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One of the best tracks from Cass McCombs' new LP, covered by San Francisco's Girls over the weekend at the Hemlock: **********

Here are the details for our third annual gorilla vs. booze day party in Austin, TX, during the week of SXSW '09. We'll be back at one of our favorite bars in town on Thursday, March 19, with an incredible lineup of some of my favorite bands in the world (if you're unfamiliar with any of these groups, check the playlist at the bottom of the post). No RSVP or wristband required, but the place is

Remember that girls post from the other day? A number of commenters/emailers pointed out that L.A.'s Dum Dum Girls were a glaring oversight on my part, and after spending quite a bit of time listening to the tracks on their myspace page (please check out the extremely awesome soaring harmonies on "jail la la"), I'm going to have to agree...

SXSW has just released another list of 100+ bands that will be playing this year's fest. Standouts at first glance include Blaqstarr, Crystal Stilts, Kid Sister, 8Ball & MJG, Amanda Blank, Explosions in the Sky, Killer Mike, St. Vincent, Peter Bjorn and John, Dead Prez (!), ...

girls Christopher Owens + Chet JR White are new San Francisco duo Girls. The boys would like to "to conjure up auditory memories of listening to a Beach Boys song out of an old car speaker," and their beautiful lo-fi pop actually comes pretty close to that...