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To Vampire Weekend Or Not To Vampire Weekend?

In the Waiting Line

Pop mart

South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

Power trio

Peter Buck goes West with Eitzel, Middle Eastern with Tuatara, and everywhere else with Minus 5

Buzz

Peter Buck goes West with Eitzel, Middle Eastern with Tuatara, and everywhere else with Minus 5

Tom Waits for no one

Or: Looking for the heart of South by Southwest

The Nerd Behind the Throne

Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul

Poster of the Week: Everything at Flatstock 20.

Pete Freedman Art and rock come together at SXSW's 20th annual Flatstock.The bands may change from year to year, but one thing that always remains a constant joy at SXSW is Flatstock, the annual poster show at the Austin Convention Center. This year, the 20th annual showcase didn't disa ... More >>

Dude Food: SXSW Edition

Patrick MichelsRoppolo's Red River "location" did big business at SXSW.I spent much of the last week in Austin for SXSW, so rather than hipping you guys to some local jewel this week, I've decided to give a play-by-play commentary of how I vittled down in the Live Music Capitol of the World.Comprehe ... More >>

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

Waiting for Erykah

A decade after her SXSW debut, Badu returns a star and a sage

A Sad Salvation

At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music

Number One With a Bullet

You know you're right, you can't lose with rare Nirvana

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Out & About

David Byrne

Tired of Waiting

The center of the musical universe, Austin welcomes the beautiful and the ugly

An Overlooked SXSW Highlight: Black Joe Lewis and West Dallas's The Relatives

Pete and Nick did a bang-up job covering South by Southwest's music fest over on DC9 at Night. But Friend of Unfair Park Big Jon Daniel directs our attention to this holy-effing-ess moment: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears' Friday-afternoon lunchtime treat at the Austin Convention Center featuring ... More >>

My First Time: An Art Director's Tale of Attending Rock Poster Convention Flatstock

All photos by Alexander FloresFor more photos from Flatstock 29, check out Alex's two-part slideshow here and here.​Greetings citizens: I don't usually do this, but at the request of our intrepid music editor, I'm compelled to give an account of my virginal visit to the phenomenon that is known as ... More >>

SXSW's Comin': Springsteen to Keynote All Over It

I can't write this news without thinking of Ben Stiller's pitch-perfect impression of Bruce Springsteen. The (real) Boss will give the South by Southwest keynote speech March 15 at the Austin Convention Center, following in the big ol' legend-sized footsteps of Smokey Robinson and Neil Young. Maybe ... More >>