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Rah Rah: Prairie Girl
Indie-rock from Regina, Saskatchewan. This is Rah Rah, a five-piece in the realm of dark, catchy indie-rock (Eels, Arcade Fire, bits and pieces of The Shins come to mind). They’ve been making strange, upbeat, interesting pop music for years and people are finally starting to take notice. Us included. Better late than never. We had the privilege of meeting up with these folks at SXSW this year for an unplugged version of their single “Prairie Girl.” Or, rather, singer Erin Passmore took to the task solo with a single acoustic guitar and blew us away (she’s got a solo record, Downtown EP , by the way, worth digging into).
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Emma Louise: Mirrors
Hypnotic new track called “Mirrors” from Emma Louise. Shot at The Ballroom in Austin, TX
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Boston’s Pretty & Nice delivers a brand new song at our SXSW BBQ, this is “New Czar.”
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The good kind of earworm, the upbeat “San Francisco” from ‘Love’s Not Dead EP.’
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The Parlotones try to turn a new song into a subdued duet, they succeed. This is "Heartbreak Horizon."
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The End Of America, unplugged. Because they don’t need plugs.
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Wake Owl spent their early days as a guitar/violin duo and that’s how we’re hearing them today. Sparse, scaled back and beautiful, this is “Gold.”
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The Last Bison, unplugged, which they already are to begin with. Do not miss this band.
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We took over the creepy ballroom at our hotel in Austin then invited our favorite people to play there. This is Allison Weiss.
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A sad song from a very talented young songwriter.
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Man Man is Unplugged
A minimalist gem from ‘Life Fantastic’ gets even more minimal, “Steak Knives” acoustic with Man Man.
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You Won't: Television
Somewhere, there’s a good pun involving “Television” and “unplugged” but we haven’t thought of it. So here’s our acoustic session with You Won’t.
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A song about doing it. Unplugged.
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Bastards Erika and Mark bring “Skin and Bone” to the ATV Offices, no plugs allowed.
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This is not a typical unplugged session. For a number of reasons.
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Southbound single from Hedley’s forthcoming fifth full length.
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Acoustic session with former lead singer of The Academy Is…
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Barely Blind, plugged and rehearsed, with “The Great White Buffalo.”
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A lotta love for this little EP so far, this is the single “We Come Running” unplugged from YBH.
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Turner sings a song for his Grandmother, a track from England Keep My Bones.
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Young band, condensed lineup, amazing full length, great song.
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Our second rendezvous with this incredible young band, unplugged this time around (no, seriously, actually plugless).
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Charlene Kaye & crew deliver “Forever Is A Long Time,” minimally plugged in and maximally captivating.
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Like a how-to for aspiring songwriters. A choice unplugged from Parachute performing “What I Know.”
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An unplugged visit from the North Carolina sixsome (sextet?) Lost In The Trees, performing one of their album’s many highlights. “Red”.
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The Drowning Men, or at least a few of them, drop by our set for a performance of the very pretty (if not a little bleak) “A Better Place.”
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Megan Reilly’s first “successful” love song, according to Megan Reilly.
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Bonaventure: I Dare You
A memorably catchy single from a young band with sights set high.
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Perfect harmonies, catchy hooks, it’s the boys of Dinner And A Suit going acoustic on their single “Too Late.”
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A truly unplugged episode from the one and only Andy Grammer and his hit single “Fine By Me.”
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Lydia's Best Nights
A sweet, minimal rendition of “Best Nights” from the barefooted boys of Lydia.
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Atomic Tom’s (kinda) Unplugged performance of “Break My Heart Around You.”
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Graffiti6’s Jamie Scott & his guitar belt out a soulful folk acoustic version of “Free.”
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Greylag's Goldmine
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A song to put “true lovers” in their place. Say Anything’s Max Bemis and his guitar belt out the eponymous…”Say Anything” for AltarTV.
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Out on his own, it’s Anthony Raneri’s “Sandra Partial,” the upbeat opener from his solo debut.
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It’s like “Born To Run” but Memphisized: Cory Branan’s “Survivor Blues” Unplugged and Unrehearsed.
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The guys of Paper Route leave the synths at home for an exclusive SXSW performance of their track “Are We All Forgotten.”
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Alan Day and Dan O’Connor of Four Year Strong unplug for a low-key performance of “Wasting Time (Eternal Summer)” from their ‘Enemy Of The World’.
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Daniel James, the man behind the orchestral indie-rock experiment Canon Blue, performs an acoustic version of “Indian Summer.”
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Pittsburgh native Patrick Joseph plays us a song from his new album called “Piece Of Your Love.”
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The Dunwells nail their bright acoustic ballad “Elizabeth” for AltarTV’s Unplugged and Unrehearsed Series.
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Barely Blind’s quieter side on display with an acoustic take on "Can’t Expect."
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States unplugs for a fresh take on the song “Timebomb.”
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Chuck Ragan performs a heartfelt, acoustic rendition of “Nothing Left To Prove” from his album ‘Covering Ground.’
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The hardworking Wisconsin pop outfit Windsor Drive unplugs for an emotional, one-of-a-kind performance of “Sleepwalking.”
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Dan Andriano performs his brand of beautiful, simple folk with “Of Peace, Quiet and Monsters.”
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An intimate in-studio performance from Annie Stela, all pipes and piano but somehow much more.
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X Ambassadors stretch the boundaries of genre-melding for a contagious blend of raw rock soul with "Unconsolable."
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The Silent Comedy performs “Footnotes” in the Hollywood Hills.
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The Young Romans perform “New Beginning” in studio and explain why it’s the cheesiest song title they’ve ever used.
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Good Old War: Loud Love
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The Cab’s Alexander DeLeon performs for some lucky fans backstage.
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