“I have almost never heard an interpretation of one of my songs that was what I intended.”
By John Crowell
How Lana Del Rey and The Caretaker Read Old European White Guys
By Alexander Slotnick
“Well, what if we repurposed this idea to actually shoot stuff that matters rather than bullshit conversations between bullshit people?”
By Paul Bower
“The novelty of touring wore off for me around the turn of the century.”
By Paulb
“There seems to be a push in independent film away from the ‘talky white people’ genre.”
By Susanna Locascio
“I never really even think about the ‘what’ that I am.”
By Lee Michael
“Oh, my god I can’t think about stuff that’s not music all the time.”
By D-BO
Five-day fest featuring the likes of Hype Williams, Actress, Demdike Stare, and Laurel Halo
By TMT Staff
“I can turn anything into a kick drum now, and that excites me. It’s addictive.”
“Hopefully I’m leaving people with more questions than answers.”
By Keith Kawaii
A new music celebration in a mid-size metropolis
“Coming from hardcore punk rock I really believed in simplicity. I thought things were more interesting the simpler they were.”
“I just like to think about dying, whether or not I’m going to die. This record is, ‘what if I died tomorrow?’”
By Ze Pequeno
SXSW is not a festival, it’s a conference.
By Jonathan Dean
Austin, TX
By Gumshoe
“I didn’t want to say something overt. I didn’t know how to.”
By Emceegreg
“You ain’t even got enough tape for these fuckin’ ghost stories.”
By Hog Eye Man
The genesis of underground Chinese music, 1986-1999
By Josh Feola
“My music is no more or less than the music created hundreds of years ago by some indigenous inhabitant of a small atoll in Micronesia.”
“I sort of deduced from the fact that the car wasn’t in the driveway when I woke up that I must have written a song.”
NGUZUNGUZU weaponize bass this summer with Warm Pulse EP on Hippos in Tanks
RIAA seeks $75 trillion in LimeWire copyright case, as if their plot for world domination was ever in question
Release the Bats label ends after 10 years, and it is likely your fault
Constellation readies second Musique Fragile box set: Pacha, Kanada 70, and Tony “Dr. Drone Ph.D” Conrad
Library of Congress rips 25 new entries to the National Recording Registry… but at what BIT-RATE?!?
Ain’t no party like a dabke party: Mark Gergis’ Sham Palace releases Dabke: Sounds of the Syrian Houran comp
Eternal Summers announce Correct Behavior LP for summer release, go on summer tour, cryogenically freeze themselves from September to June
Björk turns New York Public Library and Manhattan Children’s Museum into giant blobs of educationalism even tho we’re all plenty smart as is
Dominick Fernow starts up new label Bed of Nails in order to get another Vatican Shadow 12-inch out there
Awesome band returns after lengthy hiatus with new album, world tour: Dead Can Dance edition
Neneh Cherry & The Thing tour as a bright spot in the shadow of impending European meltdown
Planes Mistaken for Stars announce summer reunion tour, now feel your face and realize you’ve grown a beard
