The Paramount Theater (Getty Images)As the film portion of Austin's sprawling South By Southwest festival winds down, check out five films that people will be talking about:
SXSW '13 Tweetcap: Superhumanoids, Power Pop Legend Shoes, And More Rock Out At Yahoo! HQ
By Yahoo! Music | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 3:02 PM EDTYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!The flood of sonic delicious continues at Yahoo's SXSW headquarters at Brazos Hall in Austin, TX. Los Angeles pop band Superhumanoids, Scottish folk rockers The Waterboys, folk punk musician Frank Turner, and legendary power pop pioneers Shoes have swung by on Thursday to tape some exclusive sets. And somehow beating out sleep deprivation, hangovers, sun stroke, and whatever other ghastly SXSW ailments there are, Y! Music editors are awake and tweeting away at day three of SXSW's music offerings. Plus, evidence that our Dave DiMartino is alive and well!
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 1:28 PM EDTThings were intensifying by Day 2 at SXSW. But I’m pretty lucky that I picked the Pandora party to attend last night. There, I witnessed some spectacular stage diving from two artists, and was introduced to the future of music. Earlier in the day, I saw some street dancers from New Orleans getting wicked. They gave me hope that this whole annoying Harlem Shake faze would eventually be going away.
Here’s my Hip-Hop recap for Wednesday:
Read More »from Five Hip-Hop Highlights at SXSW 2013: Wednesday, March 13Watch Live From SXSW: The Flaming Lips, Alt-J, Surfer Blood, Atlas Genius, And More!
By Tiffany Lee | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 12:25 PM EDTLive from SXSW! Our buddies at The Warner Sound are streaming performances from some of the hottest up-and-comers at SXSW this year, and you can watch right here on Yahoo! Music! Check out today's schedule below and get ready to rock out all day from your corner of the world, or if you're in Austin for the show, wave hello to the cameras!
Read More »from Watch Live From SXSW: The Flaming Lips, Alt-J, Surfer Blood, Atlas Genius, And More!Olivia Wilde Discusses New Projects, Engagement, And How Cool Austin Is
By Wendy Geller | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 8:54 AM EDTOlivia Wilde says that SXSW is "the greatest festival ever" because it incorporates both film and music in a real way with "no schmoozing"--something she appreciates, as she's currently in Austin to promote not one but two movies. The busy actress caught up with “Sidebar” host Ben Lyons about opening the festival, her current projects--oh yeah, and the fact that she's engaged to fellow actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis. Will she and her sweetheart be making a movie together? Watch to find out!
SXSW 2013: Five Best Shows To Catch On Thursday, March 14
By Rob O' Connor | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 4:40 AM EDT
Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players [Photo: Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images]For anyone attending the annual South By Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas the week of March 12, the decisions are painstaking. Who do you miss, so you can see someone else? You can't see everything, but here are the big names who you likely don't want to miss this Thursday.
1) Meat Puppets, Dave Grohl, and the Sound City Players, 8pm, Stubb's - If you're up at 11am, then you should be at the Austin Convention Center for Dave Grohl's SXSW keynote address. But at night, it's time for rock's friendliest superstar to invite the Meat Puppets to open and then for Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Rick Springfield, Fear's Lee Ving, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk, Slipnot's Corey Taylor, and more to play at what is the festival's craziest, most star-studded concert. If you end up having grandkids, you'll be telling them about this one.
2) Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Richard Thompson, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, 9pm,
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By Lyndsey Parker | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 4:21 AM EDT
Nick Cave [Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for SXSW]The Austin music festival South By Southwest continued apace this Wednesday...and while persistent, maddening, downright cruel rumors of a Daft Punk secret show on the steps of the Capitol Building proved untrue, I still managed to see enough awesome music to compensate for that daft disappointment. While SXSW can sometimes be an aggravating exercise in FOMO, or "Fear Of Missing Out"--there is so much music to take in, it's inevitable that many opportunities and gigs will be missed--I attempted to adopt an anti-FOMO, more pro-YOLO attitude on my second day at SXSW. I stopped to smell the BBQ, so to speak, and just tried to enjoy the moment. Here are the Wednesday moments I enjoyed the most:
Read More »from Five Cool Things Witnessed At SXSW 2013: Wednesday, March 13SXSW '13 Tweetcap: Tenacious D Shakes It Up At Yahoo's HQ!
By Yahoo! Music | SXSW – Thu, Mar 14, 2013 1:05 AM EDTYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!
Yahoo! welcomed rock 'n' roll funnymen Tenacious D to our SXSW headquarters at Brazos Hall Wednesday night to a packed house for an exclusive performance! Lead singer and comedian Jack Black had a premiere screening and cast Q&A for his new web series "Ghost Ghirls" before hitting the stage with musical cohort Kyle Gass. Even with just acoustic guitars, Tenacious D rocked the house so hard the power blew! Check out what our editors captured in the crowd:
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By Yahoo! Music | SXSW – Wed, Mar 13, 2013 6:57 PM EDTYahoo! Music has hit the ground running at South By Southwest! We'll be posting some of our favorite tweets from our editorial away team Lyndsey Parker and Billy Johnson Jr., with hopefully some input from that lone wolf Mr. Dave DiMartino. Check out our daily tweetcaps for photos, Vine vids, and show reviews in 140 characters or less!
After wrapping up a day at the Yahoo! SXSW headquarters in Brazos Hall with an intimate set from Atlas Genius, we caught up with our editors as they ran rampant in the Austin streets capturing the first full day of music! Check out what they're up to so far.
Read More »from SXSW '13 Tweetcap: Geniuses, Savages, Shout-Outs, Reverends, And Charlotte Church's Honey BottleSXSW 2013: ‘Short Term 12,’ ‘Burma,’ ‘William and the Windmill’ Take Home Jury Awards
By Bryan Enk | SXSW – Wed, Mar 13, 2013 6:15 PM EDT
'Short Term 12' Director Destin Cretton and actress Kaitlyn Dever at SXSW (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)SXSW 2013 has only recently passed the halfway mark but already the Feature Film Jury Awards have been announced, with "Short Term 12," "Burma," "The Retrieval" and "William and the Windmill" receiving top honors.
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