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SXSW Notebook Dump: Over and Out

SXSW Notebook Dump: Over and Out

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 19, 2012 0

“Wait, did this all just happen?” That’s what we asked ourselves this morning, as we got up and prepared to go to our day jobs after five days at the South by Southwest (SXSW)

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SXSW Notebook Dump: Jack White/Third Man Records Showcase

SXSW Notebook Dump: Jack White/Third Man Records Showcase

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 18, 2012 0

Note: This review was written by Lily Angelle, the junior member of our reporting team. AUSTIN – Friday’s official Third Man Records Texas Stand-Off showcase was surreal, something out of a music junkie’s fantasies.

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SXSW Day Three – Up Close and Way Too Personal

SXSW Day Three – Up Close and Way Too Personal

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 17, 2012 1

AUSTIN – Perhaps at this junction it might be helpful to briefly summarize the physical nature of the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, so it can serve as a road map of sorts

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SXSW: Day Two – The Big Names Strike Back

SXSW: Day Two – The Big Names Strike Back

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 16, 2012 0

AUSTIN – First off, our apologies today for all the up-and-coming acts that we were supposed to spotlight – Thursday at the South by Southwest music conference, the big names took over. Everywhere we

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SXSW Keynote Address: Bruce Springsteen

SXSW Keynote Address: Bruce Springsteen

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 15, 2012 1

The Boss addresses his loyal subjects from a podium in Austin

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SXSW: Day One – The Crossroads of Craziness

SXSW: Day One – The Crossroads of Craziness

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 15, 2012 0

AUSTIN – There is nothing gradual or tentative about the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference; you jump in and either start swimming madly or you just drown. We tried to make a schedule

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SXSW Interview: The Mastersons

SXSW Interview: The Mastersons

Denny Angelle George Kovacik and Lily Angelle March 13, 2012 0

We first saw Chris Masterson in the late 1980s at a place called Blythe Spirits in Houston. His dad would bring him and his guitar to open mic night on Sundays because he was

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New Music: Dirty Projectors, “The Stillness Is the Move”

Taylor Long April 14, 2009 0

The album art for Bitte Orca, the Dirty Projectors’ upcoming fifth album, shows band members Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, their faces painted over in connecting red and blue circles. It harks back to

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Live Music: Morrissey @ Webster Hall; the Grates and Micachu & the Shapes @ Pianos, 3/25/09

Taylor Long March 30, 2009 0

New York City living, with its ever-expanding list of options, presents a reoccurring problem: What to do when you need or want to be in two places at once? Given the opportunity to see

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SXSW ’09: The Recap

Ken Shane March 26, 2009 3

This was not only my first trip to SXSW, it was my first trip to Austin. I’ve been to Houston a couple of times, but the two cities could not be more different. Austin

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