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SXSW
Brent Grulke, the creative director behind Austin's annual South By Southwest music festival since 1994, died from a heart attack yesterday after oral surgery in Austin. He was 52.
"The SXSW family and friends are stunned and grief ...Read more
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Arts & Crafts
Cold Specks' Al Spx likes her anonymity. Spx isn't her real name and Cold Specks is just one of many aliases the singer-songwriter has cycled through, but Spx's reasoning behind the mystery is quite simple.
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Shervin Lainez
Brooklyn's own the Spring Standards are dabbling in doll-making for their "Here We Go" music video, which follows a young Pygmalion in his attempt to build a life-size doll counterpart.
But when the Raggedy Ann look-a-like ...Read more
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Pieter M. van Hattem
When Steve Johnson picks up the phone he is at home, making pasta salad. In the last year, his band Alabama Shakes have catapulted from obscurity to widespread critical acclaim, yet Steve's life remains more or less ...Read more
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Gino DePinto, AOL
From the Velvet Underground to the Strokes and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, New York City has always been ground zero for the coolest bands around.
Atmospheric homegrown five-piece Caveman might be next on that list. Although ...Read more