SXSW

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  The Apples in Stereo

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  He’s bald, he’s pudgy, but gosh darn it, people love him. Yep, Robert Schneider attracted both hipsters and hobbits (or at least his new la...

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  Nicole Atkins

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  A 27-year-old chanteuse from New Jersey, Nicole Atkins is a beguiling singer-songwriter that intuitively knows exactly when to allow her am...

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  Black Lips

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  The hardest working band at SXSW had about a dozen gigs set up for the fest and seemed to have made an impression at every last one, be the...

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  Thomas Dolby

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  Okay, I admit I went to see Dolby as a laugh. But I should’ve realised something was up after passing his mammoth tour bus. Turns out, the...

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  El-P

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  "Anybody out there a real fan and not just a hipster motherfucker?” asked El-P as he climbed the small stage. Well, the answer was both. Bu...

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  Alejandro Escovedo

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  Hometown hero Escovedo has made a tradition out of his unofficial fest-closing fundraiser at the legendary Continental Club. Clearly happy...

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  Foreign Islands

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  Brooklyn’s Foreign Islands instantly raised the level of sophistication amongst the contingent of dance punk bands, with infectiously thick...

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  The Good, The Bad & The Queen

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

  Performing in front of a charcoal backdrop of London, Damon Albarn’s super-group gave an intimate and mellow performance of their front-man...