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Badgeville CEO calls foul on Foursquare
If you’ve got anything bad to say about badges—as Foursquare chief Dennis Crowley did at SXSW this week—probably best not to say it around Kris Duggan, the founder of Badgeville, a startup that he says is thriving on gamification. Duggan...Show More Summary
Kansas City startup reaches out and touches your customers
Kansas City startup Phone2Action seriously connected with the judges at SXSW on Tuesday, clinching a big ol', Texas-sized win in Austin. It won the news technologies category in SXSW Accelerator, a tech startup competition at the annual conference. Phone2Action was one of eight finalists to pitch at the SXSW Accelerator Monday. Show More Summary
A bit of SXSW wizardry explained
Many D.C. entrepreneurs made the trek to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest 2013. Few, however, were so deeply involved in the music, film and tech festival as Alexandria, Virginia's Brightline Interactive, a digital marketing agency...Show More Summary
Peter Thiel remembers when Mark Zuckerberg turned down $1B
Great entrepreneurs think differently than the rest of us, Peter Thiel said at SXSW 2013. Case in point, Mark Zuckerberg, whom Thiel backed before anybody else and who once turned down a $1 billion buyout offer from Yahoo. "The mostShow More Summary
Watch Pretty & Nice depict the chaos of SXSW in new video for “Q_Q”
A gig is a gig, right?
Merchandise members playing solo after NYU appearance
Merchandise at Mohawk during SXSW 2013 (more by Chad Wadsworth) Two members of Merchandise, namely David (as D. Vassalotti) and Carson (as Blonde God), will step out from behind their band to both play solo sets at 285 Kent on...
Pissed Jeans opening for Mudhoney and playing other shows
Pissed Jeans at SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Noise punks Pissed Jeans have been on tour this year in support of their new album, Honeys, and that tour just hit NYC last month for a headlining show at Bowery...
Austin City Limits 2013 Lineup
ACL Festival in Zilker Park has long been Austin, TX’s other great reason for music fans to visit ATX, and while the shadow cast by SXSW is still long and dark and full of terrors, Austin City Limits is stepping up their game this year by expanding to two weekends (October 4-6 and 11-13), a [...]
Nu Sensae playing Northside show w/ Destruction Unit, Big Ups & Psychic Blood (dates & streams)
by Andrew Sacher Nu Sensae at SXSW 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Vancouver noise punks Nu Sensae, who are still touring behind last year's bruising Sundowning, will be coming to NYC for this year's Northside Festival, and one...
Review: ‘The Source Family’ Sheds (Some) Light on the Most Productive Cult of the Seventies
Editor’s note: The Source Family is now in limited release, so go ahead and get hip to Kate’s SXSW review of the film, originally published on March 14, 2012. While some people might chuckle at being informed that they are a part ofShow More Summary
Shakey Graves & Wild Child – SXSW Discoveries touring together
I actually found out about Shakey Graves and Wild Child at the same time. It was a week before SXSW and I was in Austin for business. I had a big night the night before and I was hungover on the pot at the Omni. There beside me was a magazine spotlighting SXSW. In that [...]
Things I Read That I Love #74: I'm The Dopest Ghost In Town
Topics include the kids of the movie "KIDS," mental health care, public housing, women in the Middle East, SXSW, escaping North Korea, Texas beauty pageants, a year without internet and more!
What's going on Friday?
Foals @ Coachella 2013 (more by Wei Shi) Besnard Lakes @ SXSW 2013 (more by Sara Pieper) today in NYC Discipline @ Acheron Stornoway @ Maxwell's Brian Eno @ Cafe Rouge Guy Klucevsek @ Barbes ...
Sennheiser/Paste Present: Sound Bytes from SXSW Interactive - Marc Maron
This year during South By Southwest Interactive, Paste and Sennheiser teamed up to present a spread of great interviews each day from the Blackheart on Rainey Street. From actors to game developers to musicians and more, each interview was an engaging encounter that highlighted the amount of creative energy present in Austin that week. Show More Summary
Auditorium Shores Might Close For A Year
Pending approval from the city council, the Austin Parks and Recreation Department will close Auditorium Shores, home to Fun Fun Fun Fest and SXSW shows, for at least a year for land improvements. [ more › ]
Photos: The Lumineers at Austin 360 Amphitheater
In just over a year, the Lumineers have gone from playing in front of two people at SXSW to packing the 16,000 seat Austin360 Amphitheater. [ more › ]
Video: Mr. MFN eXquire – Medicine For Nightmares (Kismet Preview)
While in Austin for SXSW this year, eXquire previewed a few tracks from his upcoming Kismet mixtape and he documented the performances for the benefit of the Internets. At around the 4:12 mark you can hear a preview of “Tomorrow’s Gone” which features Danny Brown, Flatbush Zombies and Nacho Picasso. The last two minutes or [...]
Video: Flatbush Zombies Live @ Paid Dues
Meech, Juice and Erick do what they do at Paid Dues 2013 in this second episode of ZOMBiEVision. Previously: Lunice Brings Out Flatbush Zombies at SXSW | Nardwuar vs. Flatbush Zombies
Video: The Wow ft. Vinny Cha$e – Whittier Blvd (Remix)
The Wow and Vinny Cha$e shoot a visual for “Whittier Blvd” during their time at SXSW. Previously: The Wow ft. Vinny Cha$e – Whittier Blvd (Remix)
watch trailer for Marnie Stern's 'Weird Vibes' documentary ++ updated tour dates
Marnie Stern @ BVSXSW 2013 (more by Kevin Figueroa ) Marnie Stern is currently wrapping up her North American tour that hit SXSW and NYC and all points in-between. She'll then head to Europe and, upon her return, with barely...