South by Southwest

YouTube Treats - The Return of Dead Confederate

source: SXSW Podcasts

Ah, the return of Dead Confederate to the SXSW Music Bloggy. If you recall, we featured a clip of the band performing "Yer Circus" in June. The SXSW Video Czars are busy editing away so we'll have more excellent musical goodness coming to you VERY SOON. In the meantime, you can hang out at our sup...

Published Tue, Oct 6

YouTube Treats - The Return of Dead Confederate

source: The Latest Videos and Podcasts from SXSW

Ah, the return of Dead Confederate to the SXSW Music Bloggy. If you recall, we featured a clip of the band performing "Yer Circus" in June. The SXSW Video Czars are busy editing away so we'll have more excellent musical goodness coming to you VERY SOON. In the meantime, you can hang out at our sup...

Published Tue, Oct 6

Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson at SXSW '09

source: The Latest Videos and Podcasts from SXSW

The 2009 SXSW Music Keynote speech from Quincy Jones contained many unforgettable moments. Among them was a series of stories about his work and friendship with Michael Jackson. After meeting on the set of "The Wiz," Jackson convinced Jones to produce his next record, and went against lab...

Published Tue, Jun 30

Midnight Youth Auction Private Gig For Charity. - Scoop.co.nz

source: Scoop.co.nz

press release), New Zealand The Warner Music signed band formed in 2006. It has toured in North America with appearances at the acclaimed SXSW music festival in Austin (Texas), New York as well as the famed Los Angeles venue The Viper Room. In New Zealand it played support for ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Zee Avi at Hunter-Gatherer

source: Free Times

 SC Before long, Avi was being whisked to Austin to perform at the SXSW Music Festival to Los Angeles to record her self-titled Brushfire Records debut. Avi's self-titled record very much keeps with the Jack Johnson aesthetic: it's warm and cozy; ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Recap: A Northside Festival postmortem

source: Decider New York

by Paul Caine June 15, 2009 It's one thing for the indie music world to converge on Austin, Texas for SXSW. It's another thing for young, easily impressed college radio programmers to converge on Manhattan for the CMJ Music Marathon. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Twitter's Backchannel: Next Best Thing To A Backstage Pass?

source: Ypulse

Not to mention the added perks of daily recommendations and heads up for last minute surprise shows provided by the magazine behind the festival. Early adopters may have already caught on to this benefit of Twitter way back at last year's SXSW Music ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Step Off SXSW, Northside Is the New Indie Darling

source: BlackBook Magazine

It seems strange that Brooklyn, capital of indie cool, does not actually have a music festival to call its own. Well, the Northside Music and Arts Festival might not have the best acronym (NMAF, anyone?), but they're taking a stab at making Brooklyn a ...

Published Thu, Jun 11