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SXSW BLOG

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
  • Day Party Crawl

  • Live Shots

    SXSW Showcase Reviews
  • 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
  • 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
  • Live Shots

  • Day Party Crawl

  • 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

  • Thursday Music Preview Guide

  • Friday Music Preview Guide

  • Saturday Music Preview Guide

  • SXSW 2012 Records

  • 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.
  • The Young and Restless

    BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ

    Another magnificent seven local acts heading into South by Southwest and gaining momentum
  • 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
  • More Music Coverage

  • FILM

    MARCH 9-17

     

    March 23 ISSUE

  • It's So Hard To Say Goodbye

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    One easy web address and you never have to let go of SXSW 2012
  • SXSW Film 2012 Audience Awards

    'Brooklyn Castle,' 'Fat Kid Rules the World' among crowd faves
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    SATURDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • SXSW Film

    Daily reviews and interviews
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    FRIDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • SXSW Film

    Daily reviews and interviews
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    THURSDAY
    DAILY ISSUE

  • SXSW Film

    Daily reviews and interviews
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    March 16 ISSUE

  • SXSW 2012 Film Awards

    Audience and jury prizes announced
  • Conference Quick Cuts

    SXSW Film + Interactive
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    March 9 ISSUE

  • You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

    Where to find the Chronicle's continuing SXSW Film coverage, plus a venue list
  • Best Bets for the Badgeless

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    You, too, can sample SXSW's wares
  • The Scare Game

    BY MARC SAVLOV

    Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon on what went wrong with horror and where to go from here
  • Attack of the Cybermen

    BY MARC SAVLOV

    Activism empowered by the Internet
  • The Ballad of Big Star

    BY LEAH CHURNER

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

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

    The comedy in 21st century babymaking
  • Poker Face

    BY JOSH ROSENBLATT

    The life cycle of man as deadpan farce in 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'
  • Joystick Joy

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    Two mediums, same ethos at play in 'Indie Game: The Movie'
  • Bruises Easily

    BY MARC SAVLOV

    'The Raid' opens a can of whupass
  • Aftershocks

    BY JOSH ROSENBLATT

    Finding inspiration in the devastation of the 921 earthquake
  • Art as Acts of Subversion and Immersion

    'The Sheik and I,' 'Trash Dance,' and 'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters'
  • The Place Is the Thing

    The influence of geography in a quartet of docs
  • Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

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    Feb. 3 ISSUE

  • Jump, Jive, and More

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    SXSW Film announces its feature lineup
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    Jan. 20 ISSUE

  • The Jumping-Off Point

    BY MARC SAVLOV

    Kat Candler continues her chronicles of youthful frenzy in 'Hellion'
  • Film Flam

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    Not following us on Twitter and the blog? Here's what you've been missing
  • More Film Coverage

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    SXSW Photo Gallery

    REST OF
    THE FEST

    At It Again

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, April 27

    Say Anything savant Max Bemis let goes of his alienation
    MORE REST OF THE FEST »

    INTERACTIVE

    MARCH 9-13

     

    March 23 ISSUE

  • It's So Hard To Say Goodbye

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    One easy web address and you never have to let go of SXSW 2012
  • All Over Creation: Assumptions and Definitions

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

    Seeing what's new in theatre requires letting go of old notions
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    March 16 ISSUE

  • Conference Quick Cuts

    SXSW Film + Interactive
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    March 9 ISSUE

  • Best Bets for the Badgeless

    BY KIMBERLEY JONES

    You, too, can sample SXSW's wares
  • Attack of the Cybermen

    BY MARC SAVLOV

    Activism empowered by the Internet
  • Joystick Joy

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    Two mediums, same ethos at play in 'Indie Game: The Movie'
  • Don't go Home Hungry: Festival Eats Not to be Missed

  • Food-o-File

    BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD

    Can't decide where to eat? Now there's an app for that.
  • SXSW Comedy

    BY ROBERT FAIRES

    Really taking funny seriously
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    March 2 ISSUE

  • Interactive Introduction

    All the info you need to follow our SXSW coverage, a list of the SXSW 2012 Interactive campuses, and how to Aurasma-fy our cover.
  • Don't Click Us, We'll Click You

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    How the Internet started searching us
  • Black Like Who?

    BY CINDY WIDNER

    Baratunde Thurston lightens up the conversation on race, technology, and social change
  • Man or Machine? Circle Option C.

    BY JON LEBKOWSKY

    Digital pioneer Amber Case on cyborg anthropology
  • Ex-Punk Author, DIY or Die Forever

    BY JESSE SUBLETT

    Test-driving the newest iBooks Author app (bumps ahead)
  • The Sound of Secrets

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    Bluebrain live-scores your true confessions
  • The (Re-)Rise of Start-Up Culture

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

    Are we closing in on a sustainable model?
  • Unpicked: The Underachiever's Rejected Panel Proposals

    BY JOSH ROSENBLATT

    The Underachiever's Rejected Panel Proposals
  • Where No Man Has Gone Before

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

    What Jeffrey Zeldman thinks about Jeffrey Zeldman's induction into the SXSW Interactive Hall of Fame
  • The End of the Double Rainbow

    BY DAN SOLOMON

    Does it take a pot of gold now to go viral?
  • About Time for a New Pair of Genes

    BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

    Better SXSW through DNA modification
  • Tumblr Today, the Tate Tomorrow

    BY ASHLEY MORENO

    Does the rise of social media mean more art or just more noise?
  • A Patchwork Planet

    BY MELANIE HAUPT

    How blogging became the (very lucrative) 21st century quilting bee
  • South by Southwest ScreenBurn Arcade

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    Holy crap! It's free! OMG! Parking!
  • Second Helpings: Interactive Foraging Downtown

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    Jan. 27 ISSUE

  • The Spillover

    BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

    SXSW Interactive loosens its belt, expands to 14 venues
  • News (and Attitude) From SXSW Interactive

    BY JAMES RENOVITCH

    My iCal is already packed, how about yours?
  • More Interactive Coverage

  • Chrontourage