I recently interviewed country-rock band Waco Brothers for Spinner.com’s SXSW preview. Read it here.
Waco Brothers plays its official SXSW showcase on Saturday, 3.20.10, at Red-Eyed Fly at 11pm.
Visit the band online at www.wacobrothers.com.

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A band that (mostly) survived the ups-and-downs of the major label music industry and continues to create quality music, The Damnwells thankfully hasn’t let the drama spoil its spirit. In 2009, the band asked its fans to help out on PledgeMusic to support the recording of its new record, and to date has raised more [...]

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Chronicle writer Andrew Dansby has written a fitting tribute to the memory of musician Mark Linkous. Read it at 29-95.com.

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Denton’s Midlake recently released The Courage of Others, the follow-up to the lauded The Trials of Van Occupanther. The new album is another beautifully crafted album, which finds the band weaving its penchant for British folk and 70’s Americana into sedate indie anthems. While the band first found its footing in the UK, its US [...]

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Former Houstonian Hayes Carll is still riding high on 2008’s Trouble In Mind, which was released on Lost Highway Records and garnered the musician loads of critical acclaim and a crop of new fans. While his follow-up album isn’t reportedly due until July, Carll continues to play shows and plans a stop in Austin during [...]

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Roky Moon + Bolt, a band that has steadily built up a fan base over the past year or so, plays a show tonight (Friday, 3.5.10) at The Mink, before heading out for a tour and performances in Austin during South By Southwest.

Grandfather Child and Weird Party (which features members of other local bands) are [...]

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Canadian duo The Pack A.D. plays blistering, bluesy garage rock in the same vein as The White Stripes and The Black Keys. It’s raw and gritty music, with guttural—yet sexy—vocals that bring to mind Joan Jett, PJ Harvey, and Janis Joplin. The band’s two albums, Tintype and Funeral Mixtape, are available at most record stores [...]

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More information on Inner Lights may be found here. More information on Austin’s Smoke and Feathers may be found here.

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David Garza is no stranger to South By Southwest. For most of the 90s, Garza was a staple of the Texas college circuit–playing almost any gig he could get–and he gained a lot of devoted fans as a result. After a couple of albums on Lava/Atlantic, Garza went back to doing things on his own. [...]

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This just in:
We regret to inform you that due to circumstances out of our control the ‘Showcase of Showcases’ has been canceled. Pegstar.net and Free Press Houston apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. We hope that you enjoy your time at SXSW and continue to support live music, good fun, and good times.
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