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Hot 93.3 is the hottest radio station in Austin! ChaCha loves Hot 93.3. |
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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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Tweet - ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons was seen enjoying a brew at The Four Seasons -ChaChaHoosier |
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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 |
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Crystal Castles was in a car wreck! All shows sxsw cancelled! Details coming. 1:30pm - ChaChaMike |
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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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| 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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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 -ChaChaMike |
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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 |
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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 |
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Quite a few movies are getting love at SXSW Film Festival and are drawing rave reviews :Nerdcore Rising, Yeast, Explicit Ills, Living with the Tudors, One Minute to Nine, Sex Positive, Nights and Weekends, Shot in Bombay etc. Salon.com |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Longest line yet, at Stubbs 10:24pm |
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Long line at Red7 10:24:pm |
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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 |
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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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Ferrell Bringing 'Semi-Pro' to Alamo: Will Ferrell is making a quick detour on his publicity tour for the comedy Semi-Pro, and he's coming to Austin on February 16. The actor, along with director Kent Alterman, will be in attendance for a special Ain't It Cool News and Fantastic Fest screening of the film, at the Alamo Drafthouse S. Lamar. Click here for details, and how to get in. - Matt Dentler |
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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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Will Ferrell is hanging out on San Jacinto heading to Fader party! 20:33:45 |
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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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Threadheads attend the world premier of DIY Documentary Beautiful Losers and grab an exclusive interview with the films Director Aaron Rose. |
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Tom Morello (guitarist for Rage Against the Machine) spotted at the Myspace/Spin party today. 7:56pm |
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Check out foxy shazam! - ChaCha Mike |
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Myopenbar.com tells you every open bar (ie. Free) in Austin at sxsw! - ChaChaBrad |
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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 |
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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 |
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Uchi is the best sushi in Austin (and number 3 in the country!) -ChaCha Danielle |
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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 |
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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 |
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Post SXSW Interactive discussion continues to revolve around back channel panel revolt and uprising. However, the trend has turned from those embracing the public revolt, to a new wave of blogs chastising the sophomoric behavior. Rude is Rude and Enough is Enough - Michael Rubin |
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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 |
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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 |
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One of the hot newish companies at SXSW this year is Kyte.tv, a video-streaming service that lets users upload video from their mobile phones or webcams to be distributed through their own Kyte channel, which can be embedded across the Web. It's a cool service, and several blogs, including Silicon Alley Insider, are calling it the Twitter of this year's SXSW. -PCmag |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tweet: At Ironweed Project. They very well might be THE find at sxsw this year. ChaCha it! |
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The Matrix has already been to the NBA All Star Game and is now at SXSW where you can play the video game Rock Band out of the car! - NoBueno |
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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 |
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Tweet: My god, I had nearly forgotten how f**kin awesome sxsw music is. Glory glory, best. Job. Ever. - aprilini |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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Gilligan Island's Dawn Wells humiliated by shoddy media reporting of her pot posession and reckless driving arrest SXSW film festival... 22:39:19 |
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Huge line at emo's! 9:26pm Wed |
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Tweet: Best t-shirt of sxsw sighting: wall of voodoo tour 1985 shirt. Wow - lizstless |
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Stubb's is filling up, and lots of foot traffic towards the venue. 22:06:54 |
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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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"If you play it safe, you're a hack," Harlan Ellison said after the SXSW screening of Dreams With Sharp Teeth, a new documentary about his life. The engaging movie, which includes classic archival footage of Ellison in action, tracks the writer's rise from bad-boy author and Star Trek writer to social revolutionary and reigning grand master of speculative fiction. - Wired |
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Beginning Wednesday night (March 12th), downtown street closures will affect traffic until Sunday. Details - News 8 Austin |
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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 |
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Big BUZZ 'oh no not stereo' is playing at 6 Lounge Friday at 7pm rsvp to sxsw@iventa.com free drinks if u rsvp. -ChaChaBrad |
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Brad Pitt and Sean Penn are filming a movie in Austin right now and are rumoured to be attending shows during the festival. 19:37:24 |
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'oh no not stereo' is playing at 6 Lounge Friday at 7pm rsvp to sxsw@iventa.com free drinks if u rsvp. |
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MOG's Indiepixie conducting THE FIRST video interview with Michael Stipe for R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate. View it here. |
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...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 |
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Awesome new band called the forward is playing at troubadour saloon. Check em out! - ChaCha Brad |
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The Death Set is a punk rock band with two drummers. Getting rave reviews. Playing at Emos on Red River - ChaCha Susie |
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Mohawk and Red Eye are real busy. Austin, we have liftoff. - ChaCha Mike |
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kush & bloodfiyah angels are playing at flamingo cantina on 6th tonight at midnight - ChaCha Brad |
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The real cool hippie band named Dark Meat is getting the attention from some labels from the UK. Catch them @ Bourbon Rocks! - ChaCha Susie |
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Vice Records is re-releasing Dark Meat's first albumn with bonus tracks on April 7th - ChaCha Susie |
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Free Burgers and Beer at Bourbon Rocks at SXSW today! - ChaCha Beth |
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Antone's has a great lineup tonight, check out "these new puritans" at 9pm - ChaCha Mike |
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The Beauty Bar has a great lineup tonight. Don't miss "ghosthustler" at 8pm - ChaCha Mike |
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Cut Copy, an IHeartComix band is playing tonight at the Karma Lounge at midnight! - ChaCha Mike |
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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 |
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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 |
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Last night The Stiletto Formal played at the PureVolume Ranch party and rocked the house - ChaCha Susie |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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"...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 |
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Devin the Dude to have a SPECIAL performance tonight, Wednesday March 12,2008 with Norwegian group Ralph Myerz at Club Prague at midnight. -Houstonsoreal |
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Dolly Parton cancels SXSW appearance. As previously reported on NME.COM, the star had already rescheduled her forthcoming world tour because of back problems relating to the size of her breasts. - NME |
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"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 |
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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 |
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Mark Cuban, Michael Eisner and Flat Stanley together at SXSW 2008 last night - Deneyterrio |
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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 |
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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 |
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IFC and ABSOLUT(R) VODKA announced today a new, multi-faceted sponsorship deal that will uniquely integrate the ABSOLUT brand into IFC's on-air and online content as well as IFC-sponsored film festivals and events taking place throughout the year. The deal includes an exclusive sponsorship of a new IFC Saturday night film strand dubbed "ABSOLUT Indies." ABSOLUT will sponsor IFC.com's ABSOLUT Indies Short Film Challenge, a new digital film festival and contest encouraging filmmakers to portray their vision for life "In An Absolut World." - PRNewswire |
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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 Digg party at PureVolume Ranch - 2nd & Trinity. Tweet One: Batgirl: the digg party @ sxsw. this place is going to be out of hand in about an hour. Tweet Two: MisterBoh: In the Ginger Man for a jar--Digg party a bust. Much happier in beer heaven. And no frickin' Geico cavepersons in sight. |
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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. |
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Audience Award for Narrative Feature: Explicit Ills! - Cinemetal |
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In the documentary competition, They Killed Sister Dorothy takes the grand prize, while a special jury prize goes to Full Battle Rattle. - Cinemetal |
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Audience Awards!! (Emerging Visions category) In a Dream. Audience Docomentary Pick: They Killed Sister Dorothy. - Cinemetal |
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Narrative Feature / Special Jury Prize for Cinematography winner: Explicit Ills. Special Jury for Ensemble: Up with Me. Narrative Grand Jury Prize: Wellness. - Cinemetal |
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Beginning Wednesday night once Sixth Street is closed, additional officers will be added to the Austin Police Department's force to keep SXSW festival goers safe. - KVUE |
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At the futurists sandbox, a guy is pretending to be a preacher giving the eulogy for Dirk Digler - in the year 2025. Entertaining - SeanOBrien |
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@bryanfuse is hosting a Wine and Cheese Party at Corked & Co. (Phone (512) 474-2675) from 7pm-9pm @ 308 Congress Ave - KellySutton |
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Cupcake party in the back row of the panel in room 19! - Swirlspice |
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Michael Eisner predicts that within five years the internet will be as important content-wise as cable or satellite. Interviewed by Mark Cuban, he is using SxSW as the launchpad for the Hannah Montana-esque The All-For-Nots - a new web show out of his digital studio Vuguru. - paidContent.org |
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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 |
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The “Bloggers who Made It” panel at SXSW today: a revelatory moment came up during Q&A. We all knew Doogie Howser was a forerunner in the burgeoning field of children-doctors, but few remember that he was actually the first blogger way back in ‘89. Seriously, way ahead of his time. - Ryan Block More on this: GeekSugar |
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Nerdcore Rising: musical documentary about the rapidly growing rap sub-genre that celebrates all things dork... revolves around MC Frontalot, nerdcore's poet laureate... These guys are the nicest of the nice, and rather than focussing on bitches and guns, they instead rhyme about Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Halo. - IGN |
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Google Inc. took control of online ad tracker DoubleClick Inc. Tuesday just hours after European regulators cleared Google's $3.1 billion bid for the company. United States regulators cleared it in December. Approval from the EU was the last hurdle before the deal could conclude. - Wired |
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In a groundbreaking move, music giant Sony BMG is the first major label to sign up to the site WE7 - which offers music streaming free of charge - and will start making the back catalogs of its best-selling artists available by the end of April. Sony BMG is reportedly making over 250,000 tracks from its archives available on the site.However, users will not be able to download the tracks to their home computers and will only be available stream music through the site. - StarPulse |
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Last year's festival generated $95 million for the Austin economy and many predict that number will break this year. Not only are people coming in for the events but they are eating out and shopping. "It's like Christmas and Thanksgiving time with everybody coming to town. It really does make a difference." - KXAN Austin |
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Twiddla, this year's winner of the Technical Achievement award at SXSW, is a team whiteboarding service that offers a no-setup, online meeting web site for team collaboration. It's "features" page sums it up best, only two items were mentioned: "Kicks A**, Doesn't Cost Anything." - ReadWriteWeb |
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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 |
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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 |
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BusinessWeek reports that Meebo is getting a ton of buzz out of the SXSW conference in Austin this week. |
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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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SXSWi: Monday's keynote session with Frank Warren, founder of popular Postsecret.com, where strangers send in anonymous postcards revealing their deepest secret, ended with not only two unexpected secrets revealed from audience members but also a standing ovation. - Star-Telegram |
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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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Dance of the Dead: the zombies are wicked fast and have a definite attitude. - Cinematical |
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Tweet: "Ron Jeremy is totally here at iron cactus!" ~11:30pm CST - Nathan |
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2008 Weblog Awards winners: Dooce and I Can Has Cheezburger? win big. - Wired |
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Micheal Eisner spotted at Four Seasons Restaurant. Mar 10, 7:40pm - ChaCha Scout |
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'Rock Band', the latest from the Guitar Hero guys (Harmonix), "steals the SXSW show." - NewTeeVee |
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IFC Entertainment bought the worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig's romantic drama Nights and Weekends... It marks the first acquisition of a SXSW premiere during the fest. - Mar 10, HollywoodReporter |
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Facebook SXSW keynote: Firestorm greets Business Weeks' Sarah Lacy. News.com’s Daniel Terdiman has the best account of Zuckerberg keynote and how Lacy lost the crowd. The Twitterati was brutal and Lacy was heckled for cutting off Zuckerberg and becoming the story. - ZDNet |
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SXSW Web Awards are out. - Wired |
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Daylight Savings Time screws with SXSW: Lots of tweets from people who forgot to reset their clocks. Panel "The Female Takedown of Casual Gaming" sparsely attended - late or just uninterested? |
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Twitter Joker Skewers Austin Party Scene From Afar: Honan Mat Honan is twittering the hell out of South by Southwest, chronicling the scene on the ground and turning his caustic wit on the rolling party in Austin. Only problem is, Honan is nowhere near Texas. His crazy tweets poke fun at the digerati and the unscrubbed geek masses gathered for the film and interactive festival - Wired |
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Anil Dash of Six Apart took top dog honors at BattleDecks II, a Friday night panel at South by Southwest that was billed as a cross between PowerPoint and karaoke. - Wired |
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The Noisettes, and Johnny Flynn are set to play at a party hosted by Transgressive Records and NME at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas next Thursday (March 13). The party will take place at the Wave venue, and bands will start playing at 2.30pm (CMT) in the afternoon. - NME |
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City to crack down on unofficial SXSW events - "You cannot set up a stage inside your mercantile occupancy and have a public assembly night club without the proper permits," said Assistant Fire Marshall Don Smith. - KVUE |
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Rachael Ray Defends Her Indie-Rock SXSW Party, Featuring Raveonettes, 'Holy Fuck' And Mac 'N Cheese - MTV Mar 05 |
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Twitter announced it is lowering the API limit for thirdparties during SXSW (March 6 - 12) - from 70 to 50 req/hour. They are trying to make sure they can handle the SXSW traffic that is expected to be extremely high. Mar 05 9pm CST |
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Rachel Ray, the Food Network star that chef and author Anthony Bourdain loves to slam, is apparently hosting a showcase at this year's SXSW called Feedback - a feast of hot bands and tasty foods. ...she asked 'Battles' and 'Holy Fuck' to play the party because she's a big fan. Battles has declined since they're not doing SXSW this year. - MetroBlogging Austin |
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Vampier Weekend's drummer Chris Tomson set to leave hospital after London car crash following Shockwaves NME Awards - NME |