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The Alternate Side 2010 SXSW Coverage |
SXSW 2010 Blog: Melissa Auf Der Maur |
The Alternate Side asked the very busy and talented solo artist, bassist, filmmaker and photographer Melissa Auf der Maur, former member of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, if she'd document her SXSW 2010 experience for us ... the start of which happened to coincide with her birthday. Melissa releases her second solo album Out Of Our Minds (OOOM) on March 30. More... |
TAS in Session: Drink Up Buttercup (SXSW 2010 Band) |
Philly's carnival popsters Drink Up Buttercup not only survived nine shows at this year's SXSW, but the winsome, retro-leaning quartet finally release their debut album Born and Thrown on a Hook tomorrow, March 23. The band - Jim Harvey, Ben Money, Farzad Houshiarnejad and Mike Cammarata - recently dropped by The Alternate Side to chat with our own Alisa Ali and play "Doggy," "Gods and Gentlemen" and "Young Ladies" for us. They even brought along a mannequin head. More... |
SXSW 2010 Blog: Steve Schiltz of Hurricane Bells |
Steve Shiltz of Hurricane Bells has survived SXSW week and sent The Alternate Side his "bloggy doggy" of his adventures in Austin. Hurricane Bells' new album is Tonight is the Ghost and Steve launches a tour with Blue October in April. More... |
SXSW 2010 Blog: Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak |
Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner of the excellent duo Wye Oak were nice enough to blog about their SXSW experiences to The Alternate Side (and we'll have more from them later this week and next). Wye Oak's brand new EP My Neighbor/My Creator is available now on Merge. More... |
SXSW 2010 Report: Broken Bells, Codeine Velvet Club, Chew Lips, The Morning Benders And More |
The confluence of St. Patrick's Day and beginning of the SXSW music festival made things a little more wild than usual (forget about getting into any Irish pub to see any Irish band), but The Alternate Side managed to catch Spoon, Codeine Velvet Club, Broken Bells, Everything, Everything, The Morning Benders, Chew Lips, The Walkmen and more on Wednesday night. More... |
Like what you hear? Then check out the pile of iTunes Downloads that's yours for the taking, the Free 'NPR Music At SXSW' Sampler - featuring: "Written in Reverse" by Spoon from Transference
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