Boston Bands Announced for 2014 SXSW Festival

The SXSW Festival rocks Austin, Texas March 6-17

Bent Shapes, Gentlemen Hall and Mean Creek among the Boston bands announced for the 2014 SXSW Festival happening March 6-17 in Austin, Texas.

Visit the official SXSW site for additional event details.

South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference, the world's leading music industry event, offers attendees the opportunity to explore the future of the music industry during the day at panels, talks, the Trade Show, Music Gear Expo and other conference activities at the Austin Convention Center. At night, the absolute best mix of musical performances from over 2,200 regional, national and international acts take place at the SXSW Music Festival. Altogether, SXSW presents unmatched networking opportunities, career-building conference programming and over 100 stages of music for showcasing bands and conference attendees. SXSW Music is now in its 28th year.

We're Featured on Blog Better Boston's {hub}LINKS Roundup!

What What! Bishop And Rook's January Rock Out With Your Cocktail Out Playlist is featured on Blog Better Boston's 2014 {hub}LINKS Roundup. This month's theme is "everything new", including the new songs of Boston bands such as Kurt Von Stetten, Sarah Rabdau & The Self Employed Assassins, Slowdim and Rebuilder. Plus a deserving Chamboard Mimosa.

Calling All Ruffians. Rough Francis to Shoot Video for "Not a Nice Guy"

So you wanna be in a music video? Vermont soul punks, Rough Francis, put out an all call for extras to fill the room during an upcoming video shoot for "Not a Nice Guy" off of their 2013 LP, Maximum Soul Power. Director Mark Covino (A Band Called Death) will be behind the camera at North End Stuido, Burlington, VT, on Saturday, February 15th.

The Objective: To pack the space with as many people as possible and have a wild rock show. "We encourage crowd surfing and friendly slam dancing throughout the set. We also want to encourage people to wear their favorite punk band tees, especially local band tees. This will be our opportunity to show the rest of the world that there is a thriving underground scene in Burlington VT. Please join us."

According to the official Facebook event page, Rough Francis will not mime to their own music, they will actually play live (you might just hear the same song a few times).

This event is all ages and BYOB (because VT is awesome). Show time is at 9pm, Free 294 North Winooski Ave. Burlington, VT.

Old Gray Premieres Acoustic Version of "I Still Remember Who I Was Last Summer"

In late December, New Hampshire post hardcore screamo band, Old Gray, premiered a stripped down, acoustic version of "I Still Remember Who I Was Last Summer", off of the 2013 record An autobiography, available on Bandcamp as a name your price download. The band is currently on tour Boston punks Lovechild. Follow Old Gray on Facebook and Twitter for additional information.

24 Bands. 9 Nights. 1 Crown. The 2014 Rock 'n' Roll Rumble Dates Announced

2014 dates for the 35th Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble have been announced! Soon to be revealed bands will be invited to compete for the coveted Champion title at TT the Bear’s in Central Square, Cambridge on Sunday, April 6, with six preliminary nights to follow. 24 bands from Boston and New England will take part. Band selection has been underway and invitations go out in January.

#BandcampRoulette

From the band that gives us the killer line, "Broken hearts under flannels," brother/sister duo Great Thunder's (PA) Can't Turn Her Head is your Sunday morning Bandcamp Roulette pick. Stream/purchase their whopping 23-track avant-garde record, Groovy Kinda Love, today.

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