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September 6, 2008 2:34:07 AM CDT



Vampires, REM Win Austin Buzz

Posted Mar 15, 08 5:31 PM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – At least one "buzz band" has emerged in South by Southwest, a music festival that is increasingly dominated by big-name artists: world-beat pop quartet Vampire Weekend. Still hot from a Saturday Night Live appearance last weekend, the Columbia University band has wowed Austin with its clean, poppy sound, the Buffalo News reports.

Other up-and-comers worthy of a CD spin include psychedelic rockers MGMT, Zoe Deschanel’s She & Him, and Chicago rapper Kid Sister. Among old-timers, REM made the biggest splash and recovered "a measure of former glories," Jim DeRogatis blogs in the Chicago Sun-Times. But the band members seemed disconnected, he reports: They "may be enjoying playing with each other again. But the jury is still out on whether or not they like each other any more."

Sources Buffalo News, Scanners blog

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R.E.M's Michael Stipe performs during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on March 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
Vampire Weekend, with Ezra Koenig on vocals, performs during a day party at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Thursday, March 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
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