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Sleigh Bells Tear Through Sweaty SXSW Set

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 12:50

While waiting for Sleigh Bells to start their half of a double bill with Nas at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater on Saturday excited audience members explained to friends what to expect (“It's like this guy who plays super loud guitar and a girl with a really...

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@Discographies SXSW Diary, Day Four

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 11:45

Anonymous music critic @Discographies (even we don't know who he/she is) has earned tens of thousands of Twitter followers by distilling artists' entire discographies to 140 characters (example Bruce Springsteen 1-5 "You ride the road" 7-8 "until you arrive" 9-10 "or run out of gas" 611-17 "or your country does") So for...

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ASAP Rocky SXSW Show Ends in Brawl

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 11:19

An ASAP Rocky show at SXSW came to a messy end as a brawl broke out between the band and the crowd at the Vice Kills Texas party where they were playing Spinner reports that the growing rowdiness of the Harlem-based rapper's show erupted into a fight around 330 am on...

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Nas Brings 'Illmatic' and 'The Don' to SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 10:45

Before Nas took the stage at the VEVO SXSW concert it was obvious this run-thru of the rapper's 1994 debut Illmatic was going to take us back to his old school Austin's Moody Theater stage was being transformed into the graffiti-lined streets of Nasty Nas' Queens neighborhood complete with a...

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R.E.M., Big Star Members Join Blitzen Trapper Onstage at SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 10:20

Blitzen Trapper finished an epic string of 11 performances at SXSW in memorable fashion Saturday night performing a cover of Big Star's "Feel" with members of Big Star and REM on the second anniversary of singer-guitarist Alex Chilton's death "We're going to do my personal favorite Big Star song" Blitzen Trapper...

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Win a Martin D-15M Acoustic Guitar

Gearpipe - Sun, 03/18/2012 - 00:02

As the proud owner of a Martin D-28, I can tell you that there is nothing like the tone of a Martin!

From American Songspace, you have a chance to win a Martin D-15M in this guitar giveaway. The Martin D-15M is built with solid, all-mahogany construction and a satin finish.

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Rumble Rolling Stone's Rock Room

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 22:40

Day two of Rolling Stone's Rock Room in Austin on Saturday was shred heavy Letting their guitars fly at La Zona Rosa were Rolling Stone/Sprint Street To Stage contest winner The Dime Store Novelist the Heartless Bastards Hot Water Music Devin Gary Clark Jr and Tom Morello who played as his...

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Wild Belle Bring Psychedelic Pop to SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 15:15

"How does this shirt look?" Natalie Bergman asks throwing on a stripped chiffon blouse It's Friday night at SXSW and Bergman who makes up half of the Chicago-born sibling duo Wild Belle is picking out her performance outfit backstage while her older brother Elliott plugs in their equipment The unsigned act has...

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Eminem Makes Surprise Appearance at 50 Cent's SXSW Show

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 13:04

Eminem made a surprise appearance at 50 Cent's SXSW show on Friday night at the Austin Music Hall confirming the rumors that had been circulating throughout the week 50 Cent was headlining the showcase for Shady Records Eminem's label and performed his 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin' live in...

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@Discographies SXSW Diary, Day Three

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 12:55

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Tom Morello's Occupy SXSW Shut Down by Cops

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 07:30

When Tom Morello took the stage at the Swan Dive in Austin on Friday night he chose to convert what otherwise would've been just another SXSW-only showcase into a true Occupy gathering – an event which he described as "Occupy SXSW" and which he organized in conjunction with Occupy Austin...

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Win a Fender Blacktop Guitar or a Trip for Two to Lollapalooza

Gearpipe - Sat, 03/17/2012 - 01:31

There’s a lot of good stuff in this guitar giveaway! For the quirky Fender fans, you can enter to win one of three Fender Blacktop guitars — a Blacktop Telecaster HH, a Blacktop Jaguar 90 or a Blacktop Jazzmaster HS.

And everyone who signs up to win a guitar will also be entered for a chance to win a grand-prize trip to the August 2012 Lollapalooza festival in Chicago. One lucky winner and a guest will rock a prize package including airfare for both, three-night hotel accommodations and a pair of three-day Lollapalooza guest passes.

This contest has ended. Check out all current giveaways.

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Keane, Nick Waterhouse, Tennis Play Rolling Stone's Rock Room at SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 22:35

Rolling Stone's Rock Room at SXSW got off to a rousing start on Friday as Keane Nick Waterhouse Tennis the Heavy and We Were Promised Jetpacks all took the stage in front of festival-goers at Austin's La Zona Rosa Scottish band We Were Promised Jetpacks kicked off the bill with tunes...

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SXSW Bands Head to Willie Nelson's Ranch for Heartbreaker Banquet

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 16:05

Willie Nelson's ranch the endearingly nicknamed Luck Texas once served as the backdrop for the 1986 Western Red Headed Stranger On Thursday it played host to the inaugural Heartbreaker Banquet a two-stage event purposely scheduled to take place at the same time as SXSW in the hopes of gaining traction...

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Skrillex, Porter Robinson and M Machine Throw OWSLA Dance Party

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 15:55

Skrillex may be the boss when it comes to his DJ/Producer-heavy label OWSLA – the label is named for a military caste of rabbits in the legendarily intense 1970s children’s fantasy novel Watership Down – but on Thursday the deafening bass pioneer showed he's also just one of the DJs...

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Jimmy Page Unearths Soundtrack Album

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 15:20

Jimmy Page's avant garde soundtrack music from the early Seventies will finally be released on March 20th Lucifer Rising and Other Sound Tracks will collect several compositions that were recorded at the Led Zeppelin guitarist's home studio including the title piece which was intended for use in Kenneth Anger's short...

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Radiohead, Keys, Dre Invade the Desert for Coachella 2012

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 14:10

Two years ago Florence and the Machine celebrated their breakthrough year with a victory lap at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival "It was quite surreal looking out as a performer and seeing palm trees and Ferris wheels and this amazing desert skyline in the distance" says Florence Welch...

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@Discographies SXSW Diary, Day Two

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 13:35

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Little Hurricane Bring the Heat to SXSW

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 13:35

Little Hurricane might be a duo but they have a big sound and they aren't afraid to get messy "I've gotten used to wiping my sweat with my socks" drummer Celeste "CC" Spina tells Rolling Stone before their gig at SXSW's Auditorium Shores Stage where she and guitarist Anthony "Tone"...

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Todd Rundgren Readies 'Musical Revival Camp' With Guest Peter Buck

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Fri, 03/16/2012 - 11:40

Todd Rundgren's second annual retreat now called Musical Revival Camp will take place July 23rd-27th at the Full Moon Resort in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York with guests including Peter Buck After launching the event last year as "Survival Camp" Rundgren tells Rolling Stone he has recast the...

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