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W. H. Lung with Live4ever at South By Southwest 2022 (Photo: Paul Bachmann)

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It’s often said that unknown pleasures can be found lurking around every corner of South By Southwest. But it’s not just the thousands…

Jamie Webster at the 2022 SXSW Live4ever Media Lounge (Photo: Paul Bachmann)

With momentum, an understanding of what it means to graft, and the goodwill of an entire city behind him, Jamie Webster’s unlikely to be walking alone any time soon.

By definition, almost everyone who joins us at the…

Pillow Queens with Live4ever @ SXSW 2022 (Photo: Paul Bachmann)

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Amidst the lockdowns of 2020, September saw the release of Pillow Queens’ debut album In Waiting through their own label. A collection of songs…

The Blinders with Live4ever @ SXSW 2019 (Paul Bachmann / Live4ever) “I want to be a superhuman.” It’s one of David Bowie’s most famous quotes, one from an artist who adopted more alter-egos than most. Be it Bowie, Hank Williams or Marshall Mathers, taking on a new persona is no…

Fontaines D.C. at the SXSW 2019 Live4ever Lounge (Paul Bachmann) With the continuing rise of nationalism – and its best friend forever the disaster capitalist – lurking never far away, Dublin quintet Fontaines D.C. have found a unique voice amongst the chaos, one birthed in the vandalism of their city’s…

“Long live the open-minded”. It’s a message Idles are taking around the world after the release of Joy As An Act Of Resistance in August. Encapsulated in those words is the mantra of a band who, on their second studio album, took it upon themselves to create one of the…

The Vryll Society @ The Live4ever Media Lounge sponsored by Pirate Studios The Vryll Society discuss their imminent plans for starting a debut album and more as Live4ever’s coverage from the 2017 South By Southwest Festival continues today. Related news:…

Shame @ The Live4ever Media Lounge, sponsored by Pirate Studios Shame‘s Gold Hole arrived on Live4ever’s radar fairly late in 2016, but its sharp-edged post-punk layout comfortably made it one of our top tracks of last year. Related news: Live4ever Interview: John Power of Cast Live4ever Interview: Shambolics…

LIFE @ the Live4ever Media Lounge sponsored by Pirate Studios. “It feels like it’s been a while since there’s been a band like LIFE,” was Live4ever’s opening gambit upon our first chat with the band at the start of this year. Related news:…

Idles at the Live4ever Media Lounge sponsored by Pirate Studios “We could make chocolate dildos, made from our own penises. Erect of course.” Read what you like into that, misinterpret it or spell it out. It’s what Idles would want people to do. Want to know how Idles came together?…

Robert Harrison, Cotton Mather @ Live4ever Media Lounge, sponsored by Pirate Studios Exclusive: Cotton Mather mastermind Robert Harrison talks to us about the making of seminal art rock album KONTIKI, his I Ching project, and touring with Oasis. “We had the most interesting story of any band you’ve ever met.…

Brian Bell at the Live4ever Media Lounge, SXSW 2017   Brian Bell likes to keep busy. A Weezer mainstay since the recording of the group’s blue debut album, Bell uses downtime from his day job on projects like The Relationship, a band he started a decade ago which will release…

Sundara Karma (photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media) Austin’s annual SXSW extravaganza – so much more than a music festival these days – never fails to give us the opportunity to chat with the best young artists. True to form, at the Pirate Studios-sponsored Live4ever Media Lounge, we got…

Night Beats @ SXSW 2016 (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media) Who are your influences? Lee Blackwell: “I didn’t grow up in a musical family. I grew up with a brother that messed around with the sitar. I’m half-Indian so there’s a lot of Indian classical music like Ravi Shankar…

Yak at SXSW 2016 (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media) Introduce yourselves and describe your talents… I sing and play guitar, and attempt to hit a keyboard occasionally, my name’s Oli. I’m Elliott, I play drums. I’m Leo on bass. Related news: Live4ever Interview: John Power of Cast Live4ever Interview: …

Slaves backstage at Irving Plaza, NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever Media) There’s a Slaves attempt at a ballad; a ‘salad’, as they call it. Backstage at the Irving Plaza during their recent trip to New York, and with tour-mates Wolf Alice booming out a soundcheck just a floorboard’s width…