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SXSW Live Shot: Mobb Deep/Tyler, the Creator

“We got our own lane,” proclaimed Havoc of Mobb Deep, midway through a set of boom bap classics mixed with material from their first LP in eight years, due in April. “We doing that hardcore shit.”

3:15PM Fri. Mar. 14, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Panel: The Rhythm & the Brain

On a somber day in Austin there was something healing about Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart expounding on the big picture of why music matters. “Music is not a luxury. It’s a necessity,” he proclaimed. “It’s part of our DNA.”

11:40PM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: Aloe Blacc

After fire marshals made their Rainey Street rounds at midnight, Clive Bar went from one in/one out to a single admittance for every five leaving. If you weren’t early for an Aloe Blacc show that started nearly an hour late, you were out of luck. The 300 people on the right side of the fence, however, were treated to a hell of a show with ample elbow room.

1:50PM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Geto Gala, Lucas Miller

Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater

Selena Birthday Week Celebration at French Legation Museum

Keira Nova, She23, Ayo Tamz, Maurvice, Envy N, Caleb Lemons at Flamingo Cantina

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

SXSW Preview: Mary Lambert

Two years ago, Seattle singer-songwriter Mary Lambert offered a longshot deal on Kickstarter: Donate $1,000 and join her at the Grammys if she ever went big. No one jumped on the deal, but in January there she was – flanked by Madonna on one side, Queen Latifah on the other – belting out the chorus of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ marriage anthem “Same Love.”

10:45AM Thu. Mar. 13, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Interview: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

“One of the mistakes I’ve made was doing reality TV,” confessed Sean Combs to a standing-room-only crowd. “When I was doing Making the Band, nobody understood that I’m an incredible actor. A lot of people think I yell at people and tell them to get cheesecake and that I’m an asshole. Well, I am an asshole sometimes.”

6:35PM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

SXSW Live Shot: Latasha Lee & the BlackTies

Austin’s Latasha Lee & the BlackTies knotted together just one year ago, but they already carry themselves like old-school vets. In the past 12 months, the local R&B princess has torn up a bevy of stages both big (ACL) and small (Sahara Lounge) and released a solid digital LP of classic soul.

10:40AM Wed. Mar. 12, 2014, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

Born to Perform: Janelle Monaé

I’m a Janelle Monáe superfan. When I heard she was playing ACL Live at the Moody Theater on Tuesday, I got tickets immediately and implored Chronicle Music editor Raoul Hernandez to do the same. He’s got a thing for female R&B singers and hadn’t yet seen Monáe – a crime that needed correcting.

4:00PM Thu. Nov. 14, 2013, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Jurassic 5

“They’re the originators,” a fan gushed in anticipation of Jurassic 5 taking the stage Sunday night at Fun Fun Fun Fest for only the second time in six years. Not quite. Jurassic 5 was a throwback when they began, dropping an eponymous EP in 1997 and championing a bygone Cold Crush era of beats and rhymes in four-part harmony.

1:35PM Mon. Nov. 11, 2013, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Ice-T

Two hours after conquering the Black stage with metal outfit Body Count, Ice-T was at it again across the park, spitting the coldest gangster raps ever recorded and dishing out no-bullshit stage banter. “The fact that you over here at my stage means you here to see some gangster rap,” he ruled, “none of that pussy shit.”

10:30AM Sun. Nov. 10, 2013, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

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