Lunice's Boiler Room set at SXSW

The Boiler Room is on an unbelievable roll lately.

After releasing John Talabot's recent set in Miami, and shortly after Death Grips manic SXSW set, the Boiler Room has another SXSW spot worth your attention.

Lunice's Austin set comes off a tad slow at the beginning, but things turn up to unbelievable degrees once Denino Farrar, Flatbush Zombies, and Mykki Blanco storm out. The finale culminates with TNGHT's remix of Kanye West's "Cold" and finally "Higher Ground" with the whole place ready to explode. See the whole thing below.

New Vampire Weekend - Diane Young and Step

After debuting a bevy of songs down at last week's SXSW, Vampire Weekend formally introduced the two tracks to the band's upcoming double A-Side single "Diane Young/Step." The first two official releases from the band's upcoming third LP Modern Vampires In The City have supporting videos as well. "Diane Young" is simply a car on fire, but, "Step" is a Manhattan-inspired lyric video fitting of a sweeter tune.

Check out both below and grab Modern Vampires In The City May 7 via XL Recordings.

Dead Leaf Echo - Birth

New York three-piece Dead Leaf Echo have been drifting around since beginning in 2006. Never gaining huge word-of-mouth nation-wide, the band was still highly regarded in their native city, and hit up SXSW in 2010 alongside a few more familiar acts like Japanther and A Place To Bury Strangers.

With another trip to Austin this week, fans will have another chance to witness one of shoegaze's best lesser-known acts. Wednesday, March 13, the band will be performing at Lucy's Retired Surfers Bar at 4 p.m. The next day, the band will be performing at Todd's Mansion at 6 p.m. Saturday, the group will be appearing at Buffalo Billiards with The Ocean Blue at 9 p.m. And next Sunday, finally, the band will be performing with The Warlocks at The Volstead at 2 p.m.

For a preview, check out the band's single "Birth" from their debut Thought & Language here.

Engine - Lands Of Sleep

LA's Engine will be one of the umpteenth millions of bands worthy of your time at this year's SXSW festival, combining modern American rock flare with spacey western springs. For a quick preview, check out the band's curious video for "Lands Of Sleep" and keep your ear to the ground for more news from the group.

New Goldroom - Only You Can Show Me (ft. Mereki)

Before he heads on over to SXSW (March 13 at Lipstick 24 and 16 at The Brew Exchange), Goldroom premiered his brand new cut "Only You Can Show Me" with vocals from Los Angeles artist Mereki. The single is available now over at Beatport, and is available to stream below.

Clipping - This Song Is a Drug Deal (Foot Village Remix)

Combining two unhinged forces - Los Angeles chaos-rap outfit Clipping and the drum apocalypse that is Foot Village - and we have a more blistering version of "This Song Is A Drug Deal." The pace is pushed to absolute extremes, which fits the Clipping angle fairly well.

Speaking of, the group will be performing at  SXSW soon at The Terroreyes/The Needle Drop show, March 14 alongside BADBABNOTGOOD, Anamanaguchi, Antwon, and others. Check out the promo here and email RSVP@terroreyes.tv for a spot.

Bears and Bullets Promotions: SXSW Giveaways

Gonna be in Austin, TX for SXSW in the coming days? Well, Bears and Bullets, in partnership with Turntable.fm, is having a little contest for the Saturday, March 10 show featuring Flying Lotus, Diplo, AraabMuzik, ?uestlove, A-Track, and more.

For a chance to see that March 10 show, all you have to do is Like or follow Bears and Bullets on Facebook or Twitter, and send an email to contests@theconfluencegroup.com with "Bears and Bullets 3.10" in the subject line.

In addition, you can land yourself a trip to SXSW. You can check out all the finer details here. And maybe if you aren't lucky enough, but are still heading down anyway, you can RSVP for both nights here. Don't wait up, these opportunities will go by quick.

Jump into the Intel Turntable.fm room for the beginning of a three night DJ battle right now. The winner will get a chance to spin at the March 10 event, plus a new Ultrabook from Intel. Get to it!

Joy Formidable - Whirring

Another gem in the lower-card of the Lollapalooza lineup, check out the Joy Formidable's version of "Whirring" from the group's March performance at SXSW.

Joy Formidable - Whirring (Live)

Monday Bears: New White Denim - Anvil Everything

I'd say welcome back, considering I took a slight hiatus during spring break (my last, ever), but I didn't really tell anyone so ... hey, here we are anyway.

Now that SXSW is officially done and I'm not receiving 18,000 e-mails a day about it, we can get back to the normal music flow. Austin natives White Denim, who released "Drug" off their upcoming album D a couple weeks ago, released their second single "Anvil Everything" earlier today. You can listen and grab the download below, and grab D May 24, via Downtown Music.

White Denim - Anvil Everything

Wednesday Bears: Burial, Four Tet, and Thom Yorke's 12"

While I may not be paying too much attention to the 14,000 e-mails I get about SXSW (I can't be the only writer not there), I did catch Burial and Four Tet's collaboration with Thom Yorke. The two tracks on the trio's 12" are already well-sold out, but you can listen to them both here, via Gorilla vs. Bear.

Burial, Four Tet, and Thom Yorke - Ego



Burial, Four Tet, and Thom Yorke - Mirror

Monday Bears: National on Fallon, Gaga confirms for Lollapalooza

With my spring vacation rolling in and the music blogo-sphere blowing up with everything SXSW, I decided to take a much anticipated week away from Bears and Bullets. I did so without informing anyone, yes, but I felt it was an unspoken agreement.

So, getting back into the groove of things (with a severe lack of anything good to report), I wanted to post The National's performance of "Terrible Love," from the group's upcoming May album High Violet on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon a couple weeks ago. The performance sheds a little light on way High Violet has quickly become one of this Spring's most heavily anticipated albums.

The National - Terrible Love (Live on Fallon)

In other news, another headliner has officially joined the Lollapalooza 2010 lineup. With a little more than two weeks remaining before the festival's official lineup is revealed (Tuesday, April 6), sources revealed earlier today that Lady Gaga has officially been confirmed to be one of the six headliners alongside the already confirmed Green Day and Strokes.

Only three (likely) headline spots remain, with The Arcade Fire and Soundgarden more than likely taking two of those. The sixth and final spot, however, remains up in the air.

More rumors to come.