“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.”
By John Crowell
“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.”
And this is what 20 of these bring us.
“This album is so strong and unsettling because our groups were comfortable with being vulnerable.”
By Nathan Shaffer
Northern Spy throws another music fest: Rhys Chatham, Arthur Doyle, Eugene Chadbourne, Magik Markers, 40+ others
EMI drains the financial life out of MP3tunes like a bloodthirsty vampire
Joanna Newsom and Philip Glass join forces to save Neverland, also known as the Henry Miller Memorial Library
Hudson Mohawke and Lunice cross geographical barriers to release TNGHT EP, JUST LIKE THE POSTAL SERVICE, EXACTLY LIKE THE POSTAL SERVICE
Not even Adele’s golden pipes could help Sony last year as parent company reports record $5.7 billion loss
The Vaselines are going on a US tour, but sorry, it’ll probably be over by the end of this headline
Twin Shadow announces new album Confess; here’s some motorcycle noises vrooooooeoooooom
SoundCloud quietly floats past 15 million users; preparation underway for Next SoundCloud redesign
RIP: Donald “Duck” Dunn, member of Booker T. & the M.G.’s and session bassist for Stax Records
Animal Collective announce new album Centipede Hz, due in September
Pygmalion Fest brings double headliners Grizzly Bear and Dinosaur Jr. to Champaign-Urbana, home of the Drinking Illini
Radiohead producer and general lurking figure Nigel Godrich forms his own band Ultraísta
