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Last year we had Silver Scooter, and it looks like this year we’re going to get an awesome reunion from fuzz-rockers Sixteen Deluxe. Their’s was a sad saga of local band makes good - signing to a major label, leading the Austin music scene out of the late Nineties wilderness with promise, and then crashing spectacularly amid infighting and drugs. Hey, it’s only rock n roll! But time, they say, heals all wounds, or something. So the band is getting back together for some shows after the 3/4 reunion a couple of weeks ago at Continental Club, this time with Frenchie Smith actually on board. The show will likely be a benefit gig - we assume for the SIMS Foundation, because karma’s in the air. We also hear-tell of hopefully some possible reissues in the works, but nothing official.
In other SXSW news, over 200 more bands have been announced, most notably the dB’s. Check out the full list here.
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[...] * Sixteen Deluxe redux. (austinsound.net) [...]