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.

Rain Machine at BAM in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli)

Rain Machine (aka Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio) has announced a hometown show in NYC which will go down on July 23 at Mercury Lounge with Austin art rocker Sorne (aka Morgan Sorne). Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (6/15) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (6/13) at noon.

While Sorne is in the area, he'll also play Pianos on July 24 and Brooklyn Bowl on July 26. You can stream/download his debut LP at bandcamp. Name your price.

In related news, Tinariwen (whose album features contributions from Kyp Malone) will be in the NYC area this week. They'll play a Northside show at Warsaw on Friday (6/15) with Buke & Gase and Piers Faccini. Then they'll head slightly north to Croton, NY for Clearwater Festival with Dawes, Deer Tick, Punch Brothers, and more.

A list of all dates and a recent live video of Rain Machine below...

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