South by Southwest

Six Gallery sign with Superball Music

source: Donewaiting.com 2007 SXSW Music Festival Weblog (Unofficial)

Columbus band Six Gallery inked a deal with German label Superball Music (Trail of Dead). The label, along with label InsideOut, recently announced that they will be cooperating with Century Media Records and EMI Music to distribute their artists’ music worldwide. The official press re...

Published Tue, Dec 1

SXSW 2010: First bands announced

source: Donewaiting.com 2007 SXSW Music Festival Weblog (Unofficial)

Direct from the SXSW site: Direct from the SXSW site: SXSW Music is excited to announce our first round of bands who will be performing at SXSW 2010! * Giulia y los Tellarini; Barcelona, Spain * The Hong Kong Blood Opera; Hermosillo, Mexico * Archie Bronson Outfit; London, England [...]

Published Tue, Nov 17

Hollywood Film Festival sounds cool, right?

source: Indie Wire

When I worked at SXSW, I always grew tired of other festivals that gave what we were trying to do, a bad name. While regionally-based festivals like True/False, Atlanta, Sarasota, and Hamptons (among many others) try to do good work with good films, there was always something “off” about t...

Published Mon, Oct 19

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