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We tried to cover as much ground as possible in the four jam-packed days of the SXSW music fest, but let’s face it – you need twelve ears, six arms and zero hours of sleep to even break the surface of all that was worth reporting on in this marathon of musical mayhem. Here are…
The buzz has officially kicked in. The Head and The Heart – a band that self-released their debut album and broke big while opening for a series of Vampire Weekend dates – packed their third show at the SXSW festival with fans eager to clap along to the Seattle quintet’s unique mixture of harmony-driven, indie…
This year marks graphic designer and poster artist Pete Cardoso’s sixth time showcasing his Ghost-Town Design work at Flatstock, and when I ran into him he was celebrating, not a run in with a musician, but with another kind of rock star. “I was at The Sounds’ show with my girlfriend last night and we…
“Do you know why you’re here?” asked Emmylou Harris after strumming out the first song from her hour-long set at the IFC Crossroads House yesterday afternoon. “We’re playing pretty much all of the new record before it comes out.” How lucky can you get? Harris – songwriter, coveted vocalist, legend – took the stage with…
Eight years ago Rob Jones first went out on a limb and sent some unsolicited posters he made for The White Stripes to a venue they were playing in France. The band’s manager called Jones to chew him out for using band’s name on a print without express permission to do so. And then he…
One thing you can’t take away from Young The Giant, is their commitment to the sport of rock. During a spirited set from their self-titled debut album at the IFC Crossroads House yesterday afternoon, the quintet danced their pants off while delivering their raucous indie rock, deftly maneuvering around guitar wires and each other, to…
Gary Clark, Jr. is a soul man. He’s a blues man. He’s a rock and roll man. Gary Clark Jr. is the real deal. When I happened upon his set, waiting to see the much-hyped Theophilus London at the Habana Bar Backyard, Clark Jr. was mid-wild jam with an electric three piece backing band that…
When you’re in the same room as Portugal. The Man, you notice the climate. You sense the Alaskan landscape from which the band hails. You smell the rain of Portland Oregon, where the group now resides, and where they recorded their latest LP, “American Ghetto” in 2010. And you feel warm for them in their…
We make no secret of this, IFC loves SXSW. We’ve been throwing a week long party to prove just how much. If you’ve missed any of the performances or events so far, it’s easy to catch up. When we weren’t hanging out at the IFC Crossroads House, we were catching all the premieres of the…
Walking through the convention center or the streets of Austin this week, it’s hard to ignore the tape-spackled, staple-ridden posters, sounding their visual siren calls, trying to reel you in amidst the crowds and visual noise. As the world goes digital it’s interesting to note how much tangible objects stand out. You can’t hand someone…
Nicole Atkins has just had her heart broken, but you would never know it. Her waters turned from clear to dark, only recently. Formerly releasing solo records as “Nicole Atkins and the Sea,” Atkins’ the latest incarnation of her solo act was born during a year in which she has her heart broken, her record…
At first glance, you would expect Joy Williams and John Paul White to be a source of stone cold severity. There doesn’t seem to be room for play in a duo that names themselves The Civil Wars — she, dressed in all black, lace up to her collarbone; he, in a staid gray suit, cinched…
Hello friends of IFC! I am Stacey Brook, music journalist, culture lover, rock poster addict, and overly-caffeinated festivalgoer. The inimitable Brandon Kim was unfortunately unable to make it out to Austin for SXSW this year, thus I have been entrusted with the honor of reporting to you from this fair desert city, where the taco…
Austin, TX’s Fantastic Fest is a film festival that earns its name — and it’s one of our personal favorites. The sixth annual incarnation of the festival will take place September 23-30, 2010, with the usual selection of sci-fi, horror, fantasy and strangeness from around the world. They’re made their first programming announcement today, highlighting…
“I hope you guys aren’t frustrated that it’s J.J. interviewing me and not me interviewing J.J.,” joked Edgar Wright, sitting across from J.J. Abrams at the Los Angeles Film Festival for a two-hour plus conversation about his career. “And that at the end, you won’t get to ask him questions like ‘When the fuck is…
When Seattle Film Festival programming manager Beth Barrett asked an audience Saturday, “Are you ready for 22 more days [of movies]?” I knew I was in trouble — I had little more than a weekend in the Pacific Northwest and I was barely going to make it into five percent of the 256 features they…
If one possible future for how we’ll watch films involves everyone sitting at home in front of giant televisions, another has to take into account places like the Enzian Theater in Maitland, FL, base of the Florida Film Festival. The Enzian’s a comfy multi-tiered cinema and event space with couches and table seating, a full…
On the first night of SXSW at the “Predators” sneak preview, someone leaned over to me and asked “Have you been to Comic-Con?” I knew where the question was headed, and although he was speaking specifically about the presentation we were about to see, where no full film was shown and the studio carefully curated…
In real estate, it’s the most important variable in the equation; in 2010, it’s become the topic that seems to be everywhere. Everyone seems to be trying to integrate location-based aspects into their applications these days, but hyper-local has been around for nearly a decade. It’s not a new topic; it’s just one that has…
There are many motivations to make the nerd pilgrimage to Austin, which, as it was related to me by a local cab driver, was first an idea the city came up with to replenish the lack of foot traffic when UT students leave the city for spring break. As the natives escape, the town is…
Day one at SXSW Interactive ended with a bang or, more precisely, a fire alarm, which presumably was a result of the heated exchange between Boxee‘s Avner Ronen and Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and the man who made millions selling Broadcast.com, an internet-based media delivery system. The medium made him a rich…
With four to five or more events happening at one time, at all times, choosing which direction to take can be a daunting task at SXSW Interactive, the portion of the festival devoted to all thing internet. There are plenty of tools to choose from to keep track of what’s available — the main SXSW.com…
Sundance put a punctuation mark on this year’s festival with their awards announcement — emcee (and “The Perfect Host” star) David Hyde Pierce rapped the name of nearly every festival film over the Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow.” (Hyde Pierce joked, “it was Redford’s idea.”) Here are the winners: Grand Jury Prize for U.S.…
We’re calling it a day in Sundance, but keep looking at our Sundance home page and Cheat Sheet for continuing coverage from this year’s fest. Since returning from Park City, we’ve already posted new photo galleries from the “Get Low” and “Winter’s Bone” premieres, and more is on the way. In the meantime, check out…
While our Sundance home page is the place for all our coverage from Park City, here is a brief rundown of what’s been going on during the last 24 hours, including Matt Singer’s interview with “The Freebie” writer/director Katie Aselton and co-star Dax Shepard and reviews of the Chace Crawford drama “Twelve,” the Banksy doc…
