Bethany Cosentino's Best Coast, now with an expanded four-person live lineup, used the 35 Denton Festival then SXSW to debut songs from the forthcoming Jon Brion-produced The Only Place. One of the…   Read Story »

On SXSW's third night, we threw a party that went almost until sunrise. It was a pretty good time! Thanks to all who braved the line and came to hang, and salute to our estimable lineup -- Lakutis,…   Read Story »

Closing out the first leg of their current tour, Radiohead blew away a sold-out crowd with solid 23 song setlist that spanned nearly two and a half hours. "Packed Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box"…   Read Story »

Earplugs were definitely required for an evening full of fuzz guitars and piercing feedback as the triple bill of The Joy Formidable, A Place To Bury Strangers and Big Black Delta rolled into the…   Read Story »

The "discovery" function of SXSW faded long ago, when the internet democratized access to information and YouTube brought every band's live show to everyone's laptops. And at SXSW, this annual cattle…   Read Story »

Part of the deal with loving Fiona Apple is feeling protective of her, perhaps even condescendingly so. It's tough to judge her new songs on first listen, especially live, because you (you meaning…   Read Story »

Generally, Wednesday is when the music things get going in Austin, and Tuesday is the changeover between the SXSW festival's Interactive portion, and the full-force band fare. And yet there were…   Read Story »

Next up on the Stereogum prizewagon is a Sonos Play:3 wireless speaker system decorated by artist Hisham Bharoocha (Black Dice, Lightning Bolt). To enter, you need be a fan of Stereogum on Facebook…   Read Story »

Over the past year, Adele's 21 has sold a few gajillion copies and sent plenty of music writers on soul-searching journeys trying to figure out why that happened and what it means. My own personal…   Read Story »

Hey, everybody, it's that time again! South By Southwest 2012. Are you ready? How's your hashtag game? Can you feel the early-onset FOMO? As the Austin institution grows larger and larger, with more…   Read Story »