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Blades of Glory: Throwing Knives With Three Sharp Bands at SXSW

Nothing, Future Islands and the So So Glos face off in our inaugural Musicians Knife Throw Down

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The Competition Begins

Band representatives (Alex Levine of the So So Glos, Nick Bassett of Nothing, William Cashion of Future Islands) engage in a complicated three-way match of rock-paper-scissors to determine which band will throw first. Levine insists that the correct rhythm is "rock, paper, scissors, says, shoot" — and ends up winning.

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