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20 SXSW Bands You Might Not Know (But Should)

If you want to catch the buzziest acts at SXSW, go see Yuck, Cults, James Blake, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Wye Oak and Middle Brother. But if you want to find some great music a little further off the beaten path, check out some of these 20 bands.  read more

CMJ 2008, Day 2: Re-Revolutionary War with the Rumble Strips and Takka Takka

[Above: The Rumble Strips]On the second night of CMJ, we went back to 1775 (in our minds, at least) to pit England's The Rumble Strips against Brooklyn's own Takka Takka in a Re-Revolutionary War of sorts. There weren't any red coats or harbors full of tea, and no one was trying to oppress us, but with a lone British act warming up the crowd at Paste's Artist's Lounge in preparation for a celebrated Brooklyn band, what's a music writer to do but simulate a little faux cross-continental rivalry? ...  read more