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Featured Artist: Austin Lounge Lizards
Regarding their name, Austin Lounge Lizards guitarist and founding member Conrad Deisler said: "I think it was a slang term I'd heard my grandmother use to describe gentlemen of easy virtue who hung around in bars. When we started out, that's just what we were doing -- hanging out and playing for beer and tips and stuff like that." The Lounge Lizards trace their origins back to the late '70s, when Deisler, then a Princeton student, hooked up with Hank Card to indulge...
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The Lovely Sparrows
The Lovely Sparrows lately seem to be the go-to indie-pop band for artists as they travel through Austin. Opening for acts as diverse as Fleet Foxes, Appleseed Cast and the Black Angels, the group is...
September 14, 2008
Colour Revolt
The Breeders make fun of our shoes.
May 21, 2008
Sons & Daughters
The party is pretty terrible, there's about a thousand folk in a two-room suite and it looks like all those bullshit photoshoots from Vice Magazine.
March 28, 2008
Billboard Bits: Timberlake, Sixpence None The Richer, Chamberlain
Justin Timberlake is helping to bring a hit Peruvian comedy to NBC. "My Problem With Women" follows the adventures of Jose, a 30-something bachelor who begins seeing a therapist in an attempt to...
March 07, 2008
Nada Surf Starting Spring Tour At SXSW
Nada Surf will begin a spring tour with a performance at South by Southwest in Austin (date and venue TBA), in support of its new album, "Lucky."
January 08, 2008
SXSW: Harper, Morello, Tankian Declare 'War'
Ben Harper, Tom Morello and Serj Tankian will perform at a South by Southwest showcase for the documentary and soundtrack "Body of War," inspired by a U.S. soldier paralyzed while serving in Iraq.
March 03, 2008
311, Snoop Dogg Pledge Unity On Tour
311 and Snoop Dogg are teaming for the summer co-headlining Unity tour, which will also feature support from rock act Fiction Plane. The outing will begin June 24 in Phoenix.
April 01, 2008
David Byrne Tour To Run Into Spring 2009
As tipped here last month, David Byrne has revealed plans for a six-month tour celebrating his work with the Talking Heads and in collaboration with producer Brian Eno.
August 04, 2008
Billboard Bits: MMJ, Rowdy Frynds, Ray Manzarek
My Morning Jacket has christened its fifth studio album "Evil Urges." As previously reported, the set is due June 10 via ATO and was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarell...
January 25, 2008
Widespread Panic Sets Fall, New Year's Dates
After finishing a string of Canadian dates, headlining Bonnaroo and playing multiple sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Widespread Panic is hitting the road again in the fall.
September 03, 2008
Spoon's Spring: New EP, Remixes, Tour
Fans hungry for a taste for new Spoon material need only wait until April 8 when Merge releases the single/EP "Don't You Evah," a tune originally penned by the Natural History.
February 15, 2008
Foos, Plant/Krauss, Beck To Rock Austin City Limits
Foo Fighters, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Byrne, the Raconteurs and the Mars Volta are among the top acts booked for this year's Austin City Limits Music...
April 15, 2008
Los Lonely Boys To Join 'Brotherhood' Tour
With a new album due July 1, Los Lonely Boys are looking forward to this summer's Brotherhood Tour with kindred spirits Los Lobos.
April 18, 2008
Los Lonely Boys Look To Be 'Forgiven'
Los Lonely Boys is hoping its forthcoming album "Forgiven," out July 1 on Epic, "gets people back on the train with Los Lonely Boys," according to bassist JoJo Garza.
May 09, 2008
MMJ Slots Album, Radio City Show For June
My Morning Jacket has set a June 10 release date for its as-yet-untitled new ATO album, and will celebrate the project with a June 20 show at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The group's first...
January 15, 2008
Mates Of State Prep Fifth Album, Tour
Eclectic pop duo Mates Of State will return May 20 with "Re-Arrange Us," the group's fifth album since 2000 and second for Barsuk.
May 06, 2008
Return To Forever Reunite For 50-Date Tour
Legendary jazz/rock fusion group Return to Forever will begin its approximately 50-date North American and European reunion tour May 29 with a two-night stand at Austin, Texas' Paramount Theatre.
March 12, 2008
RZA Returns To Bobby Digital For 'Digi Snax'
Wu-Tang founder RZA is returning for a third time to his Bobby Digital alter ego for the album "Digi Snax," due July 1 via Koch.
April 17, 2008
Radiohead, Rage, NIN, Kanye Set For Lollapalooza
After being leaked by a Chicago newspaper on Friday, the lineup for the 2008 Lollapalooza festival is now official. Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West and Wilco lead the...
April 07, 2008
My Morning Jacket Rocks Austin With New Songs
Although it wasn't an official South by Southwest show, My Morning Jacket lit up the crowd at Austin's the Parish last night (March 11) during a private party for the Independent Film Channel,...
March 12, 2008
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Burke, Take That Reign Again On U.K. Charts
As Alexandra Burke's "Hallelujah" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) started a third week as the U.K.'s No. 1 single yesterday (Jan. 4) and Take That's "The Circus" (Polydor) a fifth atop the album chart, top newcomer status went to much-feted electronica star Lady GaGa. Her U.S. hit "Just Dance" (Polydor) featuring Colby O'Donis, took its U.K. bow at No. 3.
China Targets Big Web Sites In Internet Crackdown
China has launched a crackdown on websites as the country enters a politically sensitive year, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity.
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