SXSW 2007
Ahead of the Curve: Asobi Seksu
A bloody valentine written in half-Japanese with wide-tipped highlighters, Asobi Seksu play day-glo fuzz punk that makes shoegazing feel good...
Ahead of the Curve: Black Lips
No dad, no college grad, skids livin' bad kids The Black Lips will sneak snorts off your grandma's Schnapps, rob...
Ahead of the Curve: Bonde Do Role
Like M.I.A. before them, recent Brazilian blow-ups Bonde Do Role translate furious favela shout-funk into the stuff of wild-eyed indie-kid...
Ahead of the Curve: Brother Ali
You know that old trick where mom mushes a pill into your cookie and you eat it smiling? Well watch...
Ahead of the Curve: Cold War Kids
Like we need to tell you... Obviously you've had "Hang Me Up To Dry" rattling around on repeat since Cold...
Ahead of the Curve: Deerhunter
Deerhunter, the nightgowned ATLiens who simultaneously pep you up and zone you out with their drony-bologne Brian Eno ambience, do...
Ahead of the Curve: Dustin Kensrue
THRICE frontman Dustin Kensrue takes a break from headbanging in black-on-black caps to try on Ryan Adams' cowboy boots. And...
Ahead of the Curve: Gary Clark, Jr.
All we can figure is that Gary Clark Jr. snuck up to heaven and bootlegged an hour's worth of Pink...
Ahead of the Curve: El-P
Definitive Jux CEO El-P has been defining new wave NY indie hip-hop since its birth. Six albums deep, his content's...
Ahead of the Curve: Kenna
An Ethiopian immigrant raised first in Virginia Beach and then in Cincinatti, Ohio, it's no wonder that Kenna's music has...
Ahead of the Curve: Kidz In The Hall
Naledge and Double-0 started out as the two most talented dudes at the University Of Pennsylvania. Now, with a little...
Ahead of the Curve: Marnie Stern
Sonic youth Marnie Stern is an eye-popping shredhead who smokes 'em all with guitar chops for miles and more presence...
Ahead of the Curve: Oreskaband
Please don't say you threw out those checkerboard Doc Martens. Though they're all girls, Japan's ORESKABAND have enough rude boy...
Ahead of the Curve: Rocco DeLuca
Rocco DeLuca really knows how to make a dobro snarl. But just when his boozy slide symphonies hit their nastiest,...
Ahead of the Curve: Secondhand Serenade
John Vesely's tears run down like razorblades and he blames you. The California kid of a clan of musicians, Secondhand...
Ahead of the Curve: The Hudsons
The Hudsons do that thing where they insert rap lyrics in quirky folk songs. They also channel everyone from Loudon...
Ahead of the Curve: The Postmarks
The Postmarks' airy, pillow-talking pop songs evoke hazy photography and old French movies. Basically add Nouvelle Vague and a couple...
Ahead of the Curve: Juiceboxxx
Juiceboxxx is a total spazz from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the good way! For real. His berserko beats, his glitched out...
