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Another year, another grueling sprint to South by Southwest’s end–only, this year, well, things seemed a little different than in year’s past. Especially on Saturday night.More so than on any previous night of the festival, Saturday night seemed to finally show some kinks in SXSW’s armor–both on the festival’s part…

SXSW may be over, but we’ve got a mountain of cool pictures from A to Zorch–and more coming as the day and week rolls on. Check it out here, with photos by Spike Johnson and Nick Rallo…

As imagined by Bill Jensen, with contributions from Erin Broadley, Craig Hlavaty, Nick Rallo, Alexia Tsotsis, and me. All Village Voice Media’s SXSW coverage here. 1. “Random Guy With Guitar On Street Signed To Major Record Label” 2. “AT&T Makes Up For Past SXSW Coverage With Zero Dropped Calls, Lightning-Fast…

Ok, it got cold last. Like, damn cold. Didn’t stop most bands though–especially the European ones (like Fanfarlo), which know the easterly cold quite well–from getting up on stage and playing the socks off the audience. In fact, Gwar beat the cold by spraying the audience with meat blood. You’ll…

There were lots of shows this weekend that weren’t sponsored by anyone and didn’t require badges. I can’t imagine the amount of good bands that I missed. But I did manage to walk into one show that was great: Corley Pillsbury at Cuba Libre. Check out her exciting, jazzy tune…

Before the meat spraying, the blood showers, and the searing hell-rock, Gwar meandered around SXSW. In costume. About five hours before its show. Not being a huge Gwar fan, I had to confirm with my friend nearby (who would be at the concert five hours later) that it was indeed…

What day is it today? Saturday? Let’s see… got here on Wednesday… and that was Day One… so I guess yesterday was Day Three, right? To be honest, I’ve got no clue. Mostly, my head just hurts.But our trek to catch 50 acts we’d never seen before at this year’s…

If there was any better way to start night two at SXSW than with a band that boasts an LP entitled “Free Drugs,” well, we’re stumped. We’ve got video below and slide shows galore, but start with dreamy rock like Dum Dum Girls or Avi Buffalo’s sensual folk (above) and…

First of all, it was 2 a.m. and my feet were like blood balloons. But The Very Best still managed to get me–and a room full of people–to board the stage and break out in a huge dance party last night. In the process, Michael Jackson lived on stage for…

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at La Zona Rosa, Friday…

Like in Vegas, what’s done on Sixth Street, stays on Sixth Street. Except, not at all. Thanks to the wondrous Flip camera, we got all ya’ll crazies on tape. Strange beast costumes, torches stuck to crutches, stilts–it’s all here. And there’s more after the jump…..

Where were you last night? We were all over the place, catching shows from Javelin, Ruby Suns, Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Sleep is indeed for the weak molecules in your body. View the rest of the Friday picture show right here…

With Pete down in Austin attending to all things SXSW, it falls to me to come up with some show recommendations for our area. And there’s a lot of stuff going on. Tomorrow brings a Dillinger Escape Plan show to The Granada Theater, and Sunday is especially busy with 97.9’s…

This week’s DC9er takes you behind the booth with Dallas-based, hip-hop expert DJ A1. Having been exposed to DJ culture at a young age (back in the day, he used to tag along with his cousin, who was a DJ at the time), A1 entered his first DJ battle at…

The second day of SXSW 2010 proved quite the copious one–and, for this here showgoer, a fortunate one. Seemed every time I popped into a different venue, another band was just cuing up its set. In total, SXSW brought some 18 acts across these eyes and ears–probably more, too, but…

You know when you’re in Paris, and you only have a few hours to go through the Louvre, so you have to high-tail it with the camera in about five minutes through the entire thing? Well this video is like that–only on 6th street, the main hub in Austin’s SXSW…

For 13 years now, Dillinger Escape Plan has been doing its pretty brutal math-core thing. But the band’s only put out three albums over that time span–not exactly an impressive number, especially for a band that revels in a genre predicated by counting. Alas, the band will up that ante…