Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ SXSW ’

The Hounds Below, officially the main project of The Von Bondies’ Jason Stollsteimer, stayed busy with multiple shows scheduled each day of SXSW. Even though they’ve been whittled down to a typical rock four-piece from a band that has seen many larger incarnations over the past couple years, the Hounds Below somehow now boast...
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Some notes on seeing Fiona Apple in a church: music, an already sacred enough phenomenon, is made even more sacred-seeming in the church setting, which paradoxically makes the whole thing a tad sacrilegious. For example, a polite applause followed each song, followed by a solemn silence, which Apple sheepishly filled with anecdotes like using...
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The annual South By Southwest festival draws musicians and music fans from all over to the Live Musical Capital of the World- that’s Austin, TX- and once again Detroit was well-represented. Detroit-related festivities kicked-off in earnest at a FADER-sponsored party with a much-hyped performance by rapper Danny Brown, taking to the stage (ironically? …Reverently?)...
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It’s no mystery why there’s always a big Detroit contingent at SXSW – we want to get the fuck out of cold Michigan and eat some BBQ. I hit town with Chris Bathgate and band  just in time to catch Danny Brown and his hype man Dope Head tearing it up/celebrating Danny’s 30th birthday...
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Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr perform during SXSW. Yesterday in Austin felt like the first true day of SXSW. The amount of shows swarming all over the city was far more intense than Tuesday. On a national level, artists like Odd Future, Lil B, Raphael Saadiq, Das Racist, Yelawolf, and Bad Brains, all played amazing...
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Oh South By Southwest, why must you be so expensive? It’s a question musicians all over the country ask themselves each year as they pony up whatever funds they have to hit the annual music festival in Austin, TX in March and try to gain more exposure. A couple of Michigan based emcees, J...
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