RIP, Alex Chilton. The indie music icon and former Box Top and Big Star died of a heart attack Wednesday in New Orleans. He was 59 years old and due to play a showcase set at the SXSW music festival Saturday in Austin, Texas.

The South By Southwest music festival and conference turns 25 next year. The annual musical industry hoedown in Austin, Texas, has survived nearly a quarter century during the most tumultuous decades the music industry experienced -- and prospered. That kind of success gives you bragging rights. The official press release for the five-day band blowout claims SXSW is ?the most important ...

As we?ve seen in the past, a music video can launch a band into the indie stratosphere when shared in the online space ? YouTube even got hip to the trend with its Musician?s Wanted program. This state of affairs got us wondering: How do some of today?s up-and-coming indie acts use online music videos in their quest for stardom? To answer said query, Mashable reached out to an array of SXSW?s ...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, Virgin Islands ----Today, leading Web-development firm, MediaTier Ltd., christened AceHoyle.com?s Music & Videos section with the release of an original theme song by Boston indie rockers The Honors.

Canadian instrumental indie rockers Holy Fuck ( their music is better than their name, I promise you) have decided to take an odd route when debuting their new album, Latin: they're streaming it on noted perversion-delivery service ChatRoulette. The followup to their excellent 2007 album LP, to be titled Latin, won't be released until May 11. But many bands allow streaming previews of albums to ...