Get In Line For: Francis International Airport

April 24, 2011
Get In Line For: Francis International Airport


Austrian band Francis International Airport take delicate guitar melodies and transform them into multi-layered instrumental masterpieces. Their second album, “In The Woods” exhibits a band who have more time, technical expertise and sophistication to create a...
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Your New Favorite Band: Running

April 19, 2011
Your New Favorite Band: Running


You want indie? I’ll give you some f-ing indie. Meet Running. They’re from Chicago and like they’re hometown heroes Big Black, they make a cacophonic noise that has a brilliant sense of anti-melody and rhythm deeply embedded. In...
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Get In Line For: Those Darlins’

April 15, 2011
Get In Line For: Those Darlins’


Those Darlins are a garage country band from Murfreesboro, TN. The ladies went live in 2006 and attracted immediate attention for their rowdy, cheerfully sarcastic, and sometimes boozed-fueled show, and for their unique interplay of distinct personalities....
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A Place To Bury Strangers: The Interview

April 11, 2011
A Place To Bury Strangers: The Interview


The wall of sound dies away, lower and lower, leaving scarred guitars rickashaying ghostly unmanned reverb in a looming fog full of static energy. You can’t stop feeling like your moving, still vibrating from the sonic...
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!!!: The Interview

April 8, 2011
!!!: The Interview


!!! (or more commonly referred to as the more Google-friendly, chk chk chk), makes weird music. A hybrid of disco funk that makes you want to shake your stuff, and punk energy that may result in some black eyes to...
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Your New Favorite Band: The Head and the Heart

April 4, 2011
Your New Favorite Band: The Head and the Heart


Composed primarily of transplants to the Seattle area, The Head and the Heart write and play songs that speak to the newness of a fresh start, of the ghosts left behind, of moving forward,...
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Get In Line For: The Vandelles

March 28, 2011
Get In Line For: The Vandelles


The Vandelles are rock n’ roll noir at its finest. Their songs are the perfect soundtrack to rain-slicked city streets at night, and the lust, betrayal and violence that filters through them. The band thrives on layers...
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South By Southwest highlights

March 23, 2011
South By Southwest highlights


Here’s some video highlights of our favorite SXSW bands. The Kills Wild Flag Cults The Boxer Rebellion A Place To Bury Strangers Jim Jones Revue The Joy Formidable The Vaccines For A Minor Reflection The Vandelles An Horse
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Your New Favorite Band: //orangenoise

March 21, 2011
Your New Favorite Band: //orangenoise


You went to South By Southwest? Excellent, you feel like you know about all the new bands? You got a chance to see all those wonderful bands we’ve been touting for the past year? Feeling comfortable? Perfect. Let’s...
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Death From Above 1979 at South By Southwest

March 20, 2011
Death From Above 1979 at South By Southwest


Death From Above 1979 played their first live show in five years last night. As you’ve probably read by now, violence broke out outside the venue as people tried to get into this exclusive show....
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The Festive Fifty: SXSW Bands To Watch- Part 5

March 16, 2011


And now it’s time. We’ve given you the fifty bands that we thing are worth your time, whether you’re coming to Austin or not. With each entry, we’ve listed like-minded bands as a reference...
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The Festive Fifty: SXSW Bands To Watch- Part 4

March 11, 2011


Every year, we bring you our picks for the best of the South By Southwest festival. This year, we will be presenting you with a series containing fifty bands, that will run right up...
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