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South Africa's indie rock band Diamond Thug chats about Austin and a new album during SXSW Music Festival 2017.
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Music Review: David Broza – ‘The Set List’
'The Set List' from David Broza is not just a greatest hits package, it's a great opportunity to get to know the music and the man.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017 (Austin, TX): Friday, March 17 (Garth Brooks, Snail Mail, Spoon, Sui Zhen, and More)
Garth Brooks was Friday's keynote speaker at SXSW Music Festival 2017, which included performances by Snail Mail, Maggie Rogers, and Spoon.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017 (Austin, TX): Thursday, March 16 (Kate Nash, The New Pornographers, FRENSHIP, Black Rheno, and More)
The New Pornographers and Kate Nash were among the hundreds of artists and bands performing Thursday at SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017: Wednesday, March 15 (Austin, TX)
Banks, Real Estate, and Sleigh Bells were among the hot ticket music acts on Wednesday during SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »SXSW Music Festival 2017: Tuesday, March 14 (Austin, TX)
Sofi Tukker and Lo Moon helped lead Tuesday's full performance schedule at SXSW Music Festival 2017 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »Our Juba Zula
In the beginning they manufactured the supreme lie, an enabling lie, an empowering lie – A sanctioning lie - a gargantuan lie. They fed themselves balm that we were less than human and their God would sanction whatever they dealt to us for their own enhancements. This gave the lie the guise of having been mandated from the Creator of heaven and therefore an empowering lie that dehumanized me and my-kind – The Lie of a Hundred Generations.
Read More »Interview: Barb Caffrey, Author of ‘Changing Faces’
Barb Caffrey on her new novel "Changing Faces."
Read More »SXSW World Premiere: Terrence Malick’s ‘Song to Song’
The idiosyncratic director's latest film is a tiring, pretentious love story that wastes a talented cast.
Read More »SXSW 2017 Preview: Movies, and Music, and Beers, Oh My!
SXSW began as a music festival in 1987 and is now the world’s largest. In addition, it has grown into a festival of festivals, including film, technology, ecology, medicine, and education. The festivals feature educational, networking and promotional activities as well as relevant trade shows. If that sounds kind of serious, don’t worry, there are parties, gaming, COSPLAY, and things that cannot be categorized.
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