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SXSW MUSIC MARCH 12-17

 

March 22 ISSUE

  • Playback: Empire of Music

    Even a new Pope couldn't top SXSW

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • What Goes Around ... Comes Around

    Final SXSW 2013 live reviews

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Fathers & Sons

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Earl Sweatshirt

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Alt-J

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Waxahatchee

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Jake Bugg

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • The Flaming Lips

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Paul Oakenfold

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

  • Divine Fits

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Death

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Butch Walker

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

    BY DAN OKO

  • Billy Joe Shaver

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • Parquet Courts

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Nik Turner performs 'Space Ritual'

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

  • Fitz & the Tantrums

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Shoes

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Steve Earle

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Vintage Trouble

    BY DAN OKO

  • Justin Timberlake

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Prince

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, the Robert Glasper Experiment, Erykah Badu

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Mystikal

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • John Baizley

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Camera

    BY GREG BEETS

  • SXSW Panel: Nick Drake & 'Way to Blue'

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Tribute to Levon Helm

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • John Fogerty, True Believers, Bobby Bare, Junior Brown, Wheeler Brothers

    BY DAN OKO

  • Paul McDonald & Nikki Reed

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Alejandro Escovedo's SXSW Closing

    BY TIM STEGALL

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    SATURDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Playback

    SXSW news and carryings-on

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Ballroom Dancing

    SXSW panel reviews

  • Songwriter Session: Richard Thompson

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • SXSW Conversation: Bootsy Collins & Chuck D

    BY GREG BEETS

  • I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone: Life & Times of Jim Dickinson

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • Red Menace: Cuba's Heavy Metal Underground

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Selling Albums in a Spotify World

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Day Party Crawl

  • 'Spin' Party: Kendrick Lamar

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Public Radio Rocks the SXSW Day Stage

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Frightened Rabbit, Alt-J

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Patty Griffin

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Live Shots

    SXSW showcase reviews

  • Charlotte Church

    BY DAN OKO

  • Mac Demarco

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Phosphorescent

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • FIDLAR

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Eric Burdon, Lost Brothers, Howlin' Brothers

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • The Flaming Lips, Jim James

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Japan Nite

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

  • Cheatahs

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Terakaft

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Celso Piña

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Depeche Mode

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Green Day

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • Kadavar

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • My SXSW

    By Dana Falconberry

  • MOJO Recommends: Laura Mvula

    'Mojo' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent

  • Spotlight: Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds

    12mid, Maggie Mae's Gibson Room

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • Spotlight: Royal Thunder

    Heavy metal thunder? Pretty much.

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Spotlight: Robert Glasper Experiment

    Jazz and hip-hop go together like R&B

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Spotlight: The Orwells

    Orwellian hijinks

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Spotlight: The Zombies

    Back from the dead

    BY SCOTT SCHINDER

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    FRIDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Playback

    SXSW news and carryings-on

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Ballroom Dancing

    SXSW panel reviews

  • SXSW Keynote: Dave Grohl

    BY DAN OKO

  • 50 Years of the Beatles

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • SXSW Interview: Stevie Nicks

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • SXSW Interview: Clive Davis

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Leonard Cohen and His Women

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Day Party Crawl

  • Reverberation Appreciation Society

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Heartbreaker Banquet

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Can't Stop The Bleeding

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Live Shots

    SXSW showcase reviews

  • Daptone Soul Revue

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • The Enemy

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • Pissed Jeans

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Braids

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Big K.R.I.T.

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Café Tacuba, Molotov, Bajofondo, Jovanotti

    BY DAN OKO

  • Brazos

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Föllakzoid

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • The Legendary Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section: The Swampers

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Sound City Players

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Public Enemy, Doug E. Fresh

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • My SXSW

    By Jim Lauderdale

  • MOJO Recommends: The Staves

    'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent9:15pm, St. David's Historic Sanctuary

  • Spotlight: Shoes

    These Shoes still fit

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Spotlight: Nik Turner performs 'Space Ritual'

    Hawkwind overlord still screams in space

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

  • Spotlight: Eric Burdon

    We prefer "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"

    BY DAN OKO

  • Spotlight: Brendan Benson

    Raconteur goes Nashville

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

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    THURSDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Playback

    SXSW news and carryings-on

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Ballroom Dancing

    SXSW panel reviews

  • SXSW Interview: Depeche Mode

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • SXSW Interview: Jim James

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • A Conversation with Nick Cave

  • Day Party Crawl

  • Guitartown/Conqueroo

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Show No Mercy

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Consequences of Sound

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Live Shots

    SXSW showcase reviews

  • 2012/2013 Austin Music Awards

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Natalie Maines

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Rough Francis

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Kendrick Lamar

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Iggy & the Stooges

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • The ALLAH-Las

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • People of Letters

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    BY DAN OKO

  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Mike Scott & Steve Wickham, Billy Bragg

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • My SXSW

    By Mike Scott

  • MOJO Recommends: TOY

    'Mojo' editor-in-chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new British talent

  • Spotlight: Robyn Hitchcock

    Manic Syd Barrett? God, let's hope so!

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Spotlight: Elias Haslanger

    Eli, blow your horn

    BY JAY TRACHTENBERG

  • Spotlight: Frightened Rabbit

    Rabbit democracy? Almost.

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Spotlight: Jovanotti

    Italian superstar starts over again in the U.S.

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Spotlight: Bernie Worrell Orchestra

    P-Funk original channels divine rhythm

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Spotlight: Richard Thompson

    Still wry after all these years

    BY DAN OKO

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    March 15 ISSUE

  • Dazed, But Not Confused

    The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • True Believer

    You're at SXSW today because of its late creative director, Brent Grulke.

    BY MICHAEL CORCORAN

  • 2012-13 Austin Music Award

    This year's winners

  • Wednesday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

  • SXSW Interview: The Specials

    BY TIM STEGALL

  • SXSW Wednesday Showcases

  • Thursday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

  • SXSW Interview: Alt-J

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • SXSW Interview: Dikes of Holland

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • SXSW Thursday Showcases

  • Friday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

  • SXSW Interview: Fat Tony

    BY DAN OKO

  • SXSW Friday Showcases

  • Saturday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Saturday Picks and Sleepers

  • SXSW Interview: Bobby Bare

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • SXSW Saturday Showcases

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    March 8 ISSUE

  • Bright Lights, Big City

    At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Playback: Blood in the Water

    Headliners avalanche SXSW a week out from the music fest

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Tuesday's Gone

    On your marks, get set, Tuesday SXSW showcases!

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Interview: Crooked Bangs

    BY ABBY JOHNSTON

  • Interview: Elle King

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Showcase: K-Pop Night Out

    BY DAN OKO

  • Showcase: City of Austin

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Showcase: People of Letters

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Showcase: Fathers & Sons

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Showcase: Sounds From Chile

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

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    March 1 ISSUE

  • Orbiting SXSW

    Return of the Secaucus 7? Try the arrival of a SXSW septet: Dana Falconberry, Shakey Graves, The Eastern Sea, My Jerusalem, Black Pistol Fire, The Preservation, and The Boxing Lesson.

  • Playback: ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! ¡Cuatro!

    SXSW Music begins coming into focus

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

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    Feb. 22 ISSUE

  • One Big Guitar

    The return of the True Believers

    BY TIM STEGALL

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