Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images Exene Cervenka is ready. She arrives at Austin's Red Eyed Fly two hours before her set -- her hard-shell guitar case covered in mustard yellow fabric in hand and a look of focus on her face as she gets readied to perform at Bloodshot Records' SXSW showcase. Covered in what looks like a southern-style ...

Courtesy of Dance Laury Dance In 1986, Metallica released their third album, 'Master of the Puppets,' and a Hollywood band called Guns N' Roses were just making their way into the metal scene. That same year, SXSW kicked off with around 700 attendees. On March 19, it was as if no time had passed at all as Montreal's Dance Laury Dance brought ...

Kayt Jones In their second-to-last SXSW show (of seven) Voxhaul Broadcast spiraled through a brief set at the PureVolume House. With no time to waste, the Orange County, Calif. quartet filled the next 25 minutes with six songs, mostly from their debut -- 'Timing is Everything' -- even sharing one story about a bad trip that inspired a great ...

Tina Benitez-Eves Nine-piece band Gogol Bordello mesmerized the crowd with their gypsy-punk theatrics, newcomers Ganyngs mystified with their 23-member rock orchestra, but six seems to be the winning number for New York rockers Robbers on High Street. "It's way more fun with six guys," says drummer Mikey Post before the band's SXSW show at ...

Robert Schlesinger, AFP/Getty Images He was dressed appropriately for St. Patrick's Day. In a gray and green incandescent suit (sans the black and white polka dot shirt beneath), Bob Geldof, who just eight hours earlier gave his keynote speech at SXSW, performed a special March 17 concert at the ACL Live at the Moody Theater. His wispy, ...

Chiaki Nozu, WireImage The tone just wasn't right, and by the end of the prolonged soundcheck, 15 minutes were cut from James Blake's set Wednesday night at Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin. In SXSW festival terms –- and when you're one of the openers for pop legends Duran Duran -- 15 minutes is an eternity (or two or three songs). When ...

Bill Wechter Hugh Martin, famous composer of classic holiday tune 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,' has died aged 96 at his home in Encinitas, Calif. on Friday. The cause of death is unknown. In a career spanning 70 years, Martin was best known for penning Broadway scores and film musicals that birthed classics like 'Merry ...