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When Japanther (Brooklyn, NY) takes the stage, expect stage diving, light rig-swings, and other antics just this side of bedlam. And we're barely halfway through today's Mess With Texas 3 […]

After Barbara Lynn finished, the Allen Oldies Band called up Roy Head to the stage. And this guy in his 60's, wearing a western suit and boots, throws down his

Sometimes, it pays to know a local. My friend Chris – a former NYer – gave us a tip on this free show happening today at some development on the

I'm not a big fan of corporate sponsorship, but give credit to Blackberry: they've booked some of the best bills this SXSW, including tonight's lineup at Cedar St. Courtyard, with

The "new" sound of this year's SXSW seems to land squarely in the 60's, somewhere between electric Dylan and The Kinks, with a bit of early Stones thrown in for

In between sets at the Forcefield/Asthmatic Kitty party at Okay Mountain Gallery, this guy Sandman – who calls himself a "rapper cowboy" – plays Sugar Hill Gang, with a twang.

Little Steven – of E Street and Sopranos fame – is probably The great evangelist of garage rock, having hosted a popular show on XM Radio for the past four

At the Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa, I resort to having to stash my camera under a rock, due to the arbitrary rule that it has a

Any visible signs of a recession are seemingly absent from this year's SXSW Music Festival, where the familiar stew of college kids and industry hacks clogged both 6th Street and