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Music with Mario (The Greenville News)
I was recently adopted by the warm, generous foster parent that is "Guitar Hero II."
It Happened Last Night: SXSW Night Three (Spin)
Satellite Party, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, My Brightest Diamond, El-P, Audible Mainframe, among others, keep things cool on night three of SXSW.
Out of town (BendBulletin.com)
March 21 - Dave Holland, The Shedd Institute, Eugene; 800-248-1615 or www.theshedd.org. March 21 - TooLoose Cajun Band: Part of the Museum After Hours series; Kridel Grand Ballroom, Portland Art Museum, Portland; 503-226-0973 or www.portlandartmuseum.org.
Out & About (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Show of the week TV on the Radio's rhythmic drones and fuzzy dance beats might never turn the New York band into pop superstars. But critics and hipsters have been singing its praises for a few years now, most recently for TV on the Radio's major-label debut, "Return to Cookie Mountain." Vocalists Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone provide some of the most compelling performances in rock on ...
Grunge Rebirth, Beyonce Nod ? And Flavor Flav! ? More SXSW Surprises (MTV Mus...
Grunge returns with Michael Pitt's Pagoda, Clem Snide channel Beyonc#233;, Damon Albarn's Queen is a snooze and Flavor Flav and Kirsten Dunst pop up at the Texas fest.
Tickets (Contra Costa Times)
THE 2007 COUNTRY MEGATICKET, May 18-Oct. 12, a multiple show package featuring Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson and more, Shoreline Amphitheatre and Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord. For complete details, go to www.megaticket.com.
Badly Drawn Boy owes a lot to Bruce and the Main Point (Philly.com)
LIKE MUCH of his previous pop-rocking work, the sweeping, striking album "Born in the U.K." is largely an autobiographical affair from Damon Gough, the musician better known by the stage name Badly Drawn Boy.
March Madness, hipster-style (Las Cruces Sun-News)
Editor's note: Patricia L. Garcia is the former features editor of the Las Cruces Sun-News and when it comes to music, she knows what she's talking about. Check out www.lcsun-news.com/pulse on March 19 for a look at what went down at SXSW.
Likeable mix of old, new (The Washington Times)
Badly Drawn Boy, the scruffy purveyor of the power lullaby, rocked a packed house at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday, playing a mix of favorite hits, a few numbers from his early extended play albums, and a slew of cuts off his newest release, "Born in the U.K."
BRIAN MCCOLLUM: This weekend's hot music best bets (Detroit Free Press)
The Colorado quintet heads into a big anniversary year: It's been 20 years since Sean Kelly and company broke onto the Boulder scene with an earthy take on reggae-laced rock. The group was an early entrant in a growing college-grassroots circuit that came to be dominated by such formidable brand names as the Dave Matthews Band.