Most people who've just gotten done with four straight years of touring would take a break. Aaron Pfenning, who just finished doing that as a member of Chairlift, isn't most people. He's heading out for his first solo festival show at SXSW as part of a longer series of shows, but took some time while driving through New York's Catskill Mountains on ...

The Irish punk rockers calling themselves Strait Laces take their music seriously but are equally serious about not taking almost anything else seriously. In a sarcasm- and humor-tinged interview with Spinner, Dave Hanna (vocals and guitar), Jonny Creeldog (bass and vocals) and the single-named Pando (drums) dish about how they met, the proper ...

The Mexican band Division Miniscula, started playing together as kids in the border town of Matamoros, jamming to their favorite songs by their favorite artists as they learned how to play. In March, they'll be headed to SXSW for the third time to play their own music their own way. Spinner sat down with bassist Alejandro Luque about the band's ...

Harlem-based DJ Boogie Blind has played all over the world (and at SXSW) for the X-Ecutioners, Pharoahe Monch and others. Now he's solo and on his way back to Austin on his own. He sat down with Spinner to talk about his music, his influences and what John Mayer is missing out on. What's the origin of your name? I was a basketball player, and ...