom of Sorrow, has announced a solo show at this year’s South
By Southwest festival in Austin, TX. JASTA will be playing Saturday,
March 15 at RED 7. 21:56:13
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Uh Huh Her will be doing a live video interview from SXSW tomorrow, March 14th at 1:30-1:45 PM CST.
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| Neptune playing at Fader Party! 9:41pm |
2008 SXSW Music video Winners - Brought to you courtesy of Steve Gottlieb at Video Static, direct from Austin, Texas. View Site. 21:34:06
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London rockers The Noisettes showed off a slew of new songs at the NME/Transgressive party at the Wave venue this afternoon (March 13) at SXSW. The trio played later than expected after a scheduling mix-up, taking the stage at 5pm. - NME
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Dolly Parton will not be performing her previously-scheduled appearance at this year’s SXSW festival in , Texas, which had been set to take place on Friday (March 14) at the Austin Music Hall. - NME
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Long lines as several hotly tipped acts took to the stage at The Parish in Austin for the NPR Showcase at SXSW. Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill was spotted at the show, several hours before his fiancée, singer Jessie Baylin who will perform at the venue tonight at 8.30pm. Followill caught Yeasayer’s set before checking out The Stills at nearby Emo’s and returned for Vampire Weekend’s capacity performance.
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| Check out foxy shazam! - ChaCha Mike |
| Seattle buzz band Fleet Foxes delivered a strong, competent set reminiscent of Band Of Horses and My Morning Jacket. The quintet offered up three-part vocal harmonies paired with introspective storytelling lyrics to a rapt audience. "I think it went well but I had my eyes closed the whole time," frontman Robin Peckhold told NME.COM after their set. "We got in this morning from Alabama around 4am so it's been pretty crazy. It's our first time at South by Southwest and it's good." - NME |
Check out Tulsa at Smokin' Music (Typewriter Museum, near 1306 E 6th St) tonight . - ChaCha Mike, Tulsa: they combine slinky, reverbified guitars and swirling vocals that land just on the safe side of hippie/indie folk drone - Paste
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Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, who has been enjoying SXSW festivities, watched from the wings, preparing himself for his band's set later in the afternoon. "Last night we saw Yeasayer and Lightspeed Champion play, and they were really good," he told NME
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"But perhaps the weirdest moment [in Lou Reed's SXSW keynote] was when he said that one of his favorite movies of all-time was The Bourne Ultimatum." - WashPost
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| Tweet - listening to basia bulat, who's making headlines at sxsw - wurk4fude |
The Band Yeasayer live from SXSW on XPN.org. - Cortland
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In a broad keynote at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, Velvet Underground leader Lou Reed took MP3s to task, and had some words of advice to those artists looking for a deal. Yet the Thursday morning Q&A session, moderated by music producer Hal Willner, was more a showcase for Reed's dry sarcasm than it was a look into a legendary musician's perspective on an ever-evolving music business. -The Envelope
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| The Lemonheads wowed their SXSW crowd by playing their best-loved album in full last night. Fan's spilled into the street while enjoying their classic tunes. -NME |
| UK Punk-Pop trio THE WOMBATS just caught twittering to their fans: Yee-Haa! We're in Austin Texas at SXSW livin' the American dream. Big hats an' boots ye'all! We're playin at Ceder Street Courtyard tomoz x - thewombats |
| Discovery of the night: Louisville, Ky.-based band Wax Fang. I had been curious about jazzy hip-hop act Kidz in the Hall and the bluesy Americana of Saint Bernadette. Wax Fang, however, tore those plans to shreds. The three-piece possessed a Who-like grandeur and psychedelic bent, and kept me parked in one venue for the hour. Wax Fang is epic guitar rock, with melodic solos breaking free from hypnotic loops. - LA Times |
| He [Bun B of the legendary hip hop duo UGK] was surrounded by Texas MCs who knew the words to all of his [Bun B] hits as well as a packed house of SXSW on-lookers- as well as the British MC Dizzee Rascal, who tore it up in the middle of Bun’s set while some technical issues were sorted out - Bun was what Texas insiders have for years insisted he was - an elder statesman who still seems to have plenty of great years left. - Austin360 |
| British Teen Trio Kitty, Daisy and Lewis performed a powerful set to a packed house. But although sound problems did break the momentum, and the banjo, lap steel and ukulele never got their due, the band had invested so much heart in each song that the crowd buzzed with excitement as it spilled outside. - Austin360 |
No Badge needed: Free concerts out at Auditorium Shores. Thursday: 6pm-Grupo Fantasma, 7pm-Del the Funky Homosapien, 8pm-Spoon. Gates open up at 5 p.m. Llimited parking. - News8Austin
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West Coast Hip Hop notables the Living Legends crew is set to release their new album ‘The Gathering’ next month. Since signing with Kork, the Legends have a headlining theater tour booked in March that is punctuated with a headlining showcase at SXSW and a featured performance on the 3rd annual Paid Dues Festival. - ThugLifeArmy
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New York quartet keeps its cool amid overwhelming buzz: What a difference three months make. A few days after Thanksgiving last year, New York indie-pop quartet Vampire Weekend, sharing a bill with North Texas acts Handclaps and Harmonies and the Uptown Bums, performed for a couple dozen people at Denton's Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Fast-forward to this month, and that same East Coast foursome is fresh off a debut performance on Saturday Night Live and an appearance on the cover of Spin magazine -- far from Denton's relatively sedate town square. - Star-Telegram
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| "Wednesday was the first official day of South By Southwest's music conference, and overall, it seemed pretty low-key, with the day's biggest names coming from rock's various old guards (R.E.M., Van Morrison, Naked Raygun) and the day's biggest sounds coming, as one might expect, from the pedaled-to-the-metal Raveonettes." - Idolator |
VillageVoice pans REM performance at SXSW: "They're not very good live. Maybe you knew this. Maybe you've chosen to forget. Tonight, we simply overlook..." Tweets disagree.
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| REM dedicated a song to Heath Ledger at the opening night of SXSW in Texas, according to reports. Michael Stipe and co previewed new album "Accelerate" almost in full during their show at Stubb's Barbeque venue. They also played a string of older material at the gig, plus voiced their support for Barack Obama's continuing bid for power in the US Presidential race. - YahooMusic |
| Tweet: At Ironweed Project. They very well might be THE find at sxsw this year. ChaCha it! |
| Tweet: I’m so angry! I’m trying to download the 2008 SxSW music festival torrent… totally legitimate. It’s quite obvious that AT&T is throttlin - RobIgo |
| Tweet: My god, I had nearly forgotten how f**kin awesome sxsw music is. Glory glory, best. Job. Ever. - aprilini |
Van Morrison bans drinking during SXSW show: Bars at La Zona Rosa forced to shut as Van The Man performs. - NME
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| Spoon scooped up the most awards at the Austin Music Awards tonight. Their song of the year was called "The Underdog," but they were clearly heavy favorites at the rebuilt Austin Music Hall, winning top honors in seven categories, including band and album of the year. - Austin360 |
| Manchester's The Whip pop their US cherry at SXSW today 3/12. The electro-popsters, played a storming lunchtime show at the Fader Fort to a virgin US audience, the first of five shows this week. The band are out to secure a US release for their debut album 'X Marks Destination', which comes out in the UK through Southern Fried later this month. - NME |
| Sia: Her hit 'Breathe Me' garnered the attention of TV audiences and Starbucks drinkers everywhere. The Australian singer's passionate and peppery vocal style comes from a blue-eyed blond with a romantic heart. Sounds Like: Beth Orton, Aimee Mann. - Spinner Catch her Friday at Stubbs around midnight. |
| Youngest Band to ever play SXSW: Tiny Masters of Today. Despite being 12 and 14 when they played the festival last year, the Brooklyn siblings' genuine punk-rock sound should keep them from being pushed around. That is, unless, they're not the ones starting the mosh pits themselves. Sounds Like: The Kills, Sonic Youth. - Spinner |
Chicago hip-hop trio The Cool Kids played a high-octane gig at the Peacock Lounge
venue in Austin, Texas this afternoon (March 12) as part of the SXSW
festival 2008. The trio delighted the crowd with a high-energy --
rappers Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish dragged chairs onto the stage so
they could rap above the crowd, making for a spectacular show. - NME
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| Focusing mainly on the material for their upcoming LP, the Raveonettes
played to packed house at Emo's in Austin and kicked brought a bang to
the opening day of SXSW! - NME |
| MOG's Indiepixie conducting THE FIRST video interview with Michael Stipe for R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate. View it here. |
| ...One of the hottest tickets this afternoon was the first day of the
four-day Fader party, in which the likes of electro-blues duo the Kills
performed, as well as pop act the Ruby Suns. At times, the wait to get
in was more than an hour - LA Times |
| Awesome new band called the forward is playing at troubadour saloon. Check em out! - ChaCha Brad |
| The Death Set is a punk rock band with two drummers. Getting rave reviews. Playing at Emos on Red River - ChaCha Susie |
| Mohawk and Red Eye are real busy. Austin, we have liftoff. - ChaCha Mike |
| kush & bloodfiyah angels are playing at flamingo cantina on 6th tonight at midnight - ChaCha Brad |
| The real cool hippie band named Dark Meat is getting the attention from some labels from the UK. Catch them @ Bourbon Rocks! - ChaCha Susie |
| Vice Records is re-releasing Dark Meat's first albumn with bonus tracks on April 7th - ChaCha Susie |
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Antone's has a great lineup tonight, check out "these new puritans" at 9pm - ChaCha Mike |
| The Beauty Bar has a great lineup tonight. Don't miss "ghosthustler" at 8pm - ChaCha Mike |
| Cut Copy, an IHeartComix band is playing tonight at the Karma Lounge at midnight! - ChaCha Mike |
| My Morning Jacket lit up
the crowd at Austin's the Parish last night (March 11) during a private
party for the Independent Film Channel, performing more than a
half-dozen songs from its upcoming album, "Evil Urges." - Billboard |
| The biggest buzz so far this year at SXSW Music is Vampire Weekend.
So much buzz peeps are already looking for what else to do as they
doubt they will be able to get in to see the [afro/preppy/new-wave
combination has a history -- Brits like Orange Juice, Americans like
Talking Heads -- says pitchfork] kids from NY. - ChaCha Susie |
| Rush t-shirt worn ironically? Young women wearing Merge Records
hoodies? Skinny people toting guitar cases? Why, this must be the
flight to Austin ... - Courant |
| Tune-In to Little Radio starting TODAY at 11:40 am CST (or 9:40am-4:15
PST) for our SXSW party stream LIVE from the Red Eyed Fly in Austin, TX
for our parties presented by Little Radio, Noise Pop, and Wolfgang’s
Vault. - LittleRadio |
| For Iraq War vet Tomas Young, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen, Tom
Morello and Bright Eyes aren’t just rock stars — they’re his lifelines.
“They keep me going every day to continue in this struggle,” says
Young, who was paralyzed from the chest down when his Humvee was
ambushed in Baghdad in 2004. “They remind me that there are things
bigger than myself.” ... “Too often, acts of resistance against this
war are tepid,” says Tom Morello, who lent the Nightwatchman’s
“Battle Hymns” to the album. He will perform the song at the film’s
premiere screening at the South By Southwest festival on March 13th,
where Harper and Tankian are also set to play. - RollingStone |
| "...the real action at SXSW springs up at the parasitic, unofficial
shows that go down all around the city. Scheduled to take place at
Beerland Saturday, March 15, the Rob's House/Die
Slaughterhaus/Douchemaster showcase is one of those unofficial shows."
- Creative Loafing |
| "I admit I'm curious to know if [Lou Reed] can give a speech [SXSW Music Keynote]
as well as he can write a line. (I hope he can incorporate "She started
shaking to that fine, fine music / Her life was saved by rock 'n' roll"
into his address)". - ReadExpress |
| Pitchfork posts their primer/handbook/tipsheet/what-you-will for SXSW
Music. Find out which events and sessions they think will be the nuts.
- Pitchfork |
| SeeqPod, the online music search
engine, released 'HollaWalla' Interactive, OpenSocial Compatible Widget
at South by Southwest Music Conference. The ‘Playable Search’ company's
new widget allows fans, bloggers, events producers, bands, and labels
anywhere to search for audio results, build a playlist and share it
with friends or fans via email, a social network profile, any blog or
Website. -Sys Con |
| Unicorn Media today announced
an open call for musical content for its highly anticipated new free
entertainment service. Unicorn Media emerged from its stealth mode this
week, revealing a pre-launch version of its ground-breaking
entertainment site where it is accepting professionally produced,
high-quality music from singers, bands and music labels all over the
world. - SocialMediaPortal |
Shy Child: Ostentatious electro-punk duo of Nate Smith and Pete "I Play the Friggin' Keytar"
Cafarella has signed with the Kill Rock Stars crew, who'll issue the
band's 2007 LP Noise Won't Stop in North America for the first time May
5. Shy Child will unload gobs of keytar fury all over the U.S. this
spring sarting with the Kill Rock Stars' SXSW showcase down at Emo's Lounge IV this Friday. - Pitchfork
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During SXSW, Kick Butt Coffee
in North Austin is hosting more than a dozen musical acts. Admission is
free. Kick Butt Coffee is not an official SXSW venue, but hopes to
become one in 2009. Kick Butt Coffee is at 5775 Airport Blvd. in the
Highland Commons shopping center.
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The Guild and Knock Off Take Top Honors at the Greenlight Awards. 'The
Guild' Selected for Best Original Production; 'Knock Off' Named Best
Original Series Idea in Industry’s First Digital TV Series Competition
- BusinessWire
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| Leonard Cohen-- singer/songwriter, poet, and recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee-- has announced a world tour - NME. |
| R.E.M. will stream their new
album, Accelerate, on the Facebook-affiliated application iLike from
March 24 to 26. In a statement, Michael Stipe said, "Collaborating with
iLike and debuting Accelerate across the Web is in keeping with the
spirit and immediacy of the album. We wanted to do something superfast
and super real. Music, art, and pop culture are about right now, and
nothing else matters. They play at SXSW at Stubb's around midnight on the 12th. - Times Online |
| To celebrate the South by Southwest Festival, Harmonix released today a
SXSW DLC pack for Rock Band featuring Shockwave by Black Tide,
Crushcrushcrush by Paramore and Serj Tankian's Beethoven C*** for just
under $3. You can also buy the songs for $0.99 a pop. - Kotaku |
| For fans unable to see Ice Cube's SXSW performance in person, the entire concert will be streamed live exclusively on
UVNTV.com, the first live streaming online TV network started by Cube
and longtime collaborator, DJ Pooh.
The live stream is the result of a partnership between the rapper and
the Microsoft Corporation, as the live feed will also feature
Microsoft's Silverlight technology, which enhances the quality of the
video. -Sohh.com |
eMusic: the world's second largest music service after iTunes announced
Monday that its catalog is now more than 3.5 million tracks. EMusic
using this week's South by Southwest (SXSW) event in Austin, Texas to
record a showcase event of up-and-coming artists. The event is
happening at 8:00 PM at Maggie May's in Austin on Wednesday, March 12.
They also added indie rock label Constellation Records to their
stable. - Digital Arts
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All Time Low:
The Maryland four piece pop punk outfit will make their network TV
debut tonight, performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! They also grace the
cover of Alternative Press this month and are at SXSW on the 15th at Habana Annex Backyard. - Ultimate-Guitar
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Dark Meat - the 17-piece
bluesy psych orchestra with the sorta rude song titles - sign with Vice
Records, who will reissue Universal Indians. See them at SXSW March 12
at Spiro's. - Pitchfork
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| Vampier Weekend's drummer Chris Tomson set to leave hospital after London car crash following Shockwaves NME Awards - NME |
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