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Saturday, March 28th, 2009

SxSW 2009 A/V – Wheat

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangWheat
Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Indie rock veterans return from hiatus by reissuing their first two albums and releasing a new one in White Ink, Black Ink later this Spring
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Photos: Wheat @ Maggie Mae’s – March 20, 2009
MP3: Wheat – “El Sincero”
MP3: Wheat – “Move = Move”
Mp3: Wheat – “What Everyone Keeps Telling Me”
MP3: Wheat – “World United Already”
Video: Wheat – “Don’t I Hold You”
Video: Wheat – “I Met A Girl”
MySpace: Wheat

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

SxSW 2009 A/V – Mumford & Sons

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangMumford & Sons
London, England, United Kingdom

Folk-bluegrass revivalists who sometimes double as Laura Marling’s band, they have two EPs to their name and are working on their debut album
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Photos: Mumford & Sons @ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop – March 20, 2009
Video: Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone” (live)
MySpace: Mumford & Sons

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

SxSW 2009 A/V – Fanfarlo

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangFanfarlo
London, England, United Kingdom

Sprawling orchestral-pop collective released their debut album Reservoir in February
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Photos: Fanfarlo @ The Central Presbyterian Church – March 20, 2009
MP3: Fanfarlo – “Harold T Wilkins”
MP3: Fanfarlo – “I’m A Pilot”
Video: Fanfarlo – “Harold T Wilkins”
Video: Fanfarlo – “Fire Escape”
MySpace: Fanfarlo

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

SxSW 2009 A/V – Shad

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangShad
London, Ontario, Canada

Hip-hop artist whose last album The Old Prince was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize in 2008
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Photos: Shad @ Wave – March 20, 2009
MP3: Shad – “I Don’t Really Like To”
Video: Shad – “The Old Prince Still Lives At Home”
Video: Shad – “I Don’t Really Like To”
Video: Shad – “Brother (Watching)”
MySpace: Shad

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

SxSW 2009 A/V – The Hold Steady

Photo By Frank YangFrank YangThe Hold Steady
Brooklyn, New York, USA

“The best bar band in America” will release their first live album/film on April 7 in A Positive Rage, a document of an October 2007 show in Chicago
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– interviews at Rolling Stone, The Press-Enterprise and The California Chronicle

Photos: The Hold Steady @ Club DeVille – March 20, 2009
MP3: The Hold Steady – “Chips Ahoy!”
MP3: The Hold Steady – “The Swish”
Video: The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive”
Video: The Hold Steady – “Chips Ahoy!”
Video: The Hold Steady – “Stuck Between Stations”
Video: The Hold Steady – “Your Little Hoodrat Friend”
Video: The Hold Steady – “The Swish”
MySpace: The Hold Steady