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The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m...

Love Inks at MHOW in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Austin's Love Inks have announced that they'll release their third album, Exi, on September 9 via Republic of Music...

Austin garage rockers Ghetto Ghouls are releasing their self-titled LP on April 8 via Monofonus Press, and after sharing one of its tracks, "Peepshow," they're back with another, "Living Alone," which makes its premiere in this post...

Black Lips at Bowery Ballroom, Nov. 2012 (more by Dylan Johnson) SXSW 2014, which does down from March 7-16 across multiple Austin venues, already announced one round of artists, and they've just now revealed the second lineup announcement...

While they have a new album out -- their first in six years -- and do perform songs from it and older favorites, seeing The Blow live has never been a standard concert experience...

As mentioned on BV Austin, trio Love Inks are set to release their second album, Generation Club, on September 24 via Monofonus Press. Like their 2011 debut, the new album works the band's minimalist chams with lovely ethereal pop, produced just enough...

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...

DOWNLOAD: Raymond Byron & the White Freighter - "Allegiance" (MP3) Ray Raposa, the brains behind Asthmatic Kitty-signed freak folk project Castanets, hasn't officially retired the Castanets moniker, but he is on to a new project which he's calling Raymond Byron & the White Freigh...

Austin's Love Inks will be on tour next month heading north to Pop Montreal and stopping twice in NYC for shows on September 21 at Pianos before they cross the Canadian border and then at Glasslands on September 26 with Shy Hunters and Baby Alpaca on their way back home...

After teasing folks with a few names here and there -- like Run DMC most recently -- Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (Nov 2 - 4) has revealed it's full line-up, including Public Image Ltd, De La Soul, Superchunk, Santigold, Refused, X peforming Los Angeles, and lots, lots more...