Screaming Females

A full set of pictures and recap from our third of three day parties at Red 7 this SXSW, is at BrooklynVegan (all artists who played included)...

BrooklynVegan returns to SXSW this year for three FREE day parties at Red 7. We'll be at the venue on Thursday (3/19), Friday (3/20) and Saturday (3/21), taking over both stages of the venue from noon-6pm (RSVP)...

I've been hounded for the last few weeks to do a 'best of' post for the shows I've been to and the pictures I've taken in 2012. After several false starts, I decided to just walk through chronologically and try and do justice to all of the wonderful shows without missing too much...

Way back in April Garbage was forced to postpone their Houston and Austin shows. They did get to Waterloo Records for a Record Store Day in-store visit, but there was no music performance to be had in April...

Screaming Females in LA earlier this month (more by Wei Shi) As reported on BV, Screaming Females have canceled most of the remaining dates on their current tour so that singer/guitarist Marissa Paternoster can fully recover from getting mono earlier this year...

Garbage at Osheaga 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) The reunited Garbage, who celebrated Record Store Day at Austin's Waterloo Records, were forced to cancel their Houston and Austin shows, which would have happened around the same time, but those shows have since been rescheduled and were tacked on to the end of a West Coast and Midwest tour the band will be on this fall...

LA rockers Joyce Manor are about to kick off a short southwest tour which comes to TX for four shows surrounding Chaos in Tejas. Those shows include Rubber Gloves in Denton (5/30) and the previously discussed Chaos in Tejas show at Beauty Ballroom on June 1 with No Age, Ceremony, The Young and Gun Outfit (tickets)...

Portland d-beat greats Tragedy go in a slightly different, sludgier direction with Darker Days Ahead, the band's new and semi-suprise Billy Anderson-produced LP out now at your nearest merch table...

DOWNLOAD: The Young - "Don't Hustle For Love" and "Why Feel Spooky?" (ZIPPED MP3 file) DOWNLOAD: The Young - Livin Free (MP3) The Young @ Bar 96 - BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Austin's own reverb-drenched, garage punk four-piece The Young will be touring their home state throughout the next few months in support of their latest album, Dub Egg, out on May 5 via Matador Records...

Screaming Females @ Bar 96 on 3/14 (more by Tim Griffin)"... by the end of Screaming Females, the stage area was at capacity. The NJ 3-piece band led by pint-sized powerhouse Marissa Paternoster on guitar and vocals had the place rocking out and going nuts...