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Devo, the internet and you

Last month at the music industry showcase to beat ‘em all South by Southwest in Austin Texas, legendary new wave band Devo appeared during the interactive part of the festival in a panel cheekily-entitled “Devo, the Internet and You”. During the 90-minute talk, the band along with a label and advertising reps outlined their plans [...]

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Innovators at work

You might not be heading to Austin, Texas for the big music industry fest that is South By Southwest yourself (watch out for coverage in Day and Night in two weeks) but that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the fact that 1,500 bands are looking for global attention. The official site SXSW.com contains [...]

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Twittering is character building

While Twitter might be on top of the current craze of social networking services at the moment, it’s not without considerable reason. Most skeptics have the same first reaction to it: Why would I bother? While the idea that you post updates in under 140 characters to your “followers” sounds slightly inane, when given a [...]

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Band of Blogs (SXSW Edition)

1. Nosaj Thing This L.A boy was the pinnacle of glitch-tastic dancelike electronica at the festival. If you like Flying Lotus, you’ll love this. myspace.com/nosajthing 2. The Low Anthem Utterly gorgeous American folk three-piece from Providence, Rhode Island. Currently supporting Lisa Hannigan in the U.S. myspace.com/lowanthem 3. The Golden Filter This promising live electro-dance trio [...]

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Band of Blogs: Hockey, Phoenix, SXSW, Robin Pecknold

Hockey A storming set from this Portland indie-funk pop four piece alongside Passion Pit last Sunday in Whelan’s, has marked them out as potential heavy-hitters at this year’s Oxegen festival. myspace.com/hockey Phoenix The cool French band return with a catchy gem of a song called ’1901′ from the brilliantly-titled forthcoming album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. url.ie/196t [...]

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