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Video: Devin Rip Through Set at SXSW
March 18, 2012 10:55 AM ET
New York trio Devin blasted through just over 20 minutes of high-energy rock in their performance at the Rolling Stone Rock Room at SXSW. You can see the full performance here, which features highlights from their new EP, You're Mine. Related• Devin Show Off Their SXSW Credentials | More »
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Video: Devin Show Off Their SXSW Credentials
March 18, 2012 10:55 AM ET
New York City rockers Devin showed off their elaborate collection of bracelets that they have acquired as performers at this year's SXSW backstage at Rolling Stone's Rock Room day party. In doing so, the band recalled the highlights of their experience at the festival, which included a particularly great food truck outside the Spotify House and scoring some free speakers at the Virgin Lab, which they plan on selling on Craig's List when they get home. Related• Devin Rip T... | More »
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Video: Gary Clark, Jr. on Recording His New LP
March 18, 2012 10:25 AM ET
Gary Clark, Jr. is working with producers Rob Cavallo (Green Day) and Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Fiona Apple) on his upcoming major-label LP. "I worked with Rob Cavallo on a couple of tracks, and then I'm gonna go out to L.A. after this SXSW madness is over and we're gonna knock out a few songs," he says. "With Rob I have these loud guitar riffs and you know, these kind of harder things I want to do, and when it comes to like the soul and rhythm and blues type of stuff, more kind of fun... | More »
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Video: Heartless Bastards Rock SXSW
March 18, 2012 9:55 AM ET
Austin rockers Heartless Bastards played a brief half-hour gig at Rolling Stone's Rock Room day party yesterday at the SXSW festival. The band, led by frontwoman Erika Wennerstrom, burned through a set mainly drawing on their brand new album, Arrow. Related•Video: Heartless Bastards on Changing Their Songs in Concert | More »
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Video: Tom Morello Responds to Occupy SXSW Bust
March 18, 2012 9:25 AM ET
"SXSW, in some ways, has become overrun by corporate sponsorship – every website and energy drink and potato chip has their own showcase," Tom Morello said yesterday at the Rolling Stone Rock Room day party. "I thought, in this day and age, the Occupy movement needed its own showcase." Morello says he was pleased with how that gig went down, despite cops shutting it down at the end. "The idea was that we were going to have a people's stage outside and a badge holder's stage in... | More »
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Video: Tom Morello Performs at SXSW
March 18, 2012 9:20 AM ET
Tom Morello took the stage at Rolling Stone's Rock Room day party in Austin yesterday only a matter of hours after his headlining gig at the Occupy SXSW showcase was busted up by cops. In this hour-long set, the Rage Against the Machine guitarist burns through a string of modern protest songs from his Nightwatchman catalog on his own, and accompanied by MC5 rocker Wayne Kramer.Related• Tom Morello's Occupy SXSW Showcase Shut Down by Cops• Tom Morello Plans 'Flash Mob ... | More »
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Tom Morello and Gary Clark Jr. Rumble Rolling Stone's Rock Room
March 17, 2012 10:40 PM ET| Charley Rogulewski
Day two of Rolling Stone's Rock Room in Austin on Saturday was shred heavy. Letting their guitars fly at La Zona Rosa were Rolling Stone/Sprint Street To Stage contest winner The Dime Store Novelist, Heartless Bastards, Hot Water Music, Devin, Gary Clark Jr. and Tom Morello, who played as his working-class superhero alias The Nightwatchman. After Heartless Bastards' set, which included the thunderous new tracks "Parted Ways" and "Simple Feeling" off the alt-rockers new album Ar... | More »
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Video: The Heavy on Making 'The Glorious Dead'
March 17, 2012 12:25 PM ET
"The last couple of times we've worked with people it's been really good but not quite right," the Heavy frontman Kelvin Swaby says, explaining why the English quartet self-produced their new album The Glorious Dead. "We're on an indie label, so the budget's not enormous. You can't just spunk money in studios, so we were borrowing gear and doing it ourselves at our own pace." | More »
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Video: We Were Promised Jetpacks at SXSW
March 17, 2012 11:25 AM ET
Scottish quartet We Were Promised Jetpacks are SXSW veterans, but they're still adjusting to some peculiarities of the festival. "It's sorta strange to be playing a gig at 12 in the afternoon when you've just got out of your bed," says guitarist Michael Palmer. Though the band are eager to see other acts, they haven't had much luck yet. "We were in line for Tenacious D, but they made us go away." Related•Video: We Were Promised Jetpacks' Complete SXSW Set at Rol... | More »
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Video: Tennis Talk Patrick Carney at SXSW
March 17, 2012 10:55 AM ET
Denver indie pop band Tennis performed at Rolling Stone's Rock Room day party at the SXSW festival yesterday. After the set, singer and keyboardist Alaina Moore explained why they worked with the Black Keys' Patrick Carney on their new album, Young and Old. "Patrick Carney is someone we have respected for a long time," Moore says. "When we started to think about working with a producer, which we weren't sure about doing initially, he was one of the first names that we tossed ar... | More »
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