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Atlanta Metal Giants Mastodon Working On Score For Hex Comic-Turned-Big Budget Movie; Let’s Hope This Is The Beginning Of A Long Mastodon-Movie Relationship [Brooklyn Vegan]

Stream Neon Indian’s Remix of Brooklynites Au Revoir Simone’s “Another Likely Story” – It’s Funny, But Usually When I Listen To Au Revoir Simone I Fall A- Whoops, Sorry, Dozed Off There [Gorilla vs. Bear]

Lil Wayne Made $42 Million Dollars On Concert Sales Alone In The Last Year…Well, I Hate To Say It, But That’ll Buy A Lot of Cough Syrup [Idolator]

Bjork Premieres New Micachu and the Shapes Video “Turn Me Well” – This Song Samples A Dentist Drill, And Ironically Isn’t Very Flattering Of Frontwoman Mica Levi’s Dental Work [Spin]

24-Hours After Jay Z Released The JM.com Deemed “Clusterfuck” That Is The Blueprint 3, Jay Says He’s Already Working On It’s Hyper-Experimental Follow-Up [MTV]

After Missing For Five Days, Glasvegas Frontman James Allan Turns Up In New York; Who Can Blame Him: If I Was About To Go On Tour With Kings of Leon, I’d Get The Fuck Out Of Wherever I Was [Spinner]

Watch New Riceboy Sleeps (Sigur Ros Side Project) Video, “Sometimes I Get Scared” – All I Know Is, I’m Incredibly Uncomfortable Watching Six Minutes Of A Little Girl In Slow Machine [Pitchfork]

UK Female MC Speeche Debelle Wins Mercury Music Prize; Upsets Bat For Lashes and Glasvegas [Idolator]

Stream Michael McDonald (Yeah, The One From The Doobie Brothers) Singing Grizzly Bear’s “While You Wait For The Others”…The Best Indie Crossover Ever? Maybe [Hype Machine]

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Thursday, early afternoon, I headed to Mohawk to see Glasvegas perform on the packed and steamy patio. After stopping at the photo booth to get my picture taken, I wandered around 6th St. for a bit, then stopped back in South Austin for a quick nap. Refreshed and full of breakfast tacos (for dinner), I walked over to South Congress St., where the South by San Jose event is taking place. There, I saw longtime local favorite Billy Joe Shaver and tried my first Michelada (Modelo mixed with soy sauce, Worcestershire, Tabasco and lime juice). Then I hopped on a bus back to the downtown area, where Brooklyn outfit The Bloodsugars riled up the crowd at Rusty Spurs, and, later in the evening, Drink Up Buttercup did the same. In between sets, I had time to check out the incredibly costumed Ebony Bones at Aces Lounge and the soul-pumping King Khan and the Shrines at El Sol de la Luna. All in all, a very fulfilling day.

Artists pictured (in order of appearance): Glasvegas, Billy Joe Shaver, The Blood Sugars, Ebony Bones, King Khan and the Shrines, Drink Up Butter Cup

by Jen McManus