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One of the cool things at SXSW is you never know who you will meet. Walking down San Jacinto outside the British Music Embassy, we start talking to a guy named Darren who says “hey you want to meet Mickey Dale from Embrace. He is around the corner”.
1:06am Mar 24, 2009
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The Grates were another one of those bands that was on full alert for the Aussie BBQ at SXSW.
12:45am Mar 24, 2009
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Josh Pyke returned to SXSW to play for at the Aussie BBQ this week.
9:10pm Mar 23, 2009
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Dolly Parton has told the story of how Elvis Presley once tried to take her copyright for ‘I Will Only Love You’.
8:47pm Mar 23, 2009
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I hereby officially declare Neil Young the first reality star. With the release of the Neil Young Archive you are about to discover the complete life of an artist captured from within.
12:06am Mar 23, 2009
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Great new reggae artists are few and far between. Meet Mishka, a Caribbean bred reggae singer who was discovered by actor Matthew McConaughey.
3:02am Mar 22, 2009
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They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. Bullshit! In the music world if you want to get the hard applause, you go to Austin.
2:47am Mar 22, 2009
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It was the worst kept secret at SXSW but tonight it came to fruition. Metallica played Stubbs BBQ in Austin, Texas.
1:49pm Mar 21, 2009
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Guy Sebastian has been having the time of his life at SXSW. When people come to Austin for the first time for a SXSW they have no idea what to expect. Guy was the same. It is the proverbial eye-opener. A whole town devoted to nothing but music.
10:52am Mar 21, 2009
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Remember that chicken-wire bit in the Blues Brothers movie? Well, Guy Sebastian didn’t sing behind chicken wire this afternoon in Austin but he did face a tough crowd.
12:49pm Mar 20, 2009
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With his reintroduction to the pop world behind him, renowned singer-songwriter Yusuf (the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens) is ready to once again strike up an intimate relationship with his audience.
10:11am Mar 20, 2009
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Melbourne’s own Eddy Current Suppression Ring have won the Australian Music Prize, taking out the grand prize of $30,000.
9:45am Mar 20, 2009
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The artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince will perform three secret shows with three different bands on one night in LA next week.
9:18am Mar 20, 2009
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Just who the hell is Amanda Blank, and how has she managed to wrangle so many guests on her upcoming debut?
8:17am Mar 20, 2009
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Sony Bravia, the TV of which advertising has been taken to new heights of artistic genius will debut the latest track from Kasabian’s upcoming third album ‘West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum’.
8:13am Mar 20, 2009
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Be careful at those traffic lights. The Lincvolt, that big, classic American car turned an environmental hero, is being driven around the Texas city of Austin with Neil Young at the wheel.
4:52am Mar 19, 2009
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Pearl Jam will supply the complete soundtrack to the two-part sixth season finale of Cold Case.
4:23am Mar 19, 2009
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Pearl Jam will supply the complete soundtrack to the two-part sixth season finale of Cold Case.
3:53am Mar 19, 2009
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And Jack White’s latest band is called The Dead Weather.
3:35am Mar 19, 2009
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Post War Years hail from a place called Leamington Spa in the middle of England. I saw them for the first time, in fact heard of them for the first time, last night when they played at the British Music Embassy at SXSW in Austin.
3:21am Mar 19, 2009
