Frightened Rabbit @ T5, Nov. 2010 (more by Lionel Bergeron)

SXSW has just announced another round of bands for the 2013 edition of the annual music festival that will happen March 12 - 17. This brings the total current number of acts to around 1300. Someome of the highlights include Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, The Thermals, Black Lips, Camera Obscura, Merchandise, Bleached, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Eagles of Death Metal, Parenthetical Girls, Indians, Night Beds, IO Echo, KEN Mode, Prince Paul, Pure Bathing Culture, Sepalcure, UK motorik post-punks TOY, Finnish instrumentalists K-X-P, Toronto's Moon King, UK indie rockers Splashh (not Brooklyn Splash with one "h") and loads more. Head to BV Austin for the whole Round 3 list.

DOWNLOAD: The Sky Drops - Hang On (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Sky Drops - Million (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - The Faraway Sound Of Cars (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - January (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - General Lafayette! You Are Not Alone (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - Eleventh St. (acoustic) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - So Long, Marianne(Leonard Cohen) (MP3)

Ravens & Chimes, The Sky Drops

* VEGANMOFO
* NY Comedy Festival
* Nellie McKay will be at Barnes & Noble
* Bruce Springsteen is playing Town Hall
* Sarah Silverman & Todd Barry do Carnegie Hall
* Pylon is playing Mercury Lounge
* Ravens & Chimes are playing Sound Fix
* I'm Not There tribute @ Beacon Theatre
* The Black Angels & A Place To Bury Strangers are @ Bowery
* Soft & The Sky Drops are playing Cake Shop
* more Sky Drops tour dates @ their site
* Carolina Chocolate Drops are playing Symphony Space
* High Places & Casiotone For The Painfully Alone @ KF
* Angela McCluskey & Papercranes are @ Maxwell's
* Grizzly Bear is playing the Virgin Megastore

The Sky Drops and Ravens & Chimes are both bands that are new to me today. They're both playing in NYC today, and they're both giving away a lot of free music (see above). Some of it I like. Some of it I'm not so sure about. I haven't seen either of them live yet. Have you? Idolator saw the Sky Drops. Said the Gramophone likes Ravens & Chimes a lot. What else?

DOWNLOAD: Blacklist - Blue Shifted (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - January (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - General Lafayette! You Are Not Alone (MP3)

Black Mountain @ Mercury Lounge by Noah Kalina (more)

Jay Reatard in Washington DC - Oct 9, 2007 (CRED)

E-mail BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Architecture) right now to win a pair of tickets to see Architecture in Helsinki at the Gramercy Theatre tonight. Make sure you definitely want to go, and include your first and last name. Two winners will be picked randomly, and contacted ASAP.

* Tori Amos is @ WaMu Theater @ MSG
* Jay Reatard @ Death By Audio
* Digitalism are @ Studio B
* !!! and The Field are @ Webster Hall
* Moby, The Juan Maclean & Stretch Armstrong DJ @ Hiro Ballroom
* Pink Nasty is playing Pete's Candy Store
* Architecture in Helsinki & Lo Fi Fnk @ Gramercy Theatre
* Blacklist & Popscene NYC DJ's @ The Annex
* Division Day, Rahim, and Ravens & Chimes are @ Union Hall
* The National & St. Vincent launch the new venue Terminal 5
* The Raveonettes & Nicole Atkins are @ Maxwell's
* Black Mountain & The Caver Singers are @ Southpaw
* Klaxons are playing Conan O'Brien
* Jose Gonzalez was on KCRW
* Jose Gonzales is playing Jimmy Kimmel

BONUS NSFW: Qui let their balls hang out at Mercury Lounge (literally)

What else?