AltWeeklies Wire
Mother Mother, one of the hottest bands from the Great White Northnew

While U.S.-based press on Mother Mother, who open for AWOLNATION at the White Rabbit March 9, might be slim, our neighbors to the north increasingly appreciate the band’s genre-bending rock.
San Antonio Current |
Callie Enlow |
03-06-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
The SXSW spillovers have begunnew

The flood of day parties, showcases, and other artist appearances have begun pouring in for this year's South by Southwest, and so, naturally, has news of which of those artists will trickle down to SA.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Now that we're all curators, what is Diplo?new

More than a decade after Hollertronix 1, it often seems like Diplo now needs us more than we need him.
Tags: Diplo
Cheapskate's Guide to SXSWnew

It's SXSW's worst kept secret: you don't need those pesky wristbands, badges, or money in your pocket to get in on the action.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Tags: Tegan and Sara
The New Crusadersnew

TSU restarts its jazz program, tapping into the talents of the fabled Joe Sample and kids looking for a place to play.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen and William Michael Smith |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Reawakened Affection For My Bloody Valentine's Signature Soundnew

Album Review: My Bloody Valentine's MBV.
Orlando Weekly |
Joshua Nye |
02-28-2013 |
Reviews
Tags: My Bloody Valentine
Pat Martino has a coldnew

Guitarist Pat Martino’s made a concerted effort to traipse through life in the most healthy way he can. In part, it’s to combat the effects of an aneurysm, which swiped a huge chunk of his memory toward the tail end of the 1970s.
Chicago Newcity |
Dave Cantor |
02-25-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Album Review: Matt Pond's 'The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand'new

Matt Pond rebrands himself with radiantly optimistic new release.
Orlando Weekly |
Bao Le-Huu |
02-21-2013 |
Reviews
Growing Fondernew

You Blew It discusses how touring emphasizes all the reasons why Florida doesn't suck.
Orlando Weekly |
Robert Miller |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Busking Outnew

Sax-heavy "cave music" entrepreneurs come up from the (literal) underground.
Orlando Weekly |
Reyan Ali |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Holy Ghost Tent Revival conjures up the spiritnew

Greensboro band defies folk-rock expectations
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jordan Lawrence |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Tags: folk-rock, Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Punk Rock the Votenew

DOA's frontman leaves music (for now) to pursue politics.
VUE Weekly |
Paul Blinov |
02-21-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: DOA, Joe Keithley
Afroman and the dangers of puff-puff paranoianew

He kept staring out the curtains, certain the cops were watching him. Of course, this shouldn't surprise anyone. After all, one of the known side effects of getting high is paranoia.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
02-20-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hello, Texas!new
SXSW is a music-lover's Mecca, and I'm beyond excited to see bands such as Dawes, Glossary, ZZ Ward, Vampire Weekend, Paul Oakenfold, The Polyphonic Spree, Cherub, Moon Taxi, Freedy Johnson and many more. Plus, I can't wait to come back with new favorites that I hadn't heard of before the festival.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Long |
02-15-2013 |
Music
From Phish to Phervent Love: A photographer's love storynew

But it's not every weekend that an assignment turns into a love story. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I asked photographer Angela Leisure to recount how she met her beau covering a show for NUVO.