From Boston to Austin: Acts head to SXSW

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- From Boston to Austin: Acts head to SXSW
- Plan to give Internet access to inmates advances in Nevada Legislature
- The Endeavor for Hope Foundation Brings in World-Renowned DJs Pete …
- Electronic music fest in gear with new logo

From Boston to Austin: Acts head to SXSW
Boston Globe
And don’t worry dude. There’ll be plenty of time left over for beer and barbecue. Arms & Sleepers n their new EP “The Motorist” the Cambridge-based duo of Max Lewis (programming keyboards) and Mirza Ramic (bass keyboards) – along with visuals artist Dado Ramadani – have refined an approach to ambient electronic music that was preternaturally lovely to begin with. Instead of chilly brittle soundscapes that can constrain electronica Arms & Sleepers suffuse their mostly instrumental melodies with warm flushes of brass ethereal vocals (when voices materialize) brushed drums and artful dollops of plaintive piano. The result is an aural universe as wistful and heartrendingly human as it is electronic. March 20 and 21 at the Parish Downstairs (214 East 6th St. )Eksi Ekso Chances are your album’s going to sound pretty good if it’s coproduced and mixed by a Grammy Award winner (Malcolm Burn) who’s worked with Peter Gabriel and Emmylou Harris.

Plan to give Internet access to inmates advances in Nevada Legislature
MSNBC
(AP) — Nevada lawmakers advanced a plan Thursday that would allow some state prison inmates — who lost the use of personal typewriters starting in 2007 — limited access to the Internet. Currently inmates can’t use the Internet but have access to electronic library materials on CD-RMs.
Related from Auctionsmonster: FCC cancels meeting for free Internet vote

The Endeavor for Hope Foundation Brings in World-Renowned DJs Pete …
PR.com (press release)
Pre-Party for an unprecedented performance at Bar Rio** later on in the evening where Pete Tong will spin alongside Deadmau5. is an accomplishment for the American electronic music scene. By hosting the Exclusive Pre-Concert V.

Electronic music fest in gear with new logo
DetNews.com
“What I did before was just an idea and something fun but now we have to take that and make it into something we can really use. I like where it’s at now but we still have to take it further. ” Advertisement The brand-design contest was the first of its kind for Detroit’s electronic music festival which turns 10 this year. A lineup and ticket information for this year’s fest is expected in the coming weeks. You can reach Adam Graham at (313) 222-2284 or agraham@detnews.com.

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