"It's early Saturday afternoon and you guys are still drinking, aren't you. You're just like, 'I can take off next week to dry up and process everything that happened during SXSW.'" Well no Ben…   Read Story »

On some nights you can fool yourself into forgetting that industry weeks like SXSW have shifted from being about discovery to being full-on music festivals. Yesterday was not one of those days. Aside…   Read Story »

Here's a tip if you're going to one of these industry festival type things: If IAMSOUND is having a party, you should attend that party. Just like this past CMJ, the L.A.-based imprint owned their…   Read Story »

Yesterday I saw 12 metal bands before High On Fire hopped onto the outdoor stage at the Mohawk sometime around midnight to make it a perfect baker's dozen. A few of those were a lot of fun --…   Read Story »

D.C.-based label Underwater Peoples hosted their official unofficial showcase at a rented "swingers' retreat" in Manchack, a small rural community a short drive out of downtown Austin. Great people,…   Read Story »

When Stereogum first saw Fool's Gold open for Cat Power a little over a year ago, Amrit noted the LA collective's “love for benga (Kenya-based), juju (rooted in Nigeria), and the Congolese genre…   Read Story »

Sad news about the passing of Memphis rock icon Alex Chilton via commercialappeal.com: The singer and guitarist, best known as a member of '60s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the '70s power-pop act…   Read Story »

If you needed new reasons to join us at Range Life down at SXSW, you're welcome. First and foremost is this engrossing and gently saxophoned(!) keyboard-centric track from twangy Baltimore dreamers…   Read Story »

UPDATE: Sweepstakes is over. Congrats to our winner @johnkrueger! See you in Austin. // Nice job on rushing the Range Life RSVP, you guys. It's true, our party's guest list is totally closed at…   Read Story »

South By Southwest is nearly upon us, and as you may have expected, we're in the mood to celebrate. We even got a new outfit for the occasion. Or really, got an occasion for the new outfit: After…   Read Story »