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SXSW in photos: Day Three

David A. Cobb — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:58:05 +0000

Filter magazine party at Cedar Street

Village Voice Media party at La Zona Rosa

Superchunk

The XX

Hole @ SPIN party @ Stubb

Bobby Long at Hilton Hotel lobby

Admiral Radley

BRMC merch

BRMC at La Zona Rosa

SXSW in photos: Day Two

David A. Cobb — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:24 +0000

Photos from Thursday (3.18.10) at SXSW:

Houston's own listenlisten

Canada's The Pack A.D.

Filter's party @ Cedar Street Courtyard

The Hood Internet at Yard Dog Gallery

Admiral Radley

SXSW reminder: DaSouth.com presents… holy hip hop showcase

David A. Cobb — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:24:51 +0000

Check out the Houston Chronicle‘s website for more information on the Christian rap showcase put on by Houstonians at SXSW in Austin tomorrow (Saturday, 3.20.10).

You can read my earlier post about it, which includes a list of performers, here.

Bext of SXSW = Admiral Radley

David A. Cobb — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:21:56 +0000

I’ll declare it official now: the best band I have seen at this year’s SXSW is Admiral Radley, a band made up of members of Earlimart and Grandaddy. Really amazing performance at yesterday’s The Hype Machine party at Vice.

It’s going to be tough to beat that (although Unwed Sailor came very close).

Check out the band online at www.admiralradley.com.

SXSW preview: Spinner.com interviews

David A. Cobb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:35 +0000

I recently interviewed a bunch of bands for Spinner.com’s South By Southwest preview. You can read some of them by clicking on the links below.

More information here.

Broken Bells live from a parking garage at SXSW

David A. Cobb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:48:09 +0000

Check out Broken Bells playing in a parking garage on Red River during SXSW.

It’s on Spinner.com.

Houston musicians at SXSW

David A. Cobb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:55:05 +0000

I knew if I waited long enough, some kind soul would do the work for me. Thank you Chris Gray!

Check out the Houston Press music editor’s recent post on Rocks Off about the Houston musicians playing in Austin during South By Southwest, which started yesterday in Austin (in case you’ve been living under a rock).

…RIP Alex Chilton…

SXSW in photos: Day One

David A. Cobb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:34:07 +0000

Here are some photos taken during the first day at SXSW 2010.

Broken Bells

Austin Collins & The Rainbirds

More to come…

SXSW preview: listenlisten

David A. Cobb — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:54:06 +0000

Houston’s listenlisten has a new album in the works and will perform some of its songs on KTRU tonight (Tuesday, 3.16.10) at 8pm. If you haven’t yet checked out listenlisten’s music, I highly suggest doing so.

Here’s a video:

The band also will be in Austin this week for a few shows:

Thursday, 3.18.10
12pm @ Elysium (705 Red River)
7pm @ Casa de Gallo (2604 Diaz St.)

Saturday, 3.20.10
1am @ The Music Gym (815 E. 6th St., essentially right across the freeway from the Hilton Garden Inn)

More information on listenlisten may be found online at www.listenlisten.org.

SXSW preview: Minus The Bear

David A. Cobb — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:53:51 +0000

Seattle’s Minus The Bear releases a new album, Omni, in May but plans to help promote it by playing a handful of shows–including an official showcase–during this year’s South By Southwest.

Here’s a video of Minus The Bear live in Seattle:

Minus The Bear plays its official SXSW showcase on Saturday, 3.20.10, at Stubb’s at 1am. The band also plays the Filter magazine party at Cedar Street on Thursday, 3.18.10, at 3:30pm, and on Friday, 3.19.10, at the Relix party at Antone’s at 3:20pm.

The band also plays Houston’s House of Blues on May 14th.

Visit Minus The Bear online at www.minusthebear.com or on MySpace. You can pre-order Omni on CD or vinyl at amazon.com.