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Spicing Up The Day Stage Notes News & Don't Miss These Panels! Three more full days of panels and speakers await at the SXSW Music Conference. All ses- sions take place at the Austin Convention Center. highlights: Just a few Thursday, March 15 (Today): "How Stella Got Her Masters Back: Reversion Rights" Room 11AB, 1:30–2pm "Haircut & Attitude - The Artist's Image" Room 15, 4–5pm Friday, March 16: "Blood Music Sex Magick" Room 12AB, 3:30–4:30pm "Starting Your Own Studio Business" Room 16AB, 5–6pm Saturday, March 17: "New Atlantis: New Orleans Music Rebuilds" Room 15, 12:30–1:30pm "The Unspoken Code of the Music Blogosphere" Room 11AB, 2–3pm Music Gear Expo Store NEW FOR 2012 - Strait Music will be on hand operating the Music Gear Expo Store, where bands will now have a central spot to buy last-minute accessories like drum sticks, drum heads, cables and a range of instruments. Need a quick guitar restringing or other instrument repair? The Strait Music pros will have tech- nicians on site for repairs too! Music Gear Expo is free and open to the public. 22 A musical session with Torreblanca, Natalia Lafourcade, Sol Pereyra and Ximena Sariñana among others is set for today (Thursday) 3pm on the Ballroom G Day Stage in The Austin Convention Center. Tomorrow (Friday), the same stage will feature the sounds of Colombia's Pacifi c region with mem- bers of Canelon de Timbiqui and Ancestros performing with Quantic, following Juanes' Q&A. Continental Club Rajiworld returns to SXSW for another stellar showcase at the Continental Club on Friday, March 16 with Edison Chair, followed by Austin ex-pat Billy Harvey, and Steve Poltz. Peter Case and Paul Collins then join the party bringing the 80s pop favorites of The Plimsouls, Nervebreakers, and The Beat to the stage. Also showcasing are Brooklyn buzz band, Triple Cobra and Austin soul / R&B darling Akina Adderly and the Vintage Playboys. Rajiworld at the Juanes Musicians Union Presents A Mighty Night of Metal!! Triple Cobra Federation of International Musicians (FIM) has teamed with Metal Hammer magazine to present a blis- tering line-up of metal bands at The Dirty Dog Bar tonight, Thursday, March 15. The unions that FIM represents make a massive difference for musicians around the world, whether it's saving an orchestra that has been threatened with closure, keeping live music venues running, helping to pay bills for musicians who have been injured in accidents and can't work, or making sure that musicians aren't ripped off with bad contracts. The SXSW Big Bag Each year, SXSW asks an artist to create special and unique work for these bags alone. Artists in the past have included Yoko Ono, Neko Case, Wayne Coyne, Daniel Johnston, David Byrne, Robyn Hitchcock, Thurston Moore, and many more. This year SXSW is honored to have the work of Sam Beam, also known as Iron & Wine, proudly displayed on the Music Big Bags. Beam, who graduated with a degree in art, is known for the spectacular album covers and posters he creates. We couldn't be happier to have Iron & Wine play such a huge part in SXSW 2012. Check Out These Eclectic Sounds During SXSW Music Strange Victory and Luaka Bop Showcase Strange Victory is a new agency in the populated Chicago scene, which is presenting a showcase with Luaka Bop tomorrow (Friday) at The Whiskey Room (503 E 6th St). The roster is all over the map with psychedelic boogie and the mighty R. Stevie Moore. A "Screwed & Chopped Jim Reeves" set is sched- uled for between bands, and it might destroy you. Fearless Records' First SXSW Showcase Fearless Records is proud to announce the PeekSeed & Tilly's Presents: Fearless Records Offi cial SXSW Showcase 2012. Come rock out with fi ve of Fearless' featured artists: Breathe Carolina, Eve 6, Go Radio, Tonight Alive, and Every Avenue at Fearless' fi rst SXSW showcase, at the Dirty Dog Bar (505 E. 6th St) tomorrow (Friday) starting at 7pm. Americana Music Association at Antone's SXSW is proud to have the Americana Music Association return to SXSW Music with another line up of the best in Americana music, tonight (Thursday) at Antone's (213 W. 5th St). This year's SESAC sponsored event will feature the Little Willies (with Norah Jones), Punch Brothers, Jonny Corndawg, the Gourds, HoneyHoney, and Chuck Mead and His Grassy Knoll Boys. Eve 6 Americana Music SXSW ORLD / M ARCH M USIC 2012 LISA JOHNSON PHILIP LEACH

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