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Remembering Alex Chilton, Whose Spirit was Entwined with SXSW 2010

Thursday, April 08, 2010 By John Anderson

I don’t think it would be overstating the case too much to say that when the news of Alex Chilton’s death broke on the first day of SXSW, so too did the collective heart of a sizable percentage of SXSW attendees break. I got the news via text message during the second showcase of the […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Specials, SXSW Tagged With: Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Big Star, Born to Lose, Jody Stephens, John Doe, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, M Ward, Sondre Lerche, SXSW 2010, The Replacements

Best Albums of 2009, Official Twangville Editors’ Picks

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 By Tom Osborne

Another great year in music comes to a close! Over the next several days the editors of Twangville will be releasing their top picks from the year. To kick that off, here’s the aggregated Top 25 Twangville Editors’ Picks of 2009. It was a close match for number one between Lucero and Justin Townes Earle […]

Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Avett Brothers, Band of Heathens, Ben Kweller, Brendan Benson, buddy and judy miller, Dave Alvin, dave rawlings machine, Drive-By-Truckers, Heartless Bastards, Jason Isbell, Justin Townes Earle, Leeroy Stagger, Lucero, M Ward, monsters of folk, Patterson Hood, Roman Candle, Roseanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Slaid Cleaves, The Damnwells, Todd Snider, Wilco, Will Hoge, Wrinkle Neck Mules

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival – Day Three

Thursday, August 20, 2009 By Shawn Underwood

As the saying goes, Life Is Good.  Especially when the agenda of the day involves sitting outdoors, temps in the 70’s with the occasional cloud, listening to music, with the Rockies as a backdrop and the crystal clear, glacier-fed St. Vrain river steps away if you need to cool off.  Such was my plight on  […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Ben Sollee, Blind Pilot, Dave Rawlins, folks fest, Gillian Welch, M Ward, Mia Dyson

SXSW 2009: The Video Companion

Monday, April 20, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

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Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Bedouin Soundclash, Daddy, Frank Turner, Joe Pug, Justin Townes Earle, Little Steven, M Ward, Metallica, Or the Whale, Resignators, SpecialThanks, Stonehoney, Telekinesis, The Damnwells, The Hold Steady, The Low Anthem, Tina Dico, Tinted Windows, Tommy Womack, Will Kimbrough

SXSW 2009: The Sounds (part 2)

Thursday, April 16, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

The Right Ons The quintet from Madrid, Spain is like a party in a box. They’re well-studied students of the classic Detroit garage rock sound, with bits of Jimi Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone thrown in as well. They paid tribute to Stone with their intense cover of Sly’s “I Want to Take […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Brooklyn, Frank Turner, KaiserCartel, Laura Critchley, Liverpool, London, M Ward, Madrid, Metallica, Portland, The Felice Brothers, The Hold Steady, The Right Ons

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