(mt) Media Temple is back hosting the official SXSWi Closing party! Come by Stubb's for drinks & awesome performances by Kasabian, Miike Snow & other special guests. Check mediatemple.net/sxsw for more info!......

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New York NY

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Sharon Van Etten came to Brooklyn via Jersey via Tennessee via Jersey. Along the way, she sang in choirs, rejected her school’s music program, worked at an all-ages venue, trained as a sommelier, and got a full time jo...

New York NY

 

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Baltimore MD

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The story of the Alabama Shakes begins in a high school psychology class in Athens, Alabama. Brittany Howard, who had started playing guitar a few years earlier, approached Zac Cockrell and asked if he wanted to try maki...

Athens AL

 

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Andrew Bird first picked up a violin at age four and proceeded to spend his formative years soaking up classical repertoire completely by ear. As a teen, Bird mastered the sounds of early jazz, country blues andgypsy mus...

Chicago IL

 

This is Red Light Management’s debut day party at South By Southwest. Join us for a one-of-a-kind mini-festival at the world famous Stubb’s BBQ in Austin, TX. You will experience two stages and 14 amazing bands, in...

Presented by: AOL Music's Spinner/High Road Touring

Folk rockers Milo Greene are staying busy this fall. The California group are touring with The Civil Wars, Grouplove and Belle Brigade over the next few months as well as recording their yet-to-be-named debut album, set ...

Los Angeles CA

 

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Dry the River Since forming in spring 2009, Dry The River have toured extensively in the UK and Europe promoting their “careful mix of emotive, lilting folk and upbeat, impassioned rock’... NME. Based in a sh...

London UK-ENGLAND

 

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Following the release of their debut ep earlier this summer Los Angeles’ five-piece White Arrows are set to make their British live debut and release their first single, ‘Get Gone’. It is a groove-soaked, synth’...

Los Angeles CA

 

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San Francisco CA

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With sophisticated savvy and singularity, the Los Angeles quartet Saint Motel has built a formidable reputation on the back of inventive indie pop and wildly fun live shows. Mixing blistering pep with unique flair and ro...

Los Angeles CA

   

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Leeds UK-ENGLAND

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Melbourne born, London based, The Temper Trap return to the live front in wake of their self titled sophomore album, due for worldwide release this June. The bands 2009 breakout release "Conditions" has now scanned over ...

London UK-ENGLAND

Presented by: Time Out North America

Ed Sheeran is blessed – he seems to know exactly where he is going, and exactly how to get there. Where countless others fail to make an impression amid today’s information overload, Ed’s music and talent cut strai...

Framlingham UK-ENGLAND

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Of Monsters and Men is an amiable group of day dreamers who craft folkie pop songs. But last year, the normally mild-mannered six pack—who’s releasing their EP, Into the Woods, on December 20—transformed into total...

Reykjavík ICELAND

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Avalanche City is the brainchild of Dave Baxter, a musician whose background stretches across many genres and influences, culminating in a sound that is an impressive and eclectic range of various instruments, melodies a...

Auckland NEW ZEALAND

 

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When it came time to record Delta Spirit’s third album, the band members knew one thing: It was time to shake off the stylistic labels that have shadowed them since they formed in San Diego, CA, in 2005. Though lyricis...

Long Beach CA

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Elle King sounds like Billie Holiday having a shot of whiskey with Johnny Cash. She loves banjos and hobos. Born in Ohio and raised in Brooklyn, Elle retains her roots in a style that blends those worlds of both grit and...

Brooklyn NY

 

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Close your eyes. Okay, no wait — open them because you need to keep reading — but close them in spirit. Now pretend fun. is not a band, but an amusement park. Just replace the guitar with a log flume and the percuss...

New York NY

 

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Gifted new artist Devin will make his Frenchkiss debut on November 15 with the three-song EP You’re Mine. After hearing a track Devin recorded in his home studio, Frenchkiss label owner Syd Butler caught Devin’s comp...

Brooklyn NY

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Emerging from Brooklyn via Florida in 2009, The Drums initially caught the ear of the indie world with their Summertime! EP. It was an escapist collection of beach pop fantasies; tracks suffused with a wistful, longing n...

New York NY

 

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The irresistible, magnetic vocal harmonies of The Pierces - Alabama-bred, New York-based sisters Allison and Catherine -take a giant step forward as the two singer-songwriters become the newest members of the Mercury Rec...

New York NY

   

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London UK-ENGLAND

 

On a rainy Nashville Thursday last October, Justin Townes Earle leapt onstage at the famed Ryman Auditorium to accept the 2011 Americana Music Award for Song of the Year. The triumphant evening capped a turbulent twelve...

Nashville TN

 

American Goldwing is Sub Pop’s third full-length release with Portland’s Blitzen Trapper and the band’s sixth full-length overall. Over the course of their career they’ve earned rave reviews (from Rolling Stone, ...

Portland OR

 

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London UK-ENGLAND

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Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA