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SXSW MUSIC MARCH 13-18

 

April 13 ISSUE

  • Call Me in the Morning

    BY LUKE WINKIE

    Meet the Wheeler Brothers and their armload of Austin Music Awards
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    March 23 ISSUE

  • 1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Dear Diary

    BY MARGARET MOSER

    Did I know Bruce Springsteen was going to play the Austin Music Awards? Excellent question.
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    SATURDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Off the Record

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    SXSW news and carryings-on

  • Ballroom Dancing

    SXSW panel reviews

  • Banking Beats: Africa's Music Economy

    BY GREG BEETS

  • They Used To Call It Classical

    BY DAN OKO

  • Blood Music Sex Magick

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

  • SXSW Interview: Nas & Steve Stoute

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Day Party Crawl

  • Texas Hip-Hop Party

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • SOUTHBYSUDS

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Brooklyn Vegan/Power Of The Riff Day Party

    BY ADAM SCHRAGIN

  • Under the Radar

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Live Shots

    SXSW Showcase Reviews

  • The Magnetic Fields

    BY ZOE CORDES SELBIN

  • The dB's

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • Thomas Dolby

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Merge Records Showcase

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • White Ninja

    BY ADAM SCHRAGIN

  • Skrillex

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Ben Howard

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Quantic & Alice Russell

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Japan Nite

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

  • Seoulsonic Showcase

    BY DAN OKO

  • My SXSW

    BY JARED PAUL BOULANGER

    By Jared Paul Boulanger

  • MOJO Recommends

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

  • Norah Jones

    BY DAN OKO

    Norah Jones in a Russ Meyer flick? Just kidding.

  • The Carper Family

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

    Imagine the Carter Family writing songs about texting

  • Black Pistol Fire

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    Have Canadians usurped our Texas roadhouse blues?

  • Paul Collins Beat featuring Peter Case

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

    Power pop wasn't always such a popular term
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    FRIDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Off the Record

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    SXSW News and Carryings-On

  • SXSW Music Keynote: Bruce Springsteen

    BY DAN OKO

  • Woody Guthrie at 100

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • 2012: The Year Dance Music killed rock & roll

    BY ZOE CORDES SELBIN

  • Knuckle Rumbler/Nah Right/The smoking section Present: The Grand Ole Party 4

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Brooklyn Vegan Day Party

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Check Yo Ponytail 2

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Mess with Texas

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Fiona Apple

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Charli XCX

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Robert Glasper Experiment

    BY DAN OKO

  • Bambarabanda

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Lee Fields & the Expressions

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Garland Jeffreys

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • The Grammy Museum's Woody Guthrie Centennial Tribute

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Big Star 'Third' Concert

    BY ADAM SCHRAGIN

  • The Little Willies/Punch Brothers

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • The Shins

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Palomar

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

  • Bruce Springsteen

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • My SXSW

    By Charlie Mars

  • MOJO Recommends

    'MOJO' Editor-in-chief phil alexander spotlights the best new british talent

  • Gary Clark Jr.

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    Local bluesman gone stratospheric escapes all that onstage

  • Dee-1

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

    Hova, Fiddy, and Weezy, NOLA's Dee-1 is calling youse out.

  • Michael Kiwanuk

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

    Here comes Adele's successor

  • Girl in a Coma

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

    San Antonio's badass grrrl trio just needs to stay together

  • The Drums

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

    If believing in beautiful melodies is nostalgia, then consider the Drums a throwback.
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    THURSDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • Off the Record

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    SXSW news and carryings-on

  • Ballroom Dancing

    SXSW Panel Reviews

  • Adventures in Songwriting with Paul Williams

    BY GREG BEETS

  • What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

    BY MICHAEL TOLAND

  • Live Shots

  • Thee Oh Sees

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • Nachtmystium

    BY ADAM SCHRAGIN

  • Sauti Sol

    BY DAN OKO

  • Jimmy Cliff

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Fiona Apple

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Lagitagida

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Tennis

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

  • Lila Downs

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • Sons of Fathers

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • 2011-12 Austin Music Awards

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • Day Party Crawl

  • Michael Kiwanuka/Alabama Shakes

    BY DAN OKO

  • Consequence of Sound Day Party

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Gram Parsons Foundation Launch

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • My SXSW

    By Coni Duchess & Martin Guevara

  • MOJO Recommends

    'MOJO' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new british talent at sxsw

  • Brazos

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

    Leaving Austin can be like shedding a layer of skin, but you'll never get the Broken Spoke out of your head, heart, and feet

  • Big Star 'Third' Concert

    BY ADAM SCHRAGIN

    Honoring tragic 2010 non-SXSW headliner and Big Star guiding light Alex Chilton

  • Lee Fields & the Expressions

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

    Remember how you flipped for Charles Bradley? Get a lot of Lee Fields!

  • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

    Fela Kuti will still one day liberate Africa – through his son, Seun Kuti

  • Tommy Stinson

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

    Replacements bassist has bigger fish to fry than Axl Rose
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    March 16 ISSUE

  • 'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

    Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

  • Hello!

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    SXSW Music Festival Supplement

  • 2011-12 Austin Music Awards

    This year's winners

  • Wednesday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

    Second night SXSW handicapping

  • SXSW Wednesday Interviews

    Nuevo Wavo returns. Samples schmamples – we've got a live band!

  • SXSW Wednesday Showcases

    Welcome to Texas via Boise, etc.

  • SXSW Wednesday International Bands

    Wednesday's just the beginning!

  • Thursday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Thursday Spotlight Interview

    How do you mend a broken heart? Kick ass.

  • SXSW Thursday Showcases

    Bulked up: Thursday night SXSW showcases

  • SXSW Thursday International Bands

    Thursday, pace yourself

  • Friday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Friday Interview

    After 30 years, get ready for a new dB's disc!

  • SXSW Friday Showcases

    Friday showcases: Stay local (Western Vinyl) or surf Japan Nite, plus reggae Bass Culture.

  • SXSW Friday International Bands

    Friday lists bleed both ways, backward and forward; know your lists!

  • Saturday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

    Saturday blurbs rally!

  • SXSW Saturday Interview

    Cotton Mather reunites to relive one of Noel Gallagher's all-time favorite albums: 'Kontiki'

  • SXSW Saturday Showcases

    Some East (Maybe Mars), some West (UK Trade & Investment), all South by Southwest

  • SXSW Saturday International Bands

    Plenty of exotic headliners left for Saturday

  • SXSW 2012 Records

  • Ray Wylie Hubbard

    The Grifter's Hymnal

  • Andrew Bird

    Break It Yourself

  • Lila Downs

    Pecados y Milagros

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Scared Fire EP

  • Sharon Van Etten

    Tramp

  • Yellow Ostrich

    Strange Land

  • The Men

    Open Your Heart

  • Thee Oh Sees

    Carrion Crawler / The Dream

  • Winterpills

    All My Lovely Goners

  • Bahamas

    Barchords

  • Waters

    Out in the Light

  • Buxton

    Nothing Here Seems Strange

  • Tennis

    Young & Old

  • Sauti Sol

    Sol Filosofia

  • Band of Skulls

    Sweet Sour

  • The Wedding Present

    Valentina

  • Corrosion of Conformity

    Corrosion of Conformity

  • Beat Box

    808s & Dark Grapes II

  • The Shins

    Port of Morrow

  • Chairlift

    Something

  • Fanfarlo

    Rooms Filled With Light

  • VHS or Beta

    Diamonds and Death

  • Robert Glasper Experiment

    Black Radio

  • Punch Brothers

    Who's Feeling Young Now?

  • Trampled by Turtles

    Stars and Satellites

  • White Rabbits

    Milk Famous

  • Capsula

    In the Land of Silver Souls

  • Jim White

    Where It Hits You

  • Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt

    Minnesota Remembers Vic Chesnutt

  • The Hobart Brothers & Lil' Sis Hobart

    At Least We Have Each Other

  • Garland Jeffreys

    The King of In Between

  • The Last Holiday: A Memoir

  • Spoek Mathambo

    Father Creeper

  • Ava Luna

    Ice Level

  • Chrysta Bell

    This Train

  • Ben Howard

    Every Kingdom

  • The Ting Tings

    Sounds from Nowheresville

  • Rubblebucket

    Omega La La

  • Imperial Teen

    Feel the Sound

  • Delta Spirit

    Delta Spirit

  • Blitzen Trapper

    American Goldwing

  • Magnetic Fields

    Love at the Bottom of the Sea

  • Scale the Summit

    The Collective

  • Justin Townes Earle

    Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now

  • Chuck Prophet

    Temple Beautiful

  • Nneka

    Soul is Heavy

  • Lumerians

    Transmalinnia

  • The Saint James Society

    The Saint James Society

  • Mind Spiders

    Meltdown

  • Something Fierce

    Don't Be So Cruel

  • And So I Watch You From Afar

    Gangs

  • Tim Fite

    Ain't Ain't Ain't

  • One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Mother Texas

    BY MARGARET MOSER

    Welcome to Texas, y'all. Meet Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'The Grifter's Hymnal,' and 'Mother Blues.'
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    March 9 ISSUE

  • The Ballad of Big Star

    BY LEAH CHURNER

    A work-in-progress premiere and supergroup performance pay tribute to the cult band

  • State of Love and Trust

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    Have a little faith for the new millennial music paradigm and trust in the 2011-12 Austin Music Awards.

  • SXSW 2012 Music Intro

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    Handicapping Tuesday night South by Southwest Music

  • SXSW 2012 Tuesday Interview

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • SXSW 2012 Tuesday Picks & Sleepers

  • SXSW 2012 Tuesday Showcases

  • The Young and Restless

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    Another magnificent seven local acts heading into South by Southwest and gaining momentum

  • Not in the Face

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

    Thursday blurbs slim down from the Wednesday bloat

  • Marmalakes

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • Little Lo

    BY ZOE CORDES SELBIN

  • Sons of Fathers

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • The Young

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • Crooks

    BY JIM CALIGIURI

  • East Cameron Folkcore

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

    Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

  • Picks and Sleepers

  • International Bands

  • Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

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    March 2 ISSUE

  • Can't Touch This

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    South by Southwest Music panels remain as star-studded as actual showcases

  • MC Hammer

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

  • Downloaded: The SXSW Interview

    BY AUSTIN POWELL

  • The New Streaming Music Industry

    BY DOUG FREEMAN

  • What Happened to the Big Idea in Music Technology?

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

  • Digital Musicologists: Online Music's Tastemakers

    BY ZOE CORDES SELBIN

  • War Stories From the Songwriting Battlefield With Paul Williams

    BY MICHAEL BERTIN

  • Woody Guthrie at 100

    BY KEVIN CURTIN

  • How Stella Got Her Masters Back: Reversion Rights

    BY GREG BEETS

  • Mandate My Ass: Gil Scott-Heron's Activist Legacy

    BY THOMAS FAWCETT

  • Do Music Moguls Know a Secret About K-Pop?

    BY LUKE WINKIE

  • New Atlantis: New Orleans Music Rebuilds

    BY MARGARET MOSER

  • Value of Vinyl: Production, Pressing & Promotion

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

  • A Conversation With Steve Stoute & Dan Charnas

    BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

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