40 artists we’re excited to see at SXSW
and Andrew Sacher
Savages @ CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
SXSW gets underway today (3/13) in earnest, with 83,207 bands* playing SXSW this year...
K-X-P
Finland’s K-X-P playing additional NYC shows after SXSW
As mentioned, Finnish "anti-band," K-X-P, are visiting America for SXSW and will be spending some time on the East Coast the week after. In addition to the previously-announced shows at Pianos on March 19 with Bonaparte and again on March 23 with Funeral Suits and Dalton, K-X-P will also play the Nothing Changes party (which took over WIERD's spot) at Home Sweet Home on March 20...
Berlin’s wild Bonaparte returning to U.S. (NYC & SXSW)
Maybe you caught Bonaparte's wild set at Mercury Lounge or SXSW last year. The Berlin-based party rockers prop-and-nudity-filled stage show is pretty hard to forget...
Finland’s K-X-P released ‘II’ (stream it and a new remix), playing NYC after SXSW
Finnish trio K-X-P released their second album, succinctly titled II, this week on UK label Melodic and Manimal Records in North America...
SXSW announces third round of bands for 2013 Fest (Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, TOY, The Thermals +++ more)
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...
Serena Maneesh, Wovenhand, Apse & K-X-P @ Knitting Factory (pics)
I will never again underestimate a Norwegian psychedelic/punk/shoegaze band. The quintet's jackhammer volume was enough to drown out even the odious gaggle of industry back-slappers talking next to the stage...
the Notorious B.I.G.’s “GREATEST HITS,”
"Bad Boy Records has announced the upcoming release of the Notorious B.I.G.'s "GREATEST HITS," a 16-track compilation honoring the extraordinary life and career of the late, great hip-hop legend...