Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo The Middle East @ the BV official showcase @ Club DeVille Early in the day The Canadian Blast BBQ & Showcase broadcast live back to Canada. I caug... more info
Rolling Stone — Night two of the SXSW Music Festival featured a trio of big guitar bands with new lineups, playing new — in some cases not even completed — albums. The pressure was o... more info
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — When it comes to venues around Austin, Texas, few can be as unforgiving as the large outdoor gravel bucket that is the barbecue joint/amphitheater Stubb's. Just Wednesday... more info
Rolling Stone — Stone Temple Pilots are not a band many could have expected to survive two full decades. Even acts without the internal wounds of serious addiction and ongoing conflict r... more info
MTV.com News — Surviving Big Star bandmates, members of R.E.M., She & Him and others will play in an all-star tribute band.By Gil Kaufman
Alex Chilton
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I Guess I'm Floating — It's a crazy week here in Austin, as anyone with a tendency to consume free alcohol when presented with it will tell you. I don't mean to rub it in (to those who couldn't... more info
Rolling Stone — On day two of SXSW, you could see the mechanisms of the hype machine in full effect. The current crop of buzz bands (the xx, Surfer Blood, Bear In Heaven) packed their ro... more info
VH1 News — A tribute to the late Alex Chilton scheduled for Saturday at the SXSW festival in Austin will include members of R.E.M., She & Him and others. more info
My Old Kentucky — (poster by Shelby Kelley)Friday, March 19th, during SXSW in Austin, TX, at Peckerheads : MOKB Presents... PUMPS & A BUMP!Beach Fossils, Lemonade, Diplomats of Solid Sound... more info