• Austin police confirm SXSW murder suspect "intentionally" ran down concertgoers

    Further disturbing details have come forward from the tragic incident that left two dead and 23 injured at the South by Southwest music festival. Police identified Rashad Charjuan Owens, age 21, as the suspect who drove a Honda into a crowd at the festival. Austin police chief Art Acevedo also confirmed that Owens had "intentionally" run down victims.

  • Kanye West and Jay Z's SXSW performance [SETLIST]

    Watch the Throne duo Kanye West and Jay Z joined forces once again at South by Southwest last night. Their headlining set at Austin Music Hall was their first show together in two years. The show featured many of their WTT collaborations as well as solo work and a few remixes.

  • Drunk driver results in two deaths, 23 injuries at SXSW

    We always enjoy the headlines about unknown acts that took to the stage during South by Southwest and captured the attention of music fans everywhere. Unfortunately, the biggest story from this year's festival will be of a drunken driver who killed two and injured more than 20 more during a police chase.

  • Kanye West and Jay Z to perform together at South by Southwest

    Ready for a Watch the Throne comeback? Kanye West and Jay Z have announced a joint performance at South by Southwest this week. It will be their first time performing together on stage in two years. The Austin Chronicle reports that the duo will kick off Samsung's four-day concert series at the Austin Music Hall on Wednesday.

  • Andre 3000 portrays Jimi Hendrix in new biopic, 'All Is By My Side' [WATCH]

    The highly anticipated Jimi Hendrix biopic All Is By My Side debuts in the U.S. next week at South by Southwest, and today a clip from the filmed as surfaced online via Rolling Stone. The video shows Hendrix (Andre 3000) with his friend Linda Keith (Imogen Poots) in a New York restaurant chatting with future manager Chas Chandler (Andrew Buckley), who wants to get Hendrix to London. At the time, UK guitarists were playing blues-inspired music, but Hendrix was afraid of getting caught up in labels.

  • Lady Gaga denied permit to perform on Doritos stage at SXSW

    Bad news for the Little Monsters hoping to catch Lady Gaga at South by Southwest: Don Pitts, the manager of the City of Austin Music & Entertainment division (the office that issues permits for all official an unofficial SXSW events), confirmed that Mother Monster's application to play the Doritos Stage at SXSW was denied.

  • More bands announced to play at Austin's SXSW music festival

    It's that time of year again. Festival lineups are starting to role out and fans are beginning to scan the lists to decide where they need to be to see their favorites next year. The annual South by Southwest music festival has announced a bunch of new artists that will perform at the 2014 installment in Austin from March 11-16.
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