English Version of Hatsune Miku VOCALOID Software Set for Summer Launch

Crypton Future Media holding introductory panel during SXSW conference

For those that have been waiting patiently for the English version of Hatsune Miku’s VOCALOID software, the wait is almost over, as Crypton Future Media has confirmed a Summer release for the vocal production software. Hit the jump for all of the details including news of a panel during next week’s South by Southwest Interactive conference

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VIDEO: New Device from necomimi Makers Selects Music by Reading Your Mind

“mico” to debut at the SXSW trade show in March

The makers of necomimi Brainwave Cat Ears have a new gizmo up their sleeves: a pair of headphones and an app that reads your mind to select music based on your mood! Watch a demo for “mico” after the jump!

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March 5th, 2013 Anime News Tags: , 0 Comment

SXSW 2013: Tegan and Sara, Vampire Weekend, and Black Lips Top Latest Lineup

The third wave of acts for South By Soutwest 2013 has been announced — 480 more artists and bands, bringing the running list up to nearly 1,300. Check out our picks from the Click Here to Read Entire Story!

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SXSW 2013: Angel Haze, Wavves, Major Lazer, Dead Prez Top New Lineup

Austin music megafest South By Southwest has announced the second round of artists confirmed for its 2013 edition, which will run March 12 through 17…
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SXSW 2013: Alt-J, the Zombies, Thurston Moore, WHY? Fill Out Initial Lineup

The folks behind annual Austin music bacchanal South By Southwest have announced the first round of bands set to play the 2013 event, which will run March 12 through 17…
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November 8th, 2012 Music News Tags: , 0 Comment

Caveman on What Makes an Album Legendary

When SPIN was in Austin for SXSW last month, we asked fun. to tell us about their influences. We also caught up with Caveman at the Ray-Ban Legendary Visions house in Austin and asked them to mull the question, “What makes an album legendary?” Reasons bassist-singer Jeff Berrall, “All of my favorite records are records, maybe you got into them when you were 16, and when you’re 25 it can mean something completely different to you and still be awesome…

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Hear Fiona Apple’s First New Song in 7 Years: ‘Every Single Night’

Even for those of us who watched SXSW last month from our laptops rather than in person over the glow of our iPhone Twitter apps, Fiona Apple’s performance was a revelation

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Doomtree Take Over the Austin Streets

Minneapolis’s noisy Doomtree collective lives at the bleeding edge hip-hop grind and punk rock’s get-in-the-van ethos. In March, their two month tour landed the crew in Austin for SXSW, and SPIN followed the posse around with some video cameras (thanks to helpful sponsors ABSOLUT Vodka)…

April 13th, 2012 Music News Tags: , , , 0 Comment

Watch Bahamas Croon ‘Lost in the Light’ Acoustic

While we were gushing about Canadian singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen at SXSW this year, the folks at Liveset had the good sense to get Bahamas on tape, capturing a (typically, for him) beautiful acoustic version of “Lost in the Light,” the opening track off his 2012 disc Barchords

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Free Music! Download Songs From SPIN’s March/April Issue

We’ve given you a bunch of free music this month thanks to our jam-packed SXSW mixtape, but how could we hold back another six songs? We couldn’t…

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