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Pitchfork — Photos by Erez Avissar; Above: The Pitchfork SXSW Showcase at the Scoot Inn What SXSW show could have a shot at topping our awesome Friday bash at Emo's? Why, the first ever official Pitchfork SXSW Showcase, of course. For our first full-on... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The likes of Perez Hilton and Rachael Ray threw in-demand parties on the fourth and -- for all intents and purposes -- final day of the South by Southwest music conference and festival in Austin, Texas. With just under 2,000... more info

NME - Radar — SXSW used to be way more about stumbling from shack to shack, soaking up what was on. But with the menacing mechanics of hype that thrusts approximately 342 new Myspace URLs on our laps each day it's way harder these days to make totally fresh 'disco... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Ryan Dombal. Above, from top left: Evan Dando, Mike Mills, M. Ward, Ken Stringfellow, Jody Stephens, Jon Auer, John Doe, the Watson Twins, Sondre Lerche, Chuck Prophet, Chris Stamey, and Curt Kirkwood.A Tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star ... more info

Pitchfork — It seems like only yesterday we were enjoying the Austin sun while taking in too much BBQ and trying to catch dozens (hundreds?) of the world's finest and/or most breathlessly hyped new bands. But that was an entire year ago. Which can only mean one ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — M.I.A. @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham) M.I.A. will be playing "HARD Fest" shows in L.A. and NYC this July - her first scheduled US shows for 2010. The L.A. date is July 17th at the Los Angeles... more info

Crazed Hits — Sleigh Bells have just inked a deal with Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A., who signed the group to her N.E.E.T. imprint in partnership with Mom + Pop Records. The group was highlighted by us a a few weeks ago and is the 99th featured Crazed Hits act to... more info

Stereogum — By the end of CMJ 2009 Brooklyn duo Derek Miller and Alexis Kraus aka Sleigh Bells had a handfull of homemade demos showcasing immediately distinctive and highly combustible distorto-beat razor pop jams, hit the stages with a fully formed live show, ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Aaron Richter A lot's been written about fuzzed-out Brooklyn pop duo Sleigh Bells, even though they have exactly zero official releases to their name. That'll change May 11, when their debut album, Treats, hits courtesy of M.I.A.'s NEET impr... more info