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Death From Above 1979 SXSW Riot: Behind-The-Scene With Their Tour Manager

By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 23, 2011 3:07 pm

We here at CHARTattack are well acquainted with how crazy a good ol' Death From Above 1979 show can make the kids. So when we heard the band played a secret show at South By Southwest 2011 that kinda, sorta started a riot, we figured if we couldn't actually be there to bask in the chaos, we could at least live it vicariously by tracking down the...

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Death From Above 1979 Fans Get Rowdy At SXSW

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 21, 2011 4:47 pm

"Death From Above 1979 playing South By Southwest! OMFG!!!!"That was probably what ran through many minds on Saturday night when the Toronto duo played a surprise show in a tented parking lot stage set up at Austin, Texas' Beauty Bar as part of this year's SXSW. As you might expect, tons of people showed up, seeing as it was the first reunion show...

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I Read The News Today... For March 21, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 21, 2011 4:03 pm

Tool Lite A Perfect Circle are coming to a North American city near you. It's just like 2002 all over again! Yeah!!! —Spin A man's ear is being used to blow up balloons in this Cars video, there's some sort of marble rolling around, an evil scientist and... I don't... ... ... goddamnit, just watch it: Did you miss that Yuck show in...

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Said The Whale Attacked By Mustard-Wielding Harpy At SXSW

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 18, 2011 11:34 am

Can someone please give Said The Whale a break already?The Vancouver indie rockers were robbed in California a few weeks back, and a lot of gear was taken from their trailer. But now drummer Spencer "Spenny" Schoening's felt the wrath of a woman we're going to dub the South By Southwest Mustard Lady. He was just chilling out, shirtless, in the...

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I Read The News Today... For March 3, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 3, 2011 4:11 pm

Public Enemy will headline a day at this year's Bestival in England, joining The Cure and Primal Scream, who are the other bill-toppers. —BBC Radio 1 Memphis, Stars singer Torquil Campbell's side-project with Chris Dumont, are giving away two tunes from their upcoming Here Comes A City album. You can get "I Am The Photographer" and "I Want The...

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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 24, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 3:49 pm

Alexisonfire hate screamo. They hate it so much they want to knife it. Oh, you guys. Why are you furthering emo's reputation for stereotypical self-hatred? But hey, maybe you can borrow this guy's (alleged) sword? —Dose The Dears and City And Colour are among the acts that will play next year's South By Southwest Music Festival. We hope you...

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Fucked Up Explain Playing SXSW

By CHARTattack Staff March 26, 2010 3:59 pm

Two years ago, one of Fucked Up's (unofficial) shows at the 2008 South By Southwest Music Festival was played on a bridge, and became total chaos after so many people converged on the pedestrian overpass, and people started moshing and jumped into the river below. Fast forward to last week, when they played more several shows at the 2010 South...

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