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SXSW Live Shot: Hurray for the Riff Raff, Rodney Crowell, Lucinda Williams, Shakey Graves

The average age of those showcasing for the Americana Music Association Friday night hovered around 47, but everybody playing deviated far from that mean. Disparate as each may have been from their bill mates, like American music, together all managed to find that sweet spot in the middle.

3:15PM Sat. Mar. 15, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: Kelis/Cody Chesnutt

Tough to imagine, sometimes, that an hour-and-a-half wait for a 40-minute showcase could be truly worth it, but then Kelis has long defied logic. The onetime “Milkshake” manufacturer demanded every soundcheck practice conceivable on Thursday night, finally going on at 1:20am after driving away a few spectators.

2:57PM Fri. Mar. 14, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW Day Party: Hair of the Three-Legged Dog

The pomp and promise of Wednesday’s epic, star-studded Austin Music Awards behind us, a day party at the Liberty allowed this here alt-weekly to untuck its collective shirt and turn focus toward a few lesser known favorites in the Live Music Capital.

10:05PM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Emperor X, KindKeith, Middle Mass

The Coral Snake

Loose of Earth Book Launch at First Light Books

Kathy Griffin
at Paramount Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Live Shot: 2013/2014 Austin Music Awards

The Austin Ballroom of the Convention Center bustled with this town’s finest on Wednesday night: fiddle phenom and scion Warren Hood, Octopus Project theremin temptress Yvonne Lambert, KUTX favorite Jay “Silver Fox” Trachtenberg, and the members of horn line Hard Proof Afrobeat. Wild Child, Wheeler Brothers, John Kunz – allstars one and all.

5:47PM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW In-Store: Burger Records

It’s not just the 50 Cent SXSW shows that make you stand in line all night. Burger Records has that game on lockdown. At Trailer Space Records Wednesday afternoon, the celebrated L.A. indie had a line extending out the door all day.

10:05AM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW Preview: Lee Fields & the Expressions

Interviews operate on a case-by-case basis. Some subjects require dozens of questions to fill out 15 minutes of conversation. Others require only two or three.

10:10AM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: 50 Cent

Two cops, nine volunteers, two crew chiefs, and 50 Cent. The mathematics on this Tuesday night performance meant that nobody outside was getting in. Count this writer among the excised. Pull whichever string I might, “That lady says you ain’t getting in.”

9:45AM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

SXSW Knockout: Jay Z & Kanye West

50 Cent’s status as preeminent rapper at South by Southwest effectively ended when it was announced that Watch the Throne duo Jay Z and Kanye West seize the Austin Music Hall Wednesday.

5:00PM Mon. Mar. 10, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

Lady Gaga: SXSW Music Keynote

After weeks and maybe even months of speculation and more than a few mega rumors – Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Pussy Riot – this week’s sponsor, South by Southwest, has finally put forth its Music fest keynote speaker. Prepare thyselves for Lady Gaga.

12:01AM Sun. Mar. 9, 2014, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

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