Don’t Miss At SXSW- Empress Hotel!

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New Orleans based band Empress Hotel has decided to give bestnewbands.com an exclusive behind the scenes look as they get ready to rock 6th street for some SXSW insanity!  Check out what they have in store for you- and be sure not to miss their sets!

Weekend Playlist – Feb. 11, 2011

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Kick off your pre-Valentine’s (or Singles Awareness) Day weekend with songs from some of the artists we’ve featured this week.   “There’s Nothing For Me Here” – Range Rover On Sunday, Liz Livengood caught up with this San Diego trio, and even posted this song as a free download at the bottom of her post.

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Q&A: MIcah McKee of Empress Hotel

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New Orleans has been the hub of some of the greatest music in American history. From it’s days as the hub of jazz in the twentieth century to bounce hip-hop to it’s continuing post-Katrina revival as shown in the HBO show, Treme, different sounds have come to represent the soundtrack of this great city. Empress

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