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Hurricane Bells Interview: SXSW 2010

Hurricane Bells have quickly become much bigger than the personal project Steve Schlitz originally intended. After 10 years and four critically praised albums as frontman for the New York-based indie rock band Longwave, Schlitz decided to unwind after a big tour with a much smaller project. He started recording more personal songs all by himself ...

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Freedy Johnston Interview: SXSW 2010

Rolling Stone named Freedy Johnston their 1994 songwriter of the year following the release of his major label debut 'This Perfect World.' Oddly enough, it was that very same publication, along with a radio station that came in only on clear nights, that fed Freedy's small-town childhood dreams of one day being a musician. Eventually Johnston ...

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Frankie and the Outs Interview: SXSW 2010

The Frankie Rose-penned song 'Where Do You Run To?' was called one of the best singles of 2008. Rose is also known among indie-rock followers as the founding member, songwriter, singer and drummer of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts. She's almost as well-known for leaving those bands, which brings us to her new outfit and first group as frontwoman, ...

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Surfer Blood Interview: SXSW 2010

Pitchfork recently praised Surfer Blood's debut album "Astro Coast" as a "great guitar album, every bit as easy and fun to air-guitar with as to sing along to." The Miami, Florida based band's intricate, amazingly catchy debut single "Swim" was one of the blogosphere's most widely praised songs of 2009. The band is currently earning rave reviews ...

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Harper Blynn Interview: SXSW 2010

Paste Magazine named Harper Blynn their #1 new discovery of the 2009 CMJ Festival, gushing that "the harmonies recall Simon and Garfunkel, and the melodies would make Elvis Costello proud." The band started as main songwriters' Pete Harper and J. Blynn's duo "Pete and J." Together, they spent three years building a following in their homebase of ...

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French Horn Rebellion Interview: SXSW 2010

French Horn Rebellion's debut 2009 single 'Up All Night' was recently chosen as "record of the week" on England's BBC Radio 1 and awarded the coveted "single of the week" spot in French music bible Les Inrocktuptibles. The two Milwaukee-born brothers who make up the band have come a long way since they danced together to the Temptations cassettes ...

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Fitz and the Tantrums Interview: SXSW 2010

Last fall, Los Angeles' Fitz and the Tantrums were given a dream opportunity, opening for Maroon 5 in front of thousands of people each night on a nationwide tour, all because a tattoo artist in New York City happened to be playing their music at the right time. Years of hard work individually seems to be paying off collectively and quickly for ...

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