Last year, we outlined all the Japanse bands coming to SXSW, and this year we're really excited about Norway. We are happy to report that Oslo-based jazz-metal group Shining are on their way, as well as Ungdomskulen and Hanne Hukkelberg. ...

Austin's own Weird Weeds spent seven months in the studio working on their latest full-length, I Miss This, and by their own admission, the effort asserted towards this record is by far the most intense in their history. One listen demonstrates their devout attention to detail in regards to both production and songwriting amply. "Red" oozes thick guitar dirges, sweetly tempered percussion and odes to Indian sitar harmonies (and carefully executed dissonance) with equal precision....