Archive for March 17th, 2012
Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Rumble Rolling Stone’s Rock Room
March 17th, 2012
Day two of Rolling Stone's Rock Room in Austin on Saturday was shred heavy Letting their guitars fly at La Zona Rosa were Rolling Stone/Sprint Street To Stage contest winner The Dimestore Novelist the Heartless Bastards Hot Water Music Devin Gary Clark Jr and Tom Morello who played as his working-class...
Wild Belle Bring Psychedelic Pop to SXSW
March 17th, 2012
"How does this shirt look?" Natalie Bergman asks throwing on a stripped chiffon blouse It's Friday night at SXSW and Bergman who makes up half of the Chicago-born sibling duo Wild Belle is picking out her performance outfit backstage while her older brother Elliott plugs in their equipment The unsigned act has...
Eminem Makes Surprise Appearance at 50 Cent’s SXSW Show
March 17th, 2012
Eminem made a surprise appearance at 50 Cent's SXSW show on Friday night at the Austin Music Hall confirming the rumors that had been circulating throughout the week 50 Cent was headlining the showcase for Shady Records Eminem's label and performed his 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin' live in...
@Discographies SXSW Diary, Day Three
March 17th, 2012
Anonymous music critic @Discographies (even we don't know who he/she is) has earned tens of thousands of Twitter followers by distilling artists' entire discographies to 140 characters (example Bruce Springsteen 1-5 "You ride the road" 7-8 "until you arrive" 9-10 "or run out of gas" 611-17 "or your country does") So for...
Tom Morello’s Occupy SXSW Shut Down by Cops
March 17th, 2012
When Tom Morello took the stage at the Swan Dive in Austin on Friday night he chose to convert what otherwise would've been just another SXSW-only showcase into a true Occupy gathering – an event which he described as "Occupy SXSW" and which he organized in conjunction with Occupy Austin...