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SXSW 2013: Day Three In Photos

By NPR Staff
Published March 15, 2013 at 12:11 PM MDT
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"It's your voice," Dave Grohl says at his SXSW keynote speech that began Thursday. "Everyone's blessed with at least that. And who knows how long it will last?" ()
2/17
Dramatic, blissful and awash in synths, Lauren Mayberry (left) and Martin Doherty of CHVRCHES play the Fader Fort. ()
3/17
Without a line of horns or funky rhythm section, Iron and Wine's Sam Beam plays a solo acoustic set KEXP's showcase at Mellow Johnny's. ()
4/17
Olafur Arnalds' band circles around him at Mellow Johnny's before a set at the KEXP showcase.  ()
5/17
Naked Cowboy's furry cousin from Austin, Texas?  ()
6/17
The percussion-heavy, slightly vaudevillian folk-rock band He's My Brother She's My Sister plays Pelon. ()
7/17
Heavy, angry and hilarious, Molotov pounds Auditorium Shores into submission during a SXSW showcase presented by NPR Music's Alt.Latino. ()
8/17
Fronted by Oscar-winning Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla, Bajofondo's music was as cinematic as it was unexpected at Alt.Latino's SXSW showcase. ()
9/17
Bajofondo's Martín Ferrés stretches out his bandoneón as far as he can at Alt.Latino's SXSW showcase. ()
10/17
Latin rock pioneers Café Tacvba show everyone why they're living legends at Alt.Latino's SXSW showcase. ()
11/17
Mexican flags, wrestling masks and a legion of ecstatic Café Tacvba fans at Alt.Latino's showcase at Auditorium Shores.  ()
12/17
Music is everywhere on the streets of Austin.  ()
13/17
Underneath a stage shaped like a 62-foot vending machine, LL Cool J plays an outdoor set at SXSW 2013. ()
14/17
Ice Cube goes hard at the #BoldStage. ()
15/17
Sans confetti cannons and the giant hamster ball, The Flaming Lips gave an intimate performance of its now-classic album, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, at The Belmont. ()
16/17
"It's a living." ()
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Dave Grohl gives Stevie Nicks a big smooch at the Sound City showcase at Stubb's BBQ. During the epic-length set, Nicks performed "Landslide" and "Gold Dust Woman" with the band. ()

¡Viva! Alt.Latino presented a killer showcase from Auditorium Shores with Cafe Tacvba and Bajofondo on Thursday. (We'll have audio to share with you soon.) From the blissful electro-pop of Glasgow's CHVRCHES to Iron and Wine's Sam Beam surrounded by bicycles to LL Cool J performing under a 62-foot stage designed to look like a vending machine, here's what else we saw at SXSW on Thursday. See a gallery of photos by Adam Kissick here and follow us on Flickr for much, much more.

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