California’s Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is back with a new drummer and a new album, Beat The Devil’s Tattoo, which it is currently on tour to support. The band brings the tour to Houston’s House of Blues on Saturday, 3.20.10, and also plays a showcase at this year’s South By Southwest.
Listen to BRMC’s “Beat The [...]

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Ninjasonik is coming to South By Southwest this year. You can read more about them in a piece the Village Voice recently ran.
Ninjasonik is getting a lot of buzz from its Matt & Kim “Daylight” remix video:

Ninjasonik’s SXSW schedule:
3.17.10: Karmaloop Party @ Beauty Bar, 2:30pm
3.18.10: Pianos Party @ Kung Fu Saloon, 5:30pm / Green Owl/IHEARTCOMIX [...]

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From tonight (Thursday, 3.11.10) through Wednesday, 3.24.10, Super Happy Fun Land hosts its annual Super Happy SXSW Overflow. This is an excellent way to see interesting and eclectic bands from all over the country, as they pass through on their ways to and from Austin.
Cover is $8 a night, or $25 for the entire series [...]

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Yppah (aka Joe Corrales, Jr.) is an electronic musician from Houston whose 2006 release, You Are Beautiful At All Times–which was released on the respected Ninja Tune Records–helped earn the musician accolades and fans. Along with a backing band, he performed the album live during 2007’s South By Southwest, and at the Starbucks Mixed Media [...]

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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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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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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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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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