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SXSW Day Two
 
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SXSW: Day three
I couldn't wait to share this photo. They are a band from Chicago called Banana and the Woman, which my friend so keenly observed might have just as easily been called Sleeping Bag and the Rainbow Wig if the costume section at their Five and Dime had different options.
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Letting ‘Freedom’ ring
Frederic Chopin wrote a piano sonata in A minor; Alicia Keys’ debut album  was called “Songs in A Minor.”
 

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‘The age of the freak is almost here’
For the past few years the tourist shops near where the SXSW Music Conference takes place have been selling goods emblazoned with the axiom “Keep Austin Weird.” And if the first night of live music was any indication, visitors, revelers and performers are taking the sentiment to heart. Here are a few of the highlights from Wednesday
 

Photo: CHAPMAN BAEHLER
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‘A fun night of music, a little shindig’ with STP
For the first time in nearly a decade, Stone Temple Pilots will be premiering material from a new album, kicking off a tour with a show tonight at the 3,000-capacity Austin Music Hall at the SXSW Music Conference in Texas. But as guitarist Dean DeLeo says, size doesn’t matter.
 
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‘Going to get an earful’
The SXSW Music Conference, in which thousands of bands from all over the world cram themselves into every venue possible in Austin, TX, begins today. It is five days of beautiful musical mayhem and Metro will be reporting each day about our finds there. There are so many choices of what to see and hear that it can become daunting, but one way to maintain your own quality control while there is to check out the showcases put together by such esteemed musical tastemakers as National Public Radio, Pitchfork.com, Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine.
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Quite the bright, Buble personality
For three very successful records, Michael Buble has reinterpreted standards. But when it came to last fall’s hit album, “Crazy Love,” the pop/jazz singer decided it was time to start telling his own stories and included two originals, including the Sinatra-esque “Haven’t Met You Yet.”
 
 
 

Photo: VIRGIN SOLIS
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Get to know ... KIDZ IN THE HALL
Like Kid Cudi and the Cool Kids, hip-hop group Kidz in the Hall are often labeled hipsters. They don’t necessarily take issue with that.
 
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… and he’ll scratch yours
Finding a bit of Shade in the spotlight
Riding the wave of neverending youth
How to get totally Wild
Cash back, guaranteed
Editors take a red pen to their songwriting process
Taking the jam to a whole new level
Rufus, will you be our Valentine?
Elly Jackson: ‘We all like catchy hooks’
Magnetism of another variety here
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Best friends and aural illusionists
Fixing a broken record
Now that’s the Spirit
Carving out a Soft spot in your heart
Ladysmith in waiting
Scoring ‘Fierce’ Grammy victory
Scottish tastemaker still mixing it up
Hey Grammy, ‘You Belong with Me’
‘We all like catchy hooks’
Rise and Shinedown