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The best feeling SXSW is capable of generating — and, if I may hyperbolize, one of the best feelings life is capable of generating — is the sensation that comes with falling in love with a band at first sight.
On Thursday night at SXSW, the group of friends I was with decided on one thing: no lines. That's a tall order as we get closer to the weekend here in Austin. But, one cool thing about this festival is that you can still stumble upon greatness, and upon great bands, even if they haven't been…
Quasi has been making solid records for almost two decades, but have always been a band that flies steadily under the radar. Hear the all-out, no-holes-barred indie-rock band perform live from Austin at KEXP's concert from the Gibson Showroom.
Quasi has been making solid records for almost two decades, but have always been a band that flies steadily under the radar. Hear the all-out, no-holes-barred indie-rock band perform live from Austin at KEXP's concert from the Gibson Showroom.
This is a brand new festival thrown from some not so new people. We have been involved in some well known venues. Including O.U.R Fest, Endless Music Mountain Fest, Live Stock, Stir Fry Revival, and friends with the Jibber Jazz guys. Along with a history with the All Good Music Festivals and…
Although Bob Marley may be reggae's most widely known artist, singer Jimmy Cliff also played a key role in spreading the genre outside of its native Jamaica. Baz Dreisinger takes a look at his rise to fame with the film The Harder They Come .
There's a wounded heart in Sharon Van Etten and it is singing. NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson and I were sitting next to each other during the performance, and at some point I passed him a note that said, "I can't recall hearing anything more beautiful in all my life."
Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA Tuesday, 04/13/2010
Every night — or actually, very early morning — during South By Southwest, Bob Boilen, Carrie Brownstein, Robin Hilton and Stephen Thompson meet up on some random street corner in Austin, Texas and break down the events of the day. In this second installment, the gang met up around 2:30 a.m. to…
London's Fanfarlo consists of five multi-instrumentalists who craft intricate, earthy indie-folk. This concert from KEXP shows them playing a set at the Gibson Guitar Showroom during this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
London's Fanfarlo consists of five multi-instrumentalists who craft intricate, earthy indie-folk. This concert from KEXP shows them playing a set at the Gibson Guitar Showroom during this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
The Kings of Leon will be playing:Susquehanna Bank CenterCamden, NJThursday, 08/05/2010 TOUR DATES6/05/10 – Borgata Event Center (Atlantic City, NJ)6/06/10 – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Saratoga, NY)**6/08/10 – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Scranton, PA)**7/09/10 – Cricket…
A Thousand Foot Krutch talks to KingArthur.com about touring with Chevelle and Breaking Benjamin. [Video / .MP4]
Though they hail from Brooklyn, Yeasayer sound like a melting pot of music drawn from all corners of the globe. On their sophomore album, Odd Blood , they lean a bit more towards Western synth-pop, but still retain their worldly eclecticism.
Shearwater makes epic, artful, bracing rock out of unlikely ingredients. The resulting concoctions are known to explode into bellowing catharsis, courtesy of singer Jonathan Meiburg and his crack band. But Shearwater's most blistering moments coexist nicely with the portentously brooding,…
Sex, smuggling, cigarettes and murder. Now we're talking opera. Georges Bizet's popular Carmen is an opera-goer's guilty pleasure, with plenty of great tunes. Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, still early in her career, stars in a production from La Scala, in Milan.
The sky was bright last August in Newport, R.I. — but this week's artists are glowing young stars. The DownBeat Critics Poll in July 2009 named Rudresh Mahanthappa and Esperanza Spalding No. 1 Rising Stars. A few weeks later, they played the Newport Jazz Festival, recorded here.
What I really need is rain, I’ve gone dry, not that there’s nothing left to write about, my problem is, I just don’t know where to start. So…, once upon a time we had this Country, with a Government, seemingly in tune, with the People that they Governed, our goal of prosperity for all of…
Alex Chilton's band changed lives. With Big Star, music felt limitless, freer, but also more whole. How did they do that?
I've always been attracted to the mix of voice and electronics, so when I first heard the music of CALLmeKAT, my intrigue was instant. CALLmeKAT is the recording moniker of Katrine Ottosen, a singer and musician from Copenhagen, Denmark with a lovely, delicate voice.
John Davis, formerly of Georgie James, plays songs from his latest project, Title Tracks, at the Gibson Guitar Showroom at this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
John Davis, formerly of Georgie James, plays songs from his latest project, Title Tracks, at the Gibson Guitar Showroom at this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
The Los Angeles band's sound synthesizes vocal harmonies influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or the more contemporary Fleet Foxes) with the reverberant rhythms of Afrobeat, indie rock and chamber pop. Local Natives performed at NPR Music's daytime party in Austin, Texas, on March…
The influential musician and producer, of The Box Tops and Big Star fame, died this week after a sudden heart attack at age 59. Neda Ulaby looks back on Chilton's varied career.
The Los Angeles band's sound synthesizes vocal harmonies influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or the more contemporary Fleet Foxes) with the reverberant rhythms of Afrobeat, indie rock and chamber pop. Local Natives performed at NPR Music's daytime party in Austin, Texas, on March…
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