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Opinion: At South by Southwest, Devo, Echo and Steele excel

23 Mar 2009 00:35:20 PDT

TX By MARIO TARRADELL Music Critic mtarradell@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – South by Southwest is a music festival, right? So let's talk about music. Here are three concerts I took in on the final two full days of SXSW. The new-wave icons put on a refreshingly ... SXSW review: Devo Austin 360

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SXSW Review: Tricky at Austin Music Hall

21 Mar 2009 11:17:54 PDT

TX Friday night at Austin Music Hall, maybe my man could deliver the show of his I’d always wanted to see. “Rocking out” has never quite been one of Tricky’s skill sets, as much as he might like. At Austin Music Hall, he alternated between letting his ...

Original story at Austin 360 .

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SXSW Review: The Heartless Bastards

19 Mar 2009 10:14:19 PDT

TX By Peter Mongillo | Thursday, March 19, 2009, 11:56 AM The strongest asset of Austin garage rock band the Heartless Bastards is lead singer Erika Wennerstrom’s voice. The band was the first of three groups (the Avett Brothers and the Decemberists) to ... Dallas Observer - Austin 360

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Opinion: A&E Dispatch | Lady GaGa and Blue Scholars in one night

17 Mar 2009 13:25:26 PDT

United States This past year, they've held much success — playing the popular Austin, Texas, music festival South by Southwest (SXSW) and the Sasquatch! Music Festival. (And they're on their way to SXSW '09 right now.) They've also opened up for indie hip-hop icons ...

Original story at Seattle Times .

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Movie Review: Anvil! The Story of Anvil at SXSW

12 Mar 2009 16:53:36 PDT

Anvil! made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. Since then it has made the rounds at some of the more prestigious film festivals, receiving critical praise the entire time. Now you’ll be able to see it at SXSW and if you do you definitely ...

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Review: Nights and Weekends

11 Oct 2008 11:03:00 PDT

Written by Cinematical staff
Nights and Weekends marks writer-director Joe Swanberg's fourth consecutive film at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and it's quite possibly his strongest work yet. Here, Swanberg co-directs and stars alongside girl-next-door-with-an-edge Greta Gerwig - and the two play a cou...

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South by Southwest news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit South by Southwest news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Pre-SXSW Music: Those Darlins aren't afraid to get dirty -- from Los Angeles Times
• Music DVD Review: Jon Dee Graham Swept Away -- from Leap In The Dark
• SXSW - Day Three - A review in pictures - Austin Texas - - CD Times -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News
• Movie Review: SXSW Live - 2007 - Blogger News Network -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News
• Various Artists: SXSW Live 2007 [DVD] (Review) -- by Dan MacIntosh from PopMatters
• Music DVD Review: SXSW Live 2007 - Blogcritics.org -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News
• Review: 'SXSW LIVE 2007' - iFMagazine -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News
• DVD Review: SXSW Live 2007 - Monsters and Critics.com -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News
• Music Review: SXSW '07 -- by Randy H. from Blogcritics Section: Music
• SXSW Review: Satellite Party at Stubb's - LiveDaily.com -- from SXSW SXSW OR "South by Southwest" OR Austin OR "Posted in Latest News" OR March OR "south by southwest festivals conferences" OR "Austin Texas" OR "Read this entry See all entries" OR mrfoodblog OR Jambo OR bootstrapping OR Uncategorized OR Faires OR "Reader Blogs" OR comics OR SXSWclick OR Emo's OR Mullenweg OR "Drive Thru" OR Relapse OR listserve OR "Dale's Table" OR "BLOGHER CONFERENCE" OR "Scott McCloud" OR "Austin Food Events" OR "Jory Des Jardins" OR registrants OR KAREEM OR Squidoo OR festivals OR Archives OR "Project Connect" - Google News

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Opinion: The Awesome 'Dance of the Dead' Snags a Distributor

17 May 2008 14:32:00 PDT

Written by Scott Weinberg
Filed under: Comedy, Horror, SXSW, Lionsgate FilmsOne of the best things about last March's South By Southwest Film Festival was that I got to hang out with a bunch of Cinematipals like Kim, Erik, Pete, Jette, Snider and Gene ... and one of the best times we had together was during the world pre...

Original story at Cinematical .

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SXSW Review: Body of War

25 Mar 2008 15:02:00 PDT

Written by Jette Kernion
The recent U.S. involvement in Iraq has become one of the biggest subjects for documentaries in the past few years, and it's hard not to feel weary of watching the variety of movies on this topic, no matter how varied and original they might be. Phil Donahue has contributed to the genre with Bod...

Original story at Cinematical .

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SXSW: R.E.M. reviews start rolling in

13 Mar 2008 05:57:18 PDT

Written by Chip Midnight
While we wait for the Donewaiting crew stationed in Austin to wake from their slumber and blog about last night’s festivities (sadly, I had to cancel my plans to go to Austin this year), let’s see what a few people had to saw about R.E.M.’s performance at Stubb’s.

Original story at Donewaiting.com 2007 SXSW Music Festival Weblog (Unofficial) .

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Opinion: SXSW Recommendation: Bon Iver

04 Mar 2008 20:41:38 PST

Written by Kevin J Elliott
Read a full review of For Emma, Forever Ago on World of Wumme. At my first SXSW, ’round the turn of the century, before iphones, bit torrents, and blogs, my posse seemed stalked by Matt Suggs of Butterglory. Every year since there’s always one band that tends to follow me through my Austin adve...

Original story at Donewaiting.com 2007 SXSW Music Festival Weblog (Unofficial) .

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Opinion: Odenkirk on 'Solomon,' Samoans, and Scary Spice

03 Sep 2007 16:51:33 PDT

Written by mattdentler(matt@sxsw.com)
With the September 7 release of his new Sony Pictures comedy, The Brothers Solomon, I asked director Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show) to answer some questions. Odenkirk has been a good friend of SXSW since 2003, when his feature directorial debut, Melvin Goes to Dinner, screened to enthusiastic re...

Original story at Indie Wire .

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Opinion: Under Byen and Cloud Cult @ SXSW

27 Mar 2007 22:38:33 PDT

Written by Rachelandthecity
The only European music festival officially invited to showcase at SXSW, The Øya Festival has partnered with the online music website, Oh My Rockness to co-curate the event. The night, titled "Norway vs. The U.S. of A," will introduce festival-goers to Norwegian sensations Datarock, The L...

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Opinion: Oh No! Oh My! @ SXSW

24 Mar 2007 17:06:56 PDT

Written by Rachelandthecity
26 Mar 2007 Mod Club Theatre w/ Mew Toronto, Ontario 27 Mar 2007 St. Andrews Hall w/ Mew Detroit, Michigan 28 Mar 2007 Double Door w/ Mew Chicago, Illinois 2 Apr 2007 Neumos w/ Mew Seattle, Washington 3 Apr 2007 Richard's On Richards w/ Mew Vancouver, British Columbia

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Opinion: Sara's weekend picks

22 Mar 2007 13:18:17 PDT

Written by localbands@chron.com (Sara Cress / Joey Guerra)
• And it's another festival: The MDA Crawfish Boil & Music Festival benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association and will feature the only kind of music that goes well with crawfish: Texas-branded country. Honeybrowne, Russell Ray and more.

Original story at Houston Chronicle .

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Opinion: SXSW: Meet two Attractive and Popular guys

19 Mar 2007 17:09:27 PDT

Written by Whitney Pastorek
ZM: It’s definitely validation. We’ve been touring for two years, and we’ve played Austin six or seven times now, and we always play a place called Beerland. But Emo’s just rules everything, so it’s like, Oh, wow, we finally get to play at a nice big venue.

Original story at Entertainment Weekly .

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Opinion: SXSW: Riverboat Gamblers, Turbonegro, and more

19 Mar 2007 12:39:43 PDT

Written by Whitney Pastorek
One last, fond howdy, PopWatchers: I'm sitting in the Houston airport getting ready to board my flight home from a music festival that, like the month in which it lives, came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. A lamb that stood in line for a really long time and didn't get to see any bands. A re...

Original story at Entertainment Weekly .

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SXSW Review: The Good, The Bad and The Queen at Stubb's

16 Mar 2007 17:52:04 PDT

The Good, The Bad and The Queen sounded fantastic during their hour-long Friday night (3/16) South by Southwest showcase, and looked snappy, too; frontman Damon Albarn and a backing string section donned black top hats. The Good, The Bad and The Queen sounded fantastic during their hour...

Original story at LiveDaily.com .

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Opinion: SXSW: MuteMath, Amy Winehouse, and more

16 Mar 2007 16:25:54 PDT

Written by Shirley Halperin
What's up with the lines, people?! Everywhere I went on this second day of my tenth South by Southwest, I saw frustrated badge holders doing their best to demonstrate that patience is, indeed, a virtue. Is the number of registrants just so astronomically large this year? Is there a shortag...

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Opinion: SXSW: Ben Jelen, Apostle of Hustle, and more

16 Mar 2007 14:41:12 PDT

Written by Whitney Pastorek
Next up, allegedly, was Amy Winehouse, who is just freakin' everywhere these days. Not sure why we need to review her again, but hey, it's my job... but on the way over to her venue, I learned two things: 1) Amy Winehouse got bumped to 1 a.m. 2) Rage Against the Machine may have just played a show at Emo...

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Opinion: SXSW '07 CRITICS NOTEBOOK | Quiet, Personal Moments Make Biggest Impact at 2007 SXSW Fest

15 Mar 2007 16:18:43 PDT

Written by eug(ejh@indiewire.com)
With an incredibly varied program offeatures put together by event producer Matt Dentler and panels and production manager Jarod Neece, one can easily find something to enjoy at the SXSW Film Festival. Obvious choices (and big ticket sellers) are films like the Morgan Spurlock produce...

Original story at Indie Wire .

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Opinion: SXSW: Razorlight, the Bravery, and our new brunchtime pal, Stoney

15 Mar 2007 13:38:40 PDT

Written by Whitney Pastorek
It's 11:15 a.m., and I’m sitting at Austin’s Tequila Mockingbird Studios, where Nic Harcourt, the voice of KCRW’s splendid alternative music radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic is holding court during SXSW (the show usually tapes out in Cali). This morning’s...

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Opinion: SXSW: World Domination Via Collaboration

12 Mar 2007 11:46:34 PDT

Written by Christopher Carfi
Lisa: "No, I don't think anonymity is Kryptonite." Betsy: "I allow anonymous commenting on my blog. I thought the Slashdot ability of having the 'anonymous coward' login is an interesting one. We like to have some kind of fixed identity, to build up reputation over time." Comments Tag: SXSW

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SXSW Review: loudQUIETloud

25 Mar 2006 07:01:00 PST

Written by Karina Longworth
But then, because irony is a virus that we cannot escape, and can only hope to contain, in the Spring of 2004 Pixies came back, for an almost-two-year, sold-out tour called - wait for it - Pixies Sell Out. loudQUIETloud, a film by Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin which had its world premiere l...

Original story at Cinematical .

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SXSW Review: Jumping Off Bridges

24 Mar 2006 14:04:00 PST

Written by Jette Kernion
Jumping Off Bridges was the last of a half-dozen feature-length films shot in Austin that I saw during SXSW this year. I wish I could say all the films shared some vital Austin trait, or that they each reminded me of Austin in different ways. But Jumping Off Bridges has a universal look and feel...

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SXSW Review: The Cassidy Kids

21 Mar 2006 02:07:00 PST

Written by Jette Kernion
The Cassidy Kids nearly sold out the Paramount in its premiere screening during SXSW. The crowd contained a number of people affiliated with Burnt Orange Productions, a local production company. Burnt Orange partners with the University of Texas so film students can work as crew on local...

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