SXSWeek 2010: March 12-21
Interactive: March 12-16
Film: March 12-20
Music: March 17-21

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Swell Season @ Rumsey Playfield this time last year (more by Kurt Christensen)

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* OK Go @ The Bell House
* Whiplash @ UCB Theatre
* Soulico (early) @ Cake Shop
* The Swell Season @ 92YTribeca
* The Zeros, The Choke @ Maxwell's
* Rev. Vince Anderson @ Union Pool
* 826NYC benefit @ Highline Ballroom
* Kings of Leon, Glasvegas @ Nassau Coliseum
* Autolux, Sleepy Sun, Bridezilla @ Bowery Ballroom
* Les Paul Guitar Tribute w/ Jose Feliciano @ Iridium
* Fruit Bats, Iran, Kevin Barker @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Urgehal, Spearhead, Eyes of Noctum, Black Anvil, Villains @ Europa
* Hanne Hukkelberg, Sian Alice Group, Highlife, Vorhees @ Mercury Lounge
* Calvin Johnson, Arrington de Dionyso, Desolation Wilderness, Regattas, City Center @ Death By Audio

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) have a new album coming out; tonight they play 92YTribeca which is a much smaller venue than Radio City and Central Park Summerstage.

Autolux travels from ATP NY to play two shows in NYC this week. Tonight's is at Bowery Ballroom with Sleepy Sun and Bridezilla (who also played ATP).

Kings of Leon and Glasvegas are at Nassau Coliseum.

"Israeli DJs Soulico will be playing a 'secret' industry-mostly show at Cake Shop on Monday (9/14) night. It's early (6-9PM) so you can come straight from work, and there will be FREE Brooklyn Lager in case you get thirsty. "

Rev. Vince Anderson plays Union Pool (like he does every Monday).

Aerosmith and ZZ Top were supposed to play MSG tonight.

Sub Pop band Fruit Bats released their latest LP, The Ruminant Band, on August 4th. Their tour comes to Music Hall of Williamsburg for a show tonight with Iran and Kevin Barker.

Calvin Johnson, Arrington de Dionyso, Desolation Wilderness, Regattas and City Center play Death By Audio and its newly arted-up space tonight. A video of Arrington de Dionyso (of Old Time Relijun) performing at this summer's What the Heck Fest in Anacortes, WA, is posted below.

Great Lake Swmimmers' new video for "Still" is below...

(Another) Video from The Intelligence's Friday night (9/11) Market Hotel show is below too.

What else?

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DOWNLOAD Dry Yai - Ease Di Tension (MP3)

Sierra Leone's OkayPlayer-approved star Hip Hop artist, Dry-Yai, will be performing at Joe's Pub August 29th at 11.30pm We're giving away a pair of tickets. To win please email us at BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL.COM (subject: Dry Yai). Include your first and last name. One winner will be picked at random and contacted.

I guess everyone made up and decided to play nice?

Kanye West, Diddy, 50 Cent @ Screamfest @ MSG, NYC - 8/22 (CRED)

There were close to 20,000 people at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, and it's pretty much a given that none of them believe what they saw. Just imagine how much they've been calling, texting and MySpacing since the show. Heck, you might not even believe this when you read it, but as wrestling legend Kurt Angle would say, "It's true. It's damn true."

T.I. orchestrated a mammoth hip-hop moment, a piece of history in the form of an onstage party featuring the cream of the crop in hip-hop: T.I., Jay-Z, Diddy, Swizz Beatz, Ciara, Kanye West and 50 Cent. They were all onstage performing and partying together ... as in, everybody was onstage at the same time. [MTV]

NEWS

• Speaking of international hip hop (Dry Yai), Soulico (from Isreal) is playing the blogger-curated After The Jump Fest this weekend.
• MF Doom sends a poser to perform in his mask?
• Blender interviews RZA, who also shares his top 10 list of hottest MC's out right now here. I think you'll be surprised at his list. What is your list?
• GZA is performing 'Liquid Swords' in Brooklyn
• With all this Hip Hop beef abound, lets look at how even The Beatles released diss songs targeting each other.
• Cormega will be releasing two projects from his Legal Hustle imprint this year, with one of them being a producer instrumental series titled Legal Hustle Presents Got Beats?. The disc will feature beats from DJ Premier, Alchemist, Ayatollah, Buckwild, Ski Beats, Heatmakerz and more.
• KRS One is to sign with Duck Down Records while The Dogg Pound signs with Cash Money Records.
• TSS reminisces and relives the Up In Smoke tour.
• Go here to read my summary of all the recent 50 Cent drama.
• Hi Tek is set to release his third solo album.

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