RDGLDGRN Light Up SXSW 2013 With Blend of Rock and Hip-Hop
Washington, D.C.-based genre smashers RDGLDGRN tore up the stage at the SXSW 2013 Virgin Mobile House yesterday (March 13), performing their soulful track ‘Doing the Most’ (video above), among other...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Churchwood Rock on Pawned Gear, Conquer Karma With...
Adam Kahan is the bassist for Churchwood. Adam’s day job is at Cash America Pawn located just north of the UT campus and that stretch of Guadalupe Street known as “the drag.” For the past couple of...
View ArticleAirborne Toxic Event Rock Arena-Style at SXSW 2013
The sun was shining bright over SXSW 2013 yesterday (March 14), but that didn't stop Airborne Toxic Event from bringing some serious heat to the outdoor stage at Waterloo Records in Austin. Their set...
View ArticleFlaming Lips Serve Up 'Yoshimi' Favorites at SXSW 2013
The Flaming Lips headlined the Warner Sound showcase at SXSW 2013 last night (March 14), and Oklahoma's finest experimental rockers gave fans a rare treat. As Billboard reports, the band performed...
View ArticleFoxygen Run Low on Enegery, Have Onstage Meltdown at SXSW 2013
SXSW generally involves long, late nights of high-adrenaline performances, so it’s no wonder artists sometimes find themselves running on empty. That was seemingly the case for Foxygen last night...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Boy + Kite Search for Hidden Gems, Find Free Whiskey
[Editor's Note: To get a sense of what's really going on at SXSW 2013, Diffuser.fm asked several bands to pitch in and file guest blog posts. One nice enough to accept our invite was Boy + Kite, and...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Tumbleweed Wanderers Praise Clean Laundry and Dive Bars
Waking up feeling hot and drained. Sleeping doesn’t seem to work like it used to. At least not since I’ve been at South By. The neighborhood is loud in the morning, not so much from the sound of cars...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Churchwood Make Like Salmon, Hang With a Mekon at the...
"History is written by the winner, this is a loser's song..." -- from “Walking On Hell's Roof Looking at the Flowers” by Jon Langford So Charles Berlitz has this theory, and it goes something like...
View ArticleGreen Day Stage Comeback at SXSW
After a pretty rocky past six months, Green Day staged a massive comeback at the Moody Theater in Austin yesterday as part of the South by Southwest music festival. The focus was on the three new...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Boy + Kite Savor Free Beer, Intimate Walkmen Performance
Today I found myself drifting along Red River with the idea of checking out Alt-J at the Mohawk or the Walkmen at Club Deville. Upon my arrival, the length of the line for Alt J made it an easy choice...
View ArticleVampire Weekend Debut New Songs at SXSW
Vampire Weekend performed a short set of songs at the Radio Day Stage inside the Austin Convention Center at yesterday’s South by Southwest music fest. Their show focused on some new songs but included...
View ArticleDepeche Mode Premiere New Songs at SXSW
Depeche Mode's new album, 'Delta Machine,' is all set for release next week, and the band has been hitting up late-night talk shows and South by Southwest panels to promote the thing. Last night they...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Tumbleweed Wanderers Stay Hydrated
[Editor's Note: Because SXSW is such a huge event, Diffuser.fm asked a bunch of cool bands to help us cover the fest by filing guest blog posts. Among those who said yes: Tumbleweed Wanderers, a...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Churchwood Catch the Flaming Lips, Experience Fest from...
One thing I've learned over 16 years of participating in SXSW is that it is an elaborate game -- one where the audience navigates a series of decisions, and the sum of those decisions, combined with a...
View ArticlePrince Closes SXSW 2013 With Epic Performance at Samsung Galaxy Party
Prince closed out SXSW 2013 with a nearly three-hour set comprising hits, surprise covers and typically quotable stage banter, according to numerous sources lucky enough to get in. Backed by the latest...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Jamaican Queens Dish on Who They've Seen, Who Was Worth It
Indians: I went to the Pitchfork party with some friends who really wanted to check this showcase. I arrived early and was bummed about the overpriced alcohol but stuck around to see a band, 'cuz I...
View ArticleVampire Weekend Close SXSW 2013 at Stubb's, Serve Up More New Songs
Yesterday, footage surfaced of Vampire Weekend doing the new song 'Unbelievers' at SXSW 2013, and now comes more video of the band treating Austin to tunes from their third album, 'Modern Vampires of...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Tumbleweed Wanderers on Free Food and Their Acoustic Set
[Editor's Note: Because SXSW is such a huge event, Diffuser.fm asked a bunch of cool bands to help us cover the fest by filing guest blog posts. Among those who said yes: Tumbleweed Wanderers, a...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Churchwood Thirst for Blood, Interview Alejandro...
The other day, a friend of mine named Rob Patterson, writer and editor at the Austin Post, shared a favorite SXSW memory on Facebook. About twenty years ago, he wrote, a young woman approached him...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Guest Blog: Tumbleweed Wanderers Nix St. Patty's Day, Shed a Tear...
The fact that Saint Patrick’s Day felt like a quiet Tuesday afternoon only attests to how much of a riot SXSW was. Anyone that went to the festival was not looking to spend a Sunday afternoon getting...
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