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03/16/2008
SXSW music: Shattered expectations, happy surprises 
AUSTIN – Sunday marked the end of South by Southwest – four days of ringing ears, too little sleep and too many people text messaging when they should've been watching. But for all the drawbacks, there was no shortage of great music: A record-breaking 1,700 acts performed at the festival, with hundreds of other nonofficial bands playing every street corner, record store and flat-bed truck across Austin.
03/17/2008
SXSW music: Ice Cube launches Internet TV project
AUSTIN – Ice Cube isn't content to just be a rap legend and a movie star. On Saturday, he showed up at South by Southwest sporting a brand new title: Internet TV exec.
03/15/2008
SXSW music: BoDeans, Blue Rodeo deliver strong sets
AUSTIN – A lot of alt-country acts are weeping over the death of No Depression , a magazine devoted to American roots music. But probably not the BoDeans or Blue Rodeo.
SXSW music: Blue Cheer stays true to heavy-metal roots
AUSTIN – Think of a Blue Cheer concert as a health checkup. If you've got loose fillings, tenderness in the lymph nodes, a touchy stomach, nasal congestion, dull tissue aches – most anything that the normal course of life could mask for a time – 40 minutes of this legendary trio's megawatt groove-blues will expose it.
03/14/2008
SXSW music: Critic Mike Daniel joins the New Frontiers as band roadie
AUSTIN – South by Southwest is a petri dish for exhaustion. Only the truly established acts get to bring help. Which is where I attempted to come in.
SXSW music: Vampire Weekend finding its groove
AUSTIN — The SXSW South by Southwest flavor of the month, Vampire Weekend, has one thing going for it that previous flavors didn't. It's not British.
SXSW music: My Morning Jacket, Justin Vernon men with high voices
Thanks to Thom Yorke and the late Jeff Buckley, male rockers are no longer afraid to get in touch with the female side of their voices. On Thursday, the most ethereal falsettos at SXSW belonged to My Morning Jacket and Wisconsin-based newcomer Justin Vernon, alias Bon Iver.
03/17/2008
Video of Big Red Rooster show
Video of Big Red Rooster show  Members of Dallas band Big Red Rooster talk about band dynamics before they perform at Bourbon Rocks Patio in Austin.
• Playlist: Rooster's Reyez and Multi-ID blog about SXSW
• In Dallas: SXSW bands here
03/14/2008
SXSW music: R.E.M. lives up to its album title, 'Accelerate'
R.E.M. lives up to its album title, 'Accelerate' AUSTIN – When R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe said his band was going to debut a bunch of new songs Wednesday night, the packed crowd at Stubb's fell silent.
• More SXSW: Find bands playing in DFW
SXSW music: Augustana's ready for its close-up, but a bit too polished
AUSTIN – Beginning last year, DirecTV's broadcasts of live sets from South by Southwest considerably raised the profile of this mostly closed music-industry event among the general public.
SXSW music: Lou Reed as grumpy as Van Morrison
 Erich Schlegel Lou Reed was in no mood for ringing phones during his keynote address. AUSTIN — Lou Reed is an interviewer's nightmare, known for giving one-word answers and bolting if he doesn't like the questions. And for a while Thursday, his keynote address at South by Southwest was headed straight for the "train wreck" file. Too bad Van Morrison had already left town or SXSW could have paired them up as Rock's Grumpy Old Men.
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SXSW coverage: Reviews, photos, video, live blogging
03/13/2008
SXSW music: Capsula rocks
SXSW music: Capsula rocks BD Riley's Coverage of the South by Southwest music festival contiues with video of a performance by Capsula. The Argentinian band plays a blend of "South American Psycho Alian" and '70s punk at BD Riley's as a part of the Austin festival.
• More SXSW: Find bands playing in DFW
03/14/2008
SXSW film: Helen Hunt discusses directing her first film
AUSTIN, Texas — Helen Hunt is an Oscar winner (for As Good As It Gets) and a four-time Emmy winner (for "Mad About You"). Now she has a new title to add to her esteemed collection: filmmaker.
03/13/2008
SXSW music: Van Morrison classically cranky
Van Morrison, classically cranky at SXSW AUSTIN – South by Southwest usually focuses on young buzz bands eager to make their mark. But this year, the opening-night buzz belonged to a cranky geezer who made his mark 44 years ago: Van Morrison. The 62-year-old legend drew an overflow crowd Wednesday night to La Zona Rosa.
SXSW music: A primer for the 22nd annual Austin festival
Never mind that CD sales are dropping and record labels are downsizing. As usual, South by Southwest just keeps growing. The annual music-biz schmooze-athon runs Wednesday through Sunday with a record-breaking 1,700 acts playing 80 stages around Austin. Factor in hundreds of unofficial gigs, parties and street-corner busking sessions, and you've got a nonstop jam worthy of the Guinness World Records. How to navigate it all? With music critic Thor Christensen's primer on the 22nd SXSW.
03/12/2008
SXSW film: Documentary shows off geekster hip-hop
AUSTIN — Damian Hess still remembers the day his nerd identity collided with his hip-hop future.
03/11/2008
Young Carrollton filmmaker competes at SXSW
Young Carrollton filmmaker competes at SXSW AUSTIN – If Carrollton's John Gordon III isn't the youngest filmmaker at South by Southwest this year, he's close. The 15-year-old R.L. Turner sophomore's short film, To the Ends of the Earth, was accepted into the Texas High School Shorts competition and screened to a receptive house of parents and students Friday night at the Dobie Theater.
Alternative Latin music takes SXSW stage
The SXSW Festival, held each year since 1987 in Austin, is one of the most important events for music and film fans, and in the last few years it has become a must-stop for performers of the Latino alternative music scene as Aterciopelados, Julieta Venegas, Molotov, and many more.
03/10/2008
South by Southwest film fest gets into the high life
AUSTIN – Comedian Doug Benson stood before a packed Paramount Theatre at the opening night of the South by Southwest Film Festival on Friday to introduce his documentary Super High Me . "It's something everyone will enjoy, whether you last smoked a joint in college or on the way to work this morning," he offered.
SXSW documentary explores bisexuality 'boom'
AUSTIN – When documentary filmmakers make movies about subjects they are interested in, it's not uncommon for them to also learn about themselves in the process. And when a pair of documentarians who happen to be close friends decide to team up for a project, you can bet the whole process will turn into one big learning experience.
South by Southwest film festival bets on '21' for opening night
Robert Luketic sheepishly says he thinks the South by Southwest film festival is taking a gamble on him by showing his Las Vegas thriller, 21, on opening night.
Hear plenty of SXSW music without leaving town
Don't bother with Austin. Seriously, there's no need to venture down to the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival running March 12-16. When more than 10 percent of the 1,500 music acts that are performing at the country's largest music-industry gathering have booked gigs in North Texas, why fight the crowds down south?
03/06/2008
South by Southwest 2007 in pictures
 Rock legend Pete Townshend plays during his set on Thursday at La Zona Rosa. South by Southwest in pictures Photos from South by Southwest 2007, including new acts, old favorites and scenes from around the festival.
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