Mark Austin goes acoustic at Oxygen

My favorite new discovery at this year's South By Southwest festival was Irish rock band, The Minutes.They are three piece, no frills rock and roll throwback of sorts that kick ass live. Of course I follow them on Facebook and came across the video posted above of lead singer and guitarist, Mark Austin, playing acoustic. I had not seen anything acoustic from them yet so I thought I'd share this with you guys. They were part of this year's Oxygen line up and  already got a positive review. More positive things are in store for them once their record comes out this fall. A vinyl for yours truly would be good. To learn more about the minutes, check out my interview on Red River Noise here:

Q&A: The Minutes

Courtney Love at Ames Hotel in Boston

I saw this online today. This clip is of Courtney Love performing an acoustic set at Ames Hotel in Boston for radio station WFNX. Before performing her song "Boys On The Radio", she tells the audience a made up story about her reason for being tardy to the event. She's so silly.

All Time Low Pulls The Plug for MTV

Baltimore pop-punk band All Time Low recently stripped down their songs and pulled the chords, exclusively for MTV Unplugged. The performance was shot in New York City, and had the band take their high-energy stage show down a notch in the candle-lit studio for a few fortunate young fans who intently sung along. These young pop punk bands are the best for getting fans to sing along. At every show I cover or attend, even all the parents along the side start singing. Hell, their teens probably play it all the time so it's only natural that they pick up the words right?

All Time Low play two new songs off their latest album Nothing Personal, Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don’t and Weightless. The MTV Unplugged showcase also features live performances from their previous releases "So Wrong ,It's Right" and "Put Up Or Shut Up" including “Dear Maria, Count Me In,” “Coffee Shop Soundtrack,” “Jasey Rae” and a surprise duet with Kate Voegele on “Remembering Sunday.” Check the message boards on this particular video are all over Kate getting a couple of words wrong. Check out the video from All Time Low's Unplugged performance:

All Time Low - New Music - More Music Videos

Watch more of All Time Low's Unplugged performance here:

http://www.mtv.com/music/unplugged/