Dang, Those Darlins!

After glowing reviews at the South by Southwest music festival, it would have been easy for the Tennessee-based Americana trio Those Darlins to take one of the many label deals being thrown their way.
But the female threesome decided they would be better off starting their own company, Oh Wow Dang, to release their self-titled debut, due July 7. Considering that the band already designs its own merchandise and Web site, the do-it-yourself route was an easy choice.
Reuters article HERE
official website HERE

South By Kanye West

AUSTIN, Texas -- The troubled economy cast a large shadow over the worldwide music industry gathered in the Texas capital for the 23rd annual South by Southwest Music & Media Conference.
But if the old business model is terminal, the music is healthy as ever, with 1,900 artists from 40 countries performing during four nights of showcase gigs.
The biggest name was the founder of G.O.O.D. Music, who appeared Saturday during a two-hour showcase for his label at a party sponsored by a clothing company and a music magazine. As he introduced himself: "Rockin' Southwest ... Kanye West!"
West owned the stage with material from last year's "808s & Heartbreak." Recorded in a burst of cathartic energy after the death of his mother, the album is dark, brooding and introspective. But in Texas, with no hint of his infamous ego and or the sort of diva tantrum he threw at the Bonnaroo Fest last June, West turned his songs into celebratory anthems.
more HERE

THE Buzz from SXSW...

After successful apprearances at SXSW '09, IDA MARIA's 2008 debut album, Fortress Round My Heart, finally gets a US release; digitally on March 24th and cd on April 14th via Mercury Records (buy cd HERE).
more HERE
Ida Maria on YouTube HERE

Devo in Texas

Austin, Texas - Art punk legends Devo took awhile to move the full house of the Austin Music Hall Friday night, opening with new songs and minor old ones, but from about the 20-minute mark on, when the synths were traded for real bass and guitar, the spuds from Akron proved to be a great rock ‘n’ roll band.
more HERE

Live Texas Decemberists

The Decemberists' newest project promises new heights of bombast: Its new record, The Hazards of Love, is a sprawling 17-part narrative song-cycle.
The band premiered the music of Hazards in its entirety, and played music from the rest of its repertory, as part of NPR Music's official South by Southwest showcase. The show was streamed and broadcast live from Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas, and archived online.
hear it HERE

Metallica To Play at SXSW

Metallica will be playing a surprise show at Stubb's, Austin's legendary venue, on Friday, March 20 at 10 p.m. as part of the "Guitar Hero: Metallica" showcase at Texas capital's annual South By Southwest music festival.
more HERE

Tech Cab Confessions Live

All YOU have to do to get a fun-filled camera-filled ride with your own documentrix and confess your worst, biggest, most evil secret. See, nothin' to it. But what wouldn't you do to get in that cab?
check it out HERE

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