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KCRW’s SXSW 2014 Showcases Announced!
Our annual pilgrimage to Austin for the SXSW Music Conference is always an exciting adventure for us and this year we have a few of our favorite bands in tow for our showcases – a few longtime...
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SXSW Preview: Public Service Broadcasting
South London-based duo Public Service Broadcasting released one of the most intriguing albums of 2013 in “Inform, Educate, Entertain“ – a fast paced, glorious pastiche of audio samples from public...
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SXSW Preview: Action Bronson
This Hulk Hogan of Hip Hop straight out of Flushing, Queens, New York. Known for slamming crazy fans, stage crew and folks while rapping on stage, is set to perform at this year’s SXSW and I plan to...
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Clear Plastic Masks: SXSW Preview and Song Premiere
Photo by Anthony Friend I saw Nasvhille band Clear Plastic Masks open for White Denim at the Troubadour and whatever misconceptions I may have had about how the band would sound (based solely on their...
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SXSW Preview: Chet Faker
Australian electronic musician/singer Chet Faker first came on our radar in 2012 with his debut EP “Thinking in Textures” and his cover of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity”. Then last year he teamed up with...
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Jetta Live on KCRW – “Feels Like Coming Home”
The Liverpool-born and London-based singer and songwriter Jetta stopped by our studios for a gorgeous acoustic set this week, including a cover of a song by LA artist Banks, “Waiting Game”, as well as...
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SXSW Preview: Vic Mensa
Chance The Rapper was probably the most buzzed about rapper of 2013 (Macklemore? Ugh…don’t even…). The hype was justified as Chance’s “Acid Rap“ mixtape was one of the most thrilling releases of the...
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Local Bands We Love: SXSW Preview Edition by Marion Hodges
(L to R: Marion Hodges, Jules Medeiros, and Sandra Vu) As the esteemed curator of this very music blog put it recently, “It’s going to be a good year for L.A. music.” With that in mind, I thought I’d...
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SXSW Preview: Ezra Furman
For some reason I’ve spent the last five years overlooking Ezra Furman. Don’t really know why – he’s a perfectly solid singer/songwriter, with a number of well-received records both with his band the...
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Showdown at Cedar Street 2014 Lineup Announced: Classixx, Gardens & Villa,...
KCRW is proud to be the media sponsor for Filter Magazine’s Showdown at Cedar Street showcases– three days of music kicking off on Thursday, March 13 through Saturday, March 15. Many station favorites...
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Pan Caliente: SXSW Preview Edition
La Orquestra Vulgar That beast of a music conference in Tejas is fast approaching. Ten million bands, Twelve million venues, crazy branded parties you didn’t RSVP for and a round the clock schedule of...
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Jason Bentley’s Advice for Bands Playing SXSW
Hozier is on Jason’s must-see list. He’ll be performing at the Spotify House A lot of people ask us what Music Director Jason Bentley is looking for in a band at SXSW so I decided to ask the man...
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Five Artists I’m Depressed I Won’t Be Seeing at SXSW 2014
Very sad to report I’ll be missing another SXSW Music Festival this year… I’ll be missing the tinnitus, sore feet, BBQ & taco-related malnutrition & mid-morning Lone Stars… but most...
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SXSW Preview: Vertical Scratchers
Guitarist John Schmersal has lived a few different musical lives over the past twenty years. As a member of Ohio-based indie rock legends Brainiac during the 90′s, he helped establish a synthpunk...
View ArticleSXSW 2014 Dance/DJ Must Sees
Editor’s Note: SXSW is already in full swing and the Music portion of the festivities officially begins tomorrow. DJ Mario Cotto loops us in on the dance music tip. Suzanne Kraft: LA Dance Music...
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SXSW Preview: Cymbals
Cymbals have been one of my favorite bands since their 2011 debut, “Unlearn“. I’ve probably listened to that record from start to finish more than any other album of the last couple of years. (Check...
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SXSW Preview: Sweet Baboo
If you are truly taking SXSW at its best, you should be seeing at least a few bands that you’ve never (or just barely) heard of. Austin makes this easy, as you can stumble from performance to...
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SXSW Day 1: Jungle, La Femme, Lo’ Jo, Misun, Oil Boom, Young & Sick
La Femme by Anne Litt The music portion of the SXSW conference seems to start earlier and earlier every year. Whereas a few years ago there would be a scant few private parties with bands and DJs on...
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SXSW Day 2: KCRW Showcases with Future Islands, Tennis, Sam Smith and More
It’s hard not to acknowledge the terrible tragedy that happened Wednesday night at SXSW, when a car plowed through a group of people, killing two and inuring many. But in the spirit of celebrating...
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SXSW Day 3: Skaters, Damon Albarn, Strypes, Kieran Leonard
Damon Albarn We started our day broadcasting from the Spotify House, with a punk band playing just feet away. It was a truly SXSW experience — where there is so much music coming from everywhere that...
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