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On Saturday March 16th, Lissie played a set at South by San Jose @ Hotel San Jose in Austin and the WFUV cameras were rolling. WFUV and KUTX make the best quality video on the internet, it just doesn't get any better. Earlier we posted the KUTX video , now it's a total pleasure to see Lissie at SXSW. Watch "The Habit" Lissie played four times at SXSW, including a dynamite 5pm set Thursday at the Radio Day Stage at the Austin Convention Center. SXSW streamed video of all the afternoon sets at the Radio Day Stage, and I caught and thoroughly enjoyed Lissie's set, without knowing it was her until after the set was over and I looked up the schedule to see who it was. Her guitarist was especially good. Watch "Shameless" Photos courtesy of Lissie except where noted. Bonus Video : Lissie has done one full-length album and two EPs. Expectations are justifiably high for her next album. She talks new album in this WFUV Interview, conducted at SX...

Good News from Glasgow :  Texas will release their eighth album, The Conversation, on the 20th of May, consisting of twelve new songs, their first album of new material since Red Book (2005). To celebrate the release, there will also be two deluxe versions of the album; one will be a double CD with ten live tracks on disc 2, the other is a 23-song download that includes everything on the double CD, plus one extra bonus track, "Where Do You Go", exclusively for pre-orders on iTunes . The Conversation is available at U.S. iTunes, which is welcome news for listeners here in the States who have had to go the import route for all of Texas' albums since The Hush (1999). Tezas will celebrate not only the new album, but also their 25th anniversary as a band with two very special pre-release shows, one in Glasgow, one in London. These shows will be at small intimate venues with ticket sales handled by lottery at their website. "Only 50 pairs of tickets will be availab...

Saturday Video : Newcomer Rae Morris is about to release her third EP, From Above, and this week she debuted a beautiful video of the title track. Rae talked about making the video, "Filming my second official music video was just as exciting as doing the first one, and getting to make a video full stop feels so surreal! We filmed From Above on a very cold January day in London and most of it was shot using a fascinating piece of new technology called an Omcopter. You'll see what i'm talking about when you watch the video!" Rae also talked about the new EP and her plans to record her first full length album, "Being my third and final EP, I feel like this collection of songs is an insight into the journey I've been on over the last year or so prior to recording my debut album. Making these three EP's has been such an amazing learning process and i'm ready to make a record now, properly, for you all to hear later in the year. I can't wait....

South By Southwest 2013 :  For a remote taste of SXSW you cannot do better than KUTX-FM, with their morning showcases at the Four Seasons, streaming the performances live and archived at KUTX.org plus live video clips in best-ever quality. Will post each morning's shows as soon as they are available. Thank you KUT. Wednesday 3/13/13 Amy Cook - Summer Skin Little Green Cars - The John Wayne Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside - Paris James Hunter - One Way Love Thurday 3/14/13 Wheeler Brothers - My Time Lone Bellow - You Can Be All Kinds of Emotional Thao & the Get Down Stay Down - Holy Rollers Robyn Hitchcock - The Abyss Friday 3/15/13 Dana Falconberry - Cormorant and Crooked River Frightened Rabbit - Backyard Skulls Josh Ritter - Joy to you Baby The Relatives Saturday 3/16/13 Kelly Hogan - Golden My Jerusalem - Preachers Billy Bragg - Sexuality

Saturday Video :  Jazz/pop-meisters Swing Out Sister just debuted a brand new track via Youtube video. In the last half year or so, Swing Out Sister has embraced social media with Facebook and Twitter accounts for the group and for founding members Corinne Drewery and Andy Connell. Andy has been very active and it turns out that he is a big sports fan, including American football (who knew?). In addition to topical commentary, Andy often posts highly interesting music clips and videos. It's a treat for the audience when an artist does their own social media, rather than leave it to a publicist as many do. Andy has been making the most of social media, like posting this new track, "Chuo Freeway" with the following, from Facebook. New Swing Out Sister track! "A somewhat longer clip of the song we covered for the Yumi Arai tribute album, just released on Sony Japan. Still missing the faux-orchestral intro, which is my favourite bit, but gives more of a sense of ...

The average moviegoer will most likely see Seven Psychopaths thinking that it's going to be a crime drama with murders and worse - that's not this movie. Seven Psychopaths is the story of a screenwriter trying to write a movie called Seven Psychopaths. It's ingeniously written and directed by Martin McDonagh and stars Colin Farrell as Marty Faranan, the struggling screenwriter. The movie is quietly funny in a way that plays off the viewers' own sense of the absurd. Watch the opening scene in which two hit men are engaging in dialogue in a manner befitting the Sopranos or a Tarantino movie. Michael Pitt from Boardwalk Empire plays one of the hit men. We'll pick this up after you watch the scene. Colin Farrell The masked gunman who shoots the hit men drops a jack of diamonds playing card next to each body (the Jack of Diamonds Killer) as the soundtrack plays "The First Cut is the Deepest", and a typewriter types on the screen, "Psychopath #1...

Saturday Video :  Nashville songstress Courtney Jaye has just released a new song and video, "Say Oh Say", the first taste of her new album, Love and Forgiveness, coming on May 7th. Courtney told USA Today that her new album is "a seventies-inspired country-pop album." From what we've heard, Courtney has never sounded better and we are more excited about this one than just about anything else on the horizon. Courtney is giving a free download of "Say Oh Say" in exchange for your email address at her website . Love and Forgiveness will be her fourth album. Her last, The Exotic Sounds of Courtney Jaye, wound up on our list of the best albums of 2010 . Bonus Video :  Here is a live version of "Morning", a song which is also going to be on the new album. With your appetite thus sufficiently whetted, now would be a fine time to read Courtney's Tropical Nashville Five . Photos courtesy of Courtney Jaye Courtney Jaye's Webs...