Band Weblogs

Photo: Bodies of Water. This year, Babelgum teams up with Other Music and Dig For Fire to host free music on the rolling lawns of the French Legation Museum, Austin, Texas. Curated by Other Music, the line up includes some of the most buzzed-about bands of 2009 to date …

GreenShoelace.com is officially launching this week during the annual South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. GreenShoelace.com offers curated music event listings for the best music events and concerts in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco across the genres of indie rock, hip hop and electronica …

Join London’s Transgressive Records and Chicago’s Chocolate Industries for a two-way mash-up with a very special line-up of live bands, DJs and free booze. Featuring sets from Graham Coxon (Blur), Free Moral Agents (Ikey from Mars Volta), Esser, Miles Benjamin, Anthony Robinson and a DJ Set by Jeff Barker (Tortoise) …

Into The Presence will be performing at SXSW this Friday and Saturday March 20th and 21st at the Belmont at 9pm and 5pm respectively. Both shows are FREE non wrist band performances and are open to the general public …

The Decemberists have launched their ambitious new album ‘The Hazards of Love’ (Capitol Records) today March 17, 2009 with a weeklong exclusive sale of the digital album through the iTunes Store …

New indie-rock band Finding Fiction out of NYC are set to play SXSW at the Red Gorilla Stage on March 18, 2009 at 9pm at Vintage Lounge located at 503B Trinity in Austin …

Australia’s The Drones are kicking off a US tour next week in support of their recently released album, ‘Havilah’. Dates include several shows in Austin for SXSW followed by dates with The War on Drugs and Band of Horses …

The Gin Riots ‘International Music Industry Week’ official SXSW showcase – 11pm, Saturday 21st March, 2009 at The Rio, 301 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, Texas 78701. Capping a frenetic year of live shows and backroom music development UK gutter folk punk band The Gin Riots are rolling into Austin for SXSW this month to perform their much-anticipated debut single, “The Polka” …

mom&pop music company recording duo An Horse has announced a full schedule of activities surrounding the upcoming release of its eagerly anticipated debut album. ‘Rearrange Beds’ arrives in stores on March 17, 2009 …

Don’t Miss Melissa McClelland Live @ SXSW! Amidst the loves we leave and seek, there are songs pointing to the stars and arms reaching through the blackout. We rest easy knowing that soon the sky will be filled with burning lights, our eyes brimming with wonder …

The MuseBox is impacting on South By Southwest 2009 in a big way. This year the acclaimed music marketing firm presents two showcases – Thursday afternoon March 19, 2009 and Saturday night March 21st – at The Rusty Spurs, 405 East 7th Street, Austin, TX (between Trinity Street and Neches Street) …

Austin, TX’s Consider the Source is proud to announce the release of their new EP titled ‘Fire Alarms’. Widely-praised within their hometown and released on drummer James Taylor’s up-and-coming imprint Giant Steps Records, ‘Fire Alarms’ showcases the kinetic-yet-controlled profile of the Texas-bred post-punk band to the absolute fullest …

2008 was a dizzying blur of firsts and foremosts for the San Fran based band BLVD. While whipping up crowds across the US with their fresh urban sounds, this four-piece has positioned itself as a new champion of the burgeoning live electronic movement …

Redemption. Paranoia. Guilt. And brief glimpses of a better tomorrow, all cloaked in pop hooks that truly help the medicine go down …

Delta Spirit stamped their indelible mark on the live circuit in their first UK shows at the start of the year, released their contagious debut single “Trashcan” in January, and left us yearning for more …