Maggie Vail

”The costs of touring and the overall cost of living have soared over the past decade, but SXSW has continued to offer the same disrespectful deal to artists,” UMAW organizer Joey La Neve DeFrancesco said in a statement.

The Thermals are no more, but bassist/backing vocalist Kathy Foster is staying busy with her solo project, Roseblood, who just played their first two shows with new drummer Janet Weiss (of Sleater-Kinney), opening for Speedy Ortiz.

Jason Loewenstein (of Sebadoh) was also added to some dates on Evan Dando's tour.

Chris Swanson (Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans): I'm not sure that people don't know labels now. I still think the music geeks know labels...