SXSW 2006

SXSW 2006 Bonus Coverage 3: Ours Electrify Saturday Night

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By Karen Pace (CHARTattack) March 22, 2006 9:51 am
Former Chartattack News Editor, Karen Pace travelled to Austin TX, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the venerable music festival. Here's her report on her Saturday activities. Saturday night's showcases began with the only gig I attended where you could actually hear a pin drop. The rapt but tiny audience of 20 were mesmerized by local...
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SXSW 2006 Bonus Coverage 2: Foo's Drummer Takes Centre Stage

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By Karen Pace (CHARTattack) March 21, 2006 9:37 am
Former Chartattack News Editor, Karen Pace travelled to Austin TX, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the venerable music festival. Here's her report on her Thursday and Friday observations. Neil Young was a hotly tipped possibility at a charity fundraising brunch at the Four Seaons Hotel one day, but I'm sure that the audience wasn't...
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Taylor Hawkins And The Coattail Riders

SXSW Day 3: St. Patrick's Day In Austin

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean was in Austin, Texas last week for the South By Southwest Music Festival. He sobered up long enough from Thursday's shenanigans to file this report on Friday's activities. The day started at 1:15 p.m. at Red Eyed Fly with some enjoyable alt.country from L'il Cap'n Travis. The steel guitar player was excellent and the...
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SXSW Day 4: Hurra Torpedo, Steve Wynn, The Pretenders And Lots Of Microbrews

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean was in Austin, Texas last week for the South By Southwest Music Festival. Here's his report on his final day of concert-hopping. Stuff magazine threw a party at The Velvet Spade and I arrived at 12:30 p.m., just in time to catch the strangest band I saw the entire time I was in Austin. Norway's Hurra Torpedo were a...
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The Pretenders

SXSW 2006 Bonus Coverage: MaDM Plays With K-OS

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By Karen Pace (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
With street signs and souvenir T-shirts proclaiming Austin, Texas to be the live music capital of the world, it's easy to believe during the annual South By Southwest Music Festival. Even without what is affectionately known as "South By," Austin plays host to more live music than most urban centres due to the sheer number of bars and...
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SXSW Day 2: Of Montreal And Brakes Stand Out

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 17, 2006 12:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean is in Austin, Texas this week for South By Southwest. Here is his continuing coverage, mildly soaked in free beer. After filing Thursday's report, I sprinted eight blocks to catch a paddle wheel boat cruise sponsored by SOCAN. A beaming Matt Mays walked up to tell me that he was on a high because he had just met Neil...
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Of Montreal

SXSW Day 1: The New Pornographers, The Go! Team And World Party Help Kick Off The Fest

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 16, 2006 3:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean is in Austin, Texas for South By Southwest this week. Here is his first report... sxswI saw a fine performance by Rhett Miller on Tuesday night at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern so that I wouldn't have to use a valuable time slot on him in Austin, Texas. Since I had a 6:30 a.m. flight to catch on Wednesday morning, I didn...
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The Go! Team

Vancouver Buzz: Mint Records Makes An Impact In Vancouver and Beyond

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By Trevor Hargreaves (CHARTattack) March 3, 2006 6:30 pm
As Mint Records celebrates 15 years of indie-rock goodness, things have never been more exciting amongst the ranks of its diverse roster. I spoke recently with label founder Randy Iwata and got the skinny on a myriad of exciting developments that are happening within the next few days. Many of the label's finest are heading to tastemaker music...
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