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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News YouTube Every year, thousands of people flock to the Texas capital of Austin to attend the South by Southwest Music Festival . It might be November, but SXSW 2013 is already shaping up to be one of the biggest years in the festival's history. In March 2013, a real British invasion will descend upon Austin. Recent Mercury Prize winners Alt-J , Klaxons [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. SXSW Brent Grulke, the creative director behind Austin's annual South By Southwest music festival since 1994, died from a heart attack yesterday after oral surgery in Austin. He was 52. "The SXSW family and friends are stunned and grief stricken by this loss," a statement on the festival's site reads. "In 1994 Brent became the Creative Director of SXSW Music and was responsible for booking the [...]

Mixtape: Highlights from the 2012 South by Southwest Music Festival (Podcast #275) Subscribe to The Bay Bridged Podcast! Tracklisting: 1. Django Django - "Default" 2. Lower Dens - "Brains" 3. La Sera - "Please Be My Third Eye" 4. Ume - "Captive" 5. [...]

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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video Jeremy Larson -- Solo mission of the day: The Consequence of Sound party at Beauty Bar, which had the best punkish lineup of the week. While waiting on the line, I saw that camel again. I really want to party with him. -- First band up, The Men. This band is definitely going places. They're tight and loud, and have the [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Chris Phelps Max Bemis has traveled a long road since his band Say Anything released their breakout album, '...Is a Real Boy.' During the recording Bemis suffered bouts of paranoia and crippling anxiety stemming from bipolar disorder. After several stays in mental institutions Bemis emerged on the other side a reformed man. He converted from Judaism to Christianity, [...]

Muse are reportedly set to play a show at this year's forthcoming South by Southwest Music Festival , reports Billboard . The band will reportedly play a show at Stubb's  Bar-B-Q on Saturday, March 20. According to Billboard the band will be joined by Metric who are also reportedly on the bill to play that night. The SXSW festival is set to take place March 17-21 at several venues throughout Austin, TX. Muse

Curtis Santiago hosted the Redbull 3Style event at Circa this past Friday during Canadian Music Week. We had the chance to talk to him at Ultra Supper Club in Toronto before the show. As a Canadian artist and musician, currently based in Toronto, Curtis has had the chance to work accross the country and tour all over the world. Since we spoke with him, he has opened for Raphael Saadiq at The Phoenix Concert Hall and has begun a project with fellow artist Pamela Masik to create a piece for the upcoming Olympic games. Check out the whole interview, and [...]

  MUSIC NEWS - With Gomez's A New Tide  album news out already, we  now have word on their upcoming tour. The band kicks off at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, then heads up the east coast to play a special CD release show on March 31 at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. Appearing on nearly half of the dates will be co-headliner, Josh Ritter , who will be performing with a full band.  A [...]