Guardian Music — Rappers – from excitable teenagers to black-clad computer nerds – have rediscovered the joy of just hanging out with your friends and having a good timeIn the past fe... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Matt Pike and his Les Paul at SXSW 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) Matt Pike of High on Fire and Sleep just encountered some pretty terrible news:Matt Pike's Les Paul guitar... more info
Guardian Music — Bramham Park, LeedsWhatever's going on in music, the Leeds festival always feels like a parallel universe. Unfashionable tattooed American pop-punk reliably clogs the mai... more info
Perez Hilton — We recently got a visit from Miami-raised artist, Cris Cab, for a little acoustic session!
The 19-year-old singer/songwriter performed at our SXSW party this past March a... more info
Guardian Music — (Universal)After taking SXSW by storm, Of Monsters and Men hit the US top 10, a feat that has eluded fellow Icelanders Björk and Sigur Rós. The reasons for their succes... more info
Totally Fuzzy —
Hurray for the Riff Raff is Alynda lee Segarra, a 25 year old Puerto Rican from the Bronx. After leaving home at an early age to travel the country, she eventually settl... more info
Impose Magazine —
Icarus Line's frontman Joe Cardamone is still wound up and going strong – even after a decade of raging ups and downs with various labels, disagreements with heavywe... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Field Report at BV SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Tonight (7/17) is the first show for new Brooklyn venue Williamsburg Park featuring Counting Crows, We Are Augustin... more info
Metalsucks —
I am old and married to a kindergarten teacher, therefore, I can only go to concerts during SXSW and the sweltering months of summer. This is my summer vacation (Part II... more info
Topix — M. Ward at SXSW in March. He'd like you to not take photos at his shows. Do you care? NPR Music's Bob Boilen was a little taken aback by a sign at a recent M. Ward show a... more info