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SXSW 2010 Day Four Twitter Marathon: 23 Reports, From Scissor Sisters to Free Energy

On the last major day of SXSW, the biggest story was the weather — a cold front moved in and badgeholders moved out. With only a few big shows to hold people’s attention (a Big Star tribute, Scissor Sisters, unofficial appearances by Andrew WK and Gwar), the streets that once held an impenetrable mass of people were now light trickles, with everyone moving to warmer places or heading home early. Still, there were no shortage of amazing young and emerging bands to check out, and we clearly caught

Publicado: 2010-03-21 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, SXSW, SXSW Twitter Marathon

Mickey Rourke - Gwar Star To Fight Wrestler Smothers

Masked GWAR rocker ODERUS URUNGUS is set to follow MICKEY ROURKE's example by stepping into the wrestling ring with a professional fighter.The Wrestler star Rourke...

Publicado: 2009-06-05 Proveedor: Contact Music

Of Montreal Attracts Football Players, Glam Fans in D.C.

Photo courtesy of Nestor Diaz/DCist.com Live shows are a much better fit for Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes’ ambitions. On record, it can seem like he’s determined to re-create the high points of glam rock using just a drum machine, some zithers, and a selection of powered yard-care tools. And while Of Montreal’s stage set is unmistakably homemade, it’s a platform for Pink Floyd-sized (or at least GWAR-sized) aspirations. At the 9:30 Club, Barnes, dressed like a cross-dressing mariachi, emerged on a sedan chair, carried by four dancers dressed in gold lame Buddha outfits. It was one of the easier-to-explain spectacles in a night that saw him hanged from a gallows, painted red, and emerging from a flower-encrusted coffin covered in shaving cream. Also, there was music, but Of Montreal’s ironic disco couldn’t carry a show on its own. The six-piece band is charged not with hammering out musical epiphanies but with keeping the sexed-up dance party going. Barnes, incongrously for a fellow who looked as if he might kill himself at any moment, provided the sex, belting out falsetto tributes to Antarctica and blowjobs and lolling in a cardinal’s outfit during “Women’s Studies Victims” while a dancer in a naughty nun outfit tended to his tootsies, fitting him with some strappy ladies’ sandals. He wore those (and little else save for a gold high-waisted, Capt. Kirk-style bikini bottom) for the rest of the show, leading a crowd that included Redskins tight end Chris Cooley in “Plastis Wafers”‘ chorus of “You are such a fucking star/You know you are.” He was, for good reason, talking about himself. Set List: “Id Engager” “So Begins Our Alabee” “Triphallus, To Punctuate!” “She’s a Rejecter” “For Our Elegant Caste” “Touched Something’s Hollow” “An Eluardian Instance” “Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse” “Gallery Piece” “Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games)” “Women’s Studies Victims” “St. Exquisite’s Confessions” “Eros’ Entropic Tundra” “Nonpareil of Favor” “October is

Publicado: 2008-10-10 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Live Shows

Tour Tracker: B.B. King, Hall & Oates and GWAR

Legendary bluesman B.B. King plots out a fall tour, Hall, Oates & Oates’ mustache embark for a brief jaunt and GWAR bring their enormous costume wardrobe across America. Hit the jump for the complete set of tour dates for all three treks. B.B. King September 6 - Laughlin, NV @ Harrah’s Laughlin Rio Vista Amphitheatre September 7 - Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theater September 18 - Bossier City, LA @ CenturyTel Center September 19 - Biloxi, MS @ Beau Rivage Resort & Casino September 20 - Choctaw, MS @ Pearl River Resort September 21 - Huntsville, AL @ Von Braun Center September 25 - Bridgeport, CT @ Klein Memorial Auditorium September 26 - Hartford, CT @ The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts September 27 - Reading, PA @ Sovereign Performing Arts Center September 28 - Peekskill, NY @ Paramount Center for the Arts September 30 - Detroit, MI @ MGM Grand Detroit Casino October 2 - Toledo, OH @ Stranahan Theater October 3 - Joliet, IL @ Rialto Square Theatre October 4 - Carbondale, IL @ Southern Illinois University Arena October 5 - Branson, MO @ Welk Resort Theatre October 7 - Wichita, KS @ Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center October 17 - Albuquerque, NM @ Route 66 Casino October 23 - Mescalero, NM @ Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino October 25 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater October 31 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Riverside Theatre November 14 - Norman, OK @ Riverwind Casino November 15 - Thackerville, OK @ Winstar Casino November 16 - Dallas, TX @ Meyerson Symphony Center November 21-22 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues November 24 - Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle November 26 - Alexandria, VA @ Birchmere November 28 - Beverly, MA @ North Shore Music Theatre November 29 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues November 30 - Durham, NC @ Durham Performing Arts Center December 1 - Hagerstown, MD @ Maryland Theatre Hall & Oates August 15 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint August 18 - Saratoga, CA @ Mountain Winery August 19 - Redwood City, CA @ Little Fox Theater (John Oates solo) Septem

Publicado: 2008-08-14 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, On Tour

Five Bands to Watch From SXSW 2008

You’ve seen the awesome photos, checked out our live footage and interviews with folks including My Morning Jacket, N.E.R.D. and Sara Bareilles, and read our daily reports on acts like R.E.M. and Thurston Moore — now get a look at the five up-and-coming artists Rolling Stone spotted down in Austin at this year’s SXSW fest: • Equal parts “dance” and “punks,” Does It Offend You, Yeah? obliterated the crowd with hard beats, glitchy synths, vocoder-enhanced vocals and a few wailing guitar riffs. • Cleveland MC Kid Cudi showed up during rapper Wale’s gig at Stubb’s on Saturday and just about stole the show with a killer Southern-flavored freestyle and a lot of stage presence; more proof that the Midwest is hip-hop’s most happening spot right now. • Los Campesinos!, seven kids from Wales, U.K., combine the insta-party vibe of the Go! Team with Broken Social Scene’s triumphant, ecstatic choruses. • We stumbled on Southend, U.K. outfit These New Puritans playing outdoors on a broiling hot Friday afternoon, and were stopped cold by their funky New Wave freakout — not to mention lead singer Jack Barnett’s steel shirt. Why should Gwar get all the armor? • Manchester, U.K. foursome The Whip are ready-made for dance parties, evoking Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem and — on their best number, “Trash” — a bit of Stone Roses. [Photo: Rahav Segev]

Publicado: 2008-03-17 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, SXSW

Viva La Bam Festival Adds Gwar

Costumed metal band Gwar was added to the Viva La Bands festival, curated by MTV personality Bam Margera. Other bands scheduled to appear on the 30-city traveling festival are