SXSW

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  Stephen Malkmus

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  Look, I know dude was in Pavement and everything but, as Malkmus's impending Face the Truth warns, a cool pedigree does not guarantee that...

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  Mark Mallman

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  The promise of free beer can lead even the most discerning of SXSWers to showcases unplanned. Though the (free) beer didn't pan out, the ha...

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  Mood Ruff

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  The night after this Winnipeg hip-hop trio played to a rapt audience at the Manitoba/NXNE BBQ, they played to a less packed house as part o...

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  New York Dolls

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  "This is like the Vanity Fair party for whatever this thing is,” mocked New York Doll David Johansen, rocking a midriff shirt, a skeletal I...

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  No Luck Club

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  Van City's finest turntable trio travelled all the way to Texas to play to a mostly empty room, which was a damn shame since hip-hop-starve...

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  Novillero

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  You know you're in Texas when new fans of Winnipeg band Novillero pronounce the moniker's double Ls as a Y, giving it an unexpected Tex-Mex...

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  Smoosh

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  Kids grow up so fast today, especially when they're pre-teens with an album already on shelves and a list of opening slots for such bands a...

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  Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2007

  This year marked 12-year-old drummer Rachel Trachtenberg's fifth SXSW showcase playing in her family's band - no small feat when you do the...