this year’s highly anticipated lineup for the fader fort was announced last friday. if you happened to miss it, feel free to check it out. it’s a bit disappointing, but the rumors for saturday’s special guests are already swirling. be sure to tune in here starting wednesday to stream the whole show.
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-grizzly
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in austin for SXSW? and by SXSW, i mean before the music starts, on march 12, 2012? do you have an amex card and a lot of ambition? you can probably try to get into this. check it:
Festivalgoers with both American Express cards and Interactive badges can “sync their cards with their Twitter accounts” to gain access to the show.
the rest of this measly visa cardholders can sit at home and stream the concert on youtube, facebook or xboxlive.
-grizzly
the folks behind sxsw put together a BIG ASS MUSIC FILE with about 150 songs of artists performing. get familiar, or ignore it like i probably will.*
*outside of this post.
tracklisting can be seen here.
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-grizzly
mashable has got the exclusive stream and inside story behind springsteen’s title-track to his upcoming, march 6th due wrecking ball. stream that giants stadium demolishing track below.
also just announced is a bruce springsteen and the e street band sxsw performance, details of which can be found here. have a badge? you’re in.
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bruce springsteen – wrecking ball
- sunbear
it’s exactly what it sounds like, folks. and in true sxsw fashion, don’t bother getting your hopes up for a lot of these unless you plan on buying a badge. hit the jump for a biiiiiiiiig copy and paste theft job by way of CoS.
-grizzly
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well, even though vevo were nice enough to put up these incredible quality clips of the mega-event from this past year’s sxsw, i gotta say i’m a little disappointed in the QUANTITY of the output. three kanye songs, a mos def song, a pusha t verse, a kid cudi a capella and a live clip of “h.a.m.” is all we get? i know they’re hoarding more, and i want to see it all, plz.
watch the rest of the videos here.
-grizzly
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while the whole thing is premiering tonight, the folks at vevo decided to throw up a preview clip – and it definitely delivers to say the least. i plan on watching this and gettin’ drunk tonight. unrelated, of course.
-grizzly
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so this is what everyone missed. i’m still sour about it. the whole show premieres on vevo, july 12th.
-grizzly
yes, if you look at the artwork below. you can see that middle brother were joined by a very literal johnny corndawg for their earthy and acoustic daytrotter set. download the two-parter set below.
middle brother is out now.
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- sunbear
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god bless grizzly for waking me up at 1am with a text about charles bradley. up top we have a video from the soul singer featuring daptones’ menahan street band (dap-kings, el michels affair, etc) live from sxsw. if watching that doesn’t win you over, then a). you have no soul, b). pick up his recently released album, no time for dreaming, and c). i hate you.
- panda
photo credit: kelly mason.
This interview was easily one of the greatest things to happen to this blog. There’s always that one band who you loved unconditionally through all of their releases and shows, even if everyone else didn’t. As a collective, we’re all fans of Gatsbys American Dream and had all had our own memories of the band long before we started weworemasks and even longer before we became friends. After seeing two reunion shows at this year’s SXSW festival, we made sure to get our contacts in order to make this interview happen.
In the 20 minute interview we had on the phone, singer Nic Newsham and I discussed the reunion shows, among other things, which include their future musical endeavors with GAD, as well as who’s releasing the album and of course, Nic’s perspective on the music industry. Hit the jump and read the interview. Follow em on twitter and lets get excited about rock music again.
Edit: I just realized, I met Panda and Sunbear for the first time at two different GAD shows. Panda was at an As Cities Burn/Gym Class/GAD tour, and Sunbear was at the Starting Line/GAD tour. Insanity. Nostalgia doesn’t get any cooler than that, folks.
-grizzly
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if you’re like us, you had hopes of getting into the killers, lasers and papers showcase at sxsw. originally slated to be lupe fiasco, cee-lo green and wiz khalifa, a sickness took lupe out and i’m sure sheer laziness took cee-lo out, who were then replaced by b.o.b. and janelle monae. i was definitely still bummed i didn’t get to see the show, but now we have a consolation prize. as the headliner, it’s definitely cool to see this – janelle’s full set from the showcase can now be downloaded for free. hit the jump for the tracklist and enjoy a live set from one of the best current performers.
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janelle monae – killers, lasers and papers [full set; live album]
-grizzly
This time of the year is always pretty hectic. Between not paying for badges and getting into half of the shows we wanted to, getting drunk and finding free shit, SXSW can be a pretty pressing time. Luckily, we don’t complain that much. We threw up a mixtape prior to the event, but in any case, this recap will be quick and to the point. You’ll find each day broken down into who and what we saw, accompanied by blurbs written by Sunbear and I — all will be marked for your convenience.
You’ll also find some photos we took, many from Sunbear’s Instagram binge and some from my shitty point and shoot. Enjoy!
-grizzly & sunbear
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thankful for this. IPS has one of the best live shows around, and the PV house website has some of the performance from 3am up on their site. watch the “american trash” clip here.
-grizzly
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welcome back, gentleman. here is the band’s first ever performance from the reunion show. sorry the footage ain’t hot, but i was using a point and shoot to capture this. also, it was loud as eff in there. hit the jump to see the video for “recondition. reprogram. reactivate.” as well.
-grizzly