Sleigh Bells Bang It at SXSW


No surprise these guys are M.I.A.'s favorite new act and no surprise that they are the talk of the music community right now.

They have the rhythmic sound of Deerhoof but much angrier. Very cool band to watch.

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XX SXSW


When Pitchfork says this about XXs performance last night at SXSW, I must deliver it to you.

"The xx's set at the Central Presbyterian Church was nothing short of magical. The bass rumbled through the cavernous space, the minimal guitar pings echoed off of the rafters. With a quiet, seated audience taking it all in with awe, the voices of guitarist Romy Madley Croft (wearing a Lady Gaga t-shirt) and bassist Oliver Sim were free to be hushed and close, recreating the under-the-sheets immediacy of the album. The placement of the band's double-x logo on producer Jamie Smith's speaker cabinets fell directly in line with the big wooden cross on the church's back wall, creating a juxtaposition of the spiritual and the carnal."

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Tanlines Nail It at SXSW


A classic Tanlines video to celebrate their sound and below an NPR short of last night's performance...

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Pink, Plaid and Positive

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To round up the great time I had in Austin at SXSW, I spent the afternoon/evening with a bunch of cool technologists at Richard and Conrad's TownHoller.

This picture captures the coolness of a small crowd of us who happened to be styling the same look on the same day.

Me with a couple of BBH friends.

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Look No Hands

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Apologies for the gratuitous nature of this post but just wanted to say how awesome the Segway is as a piece of technology.

These suckers go for close to $6,000, which based on when I last bought a Vespa, is well above the price of that awesome piece of Italian engineering.

The technology is incredible. The pricing is prohibitive. However, when you go to Austin, make sure you give this mode of transport a try.

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