The Daily Chord - Friday, January 25

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Coachella lineup revealed
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ASAP Yams is spirit guide to ASAP Rocky
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Chile, home of cosmic rock
Post from The Guardian.
The SXSW® Music and Media Conference is back for its 27th year. Our reputation as the biggest and most anticipated convergence of all things music is being kept alive by our continued effort to offer compelling daytime programming and stellar nighttime showcases.

Shaquille O'Neal
courtesy the speakerSXSW Interactive has become a very big gathering with lots of big ideas and big concepts and big-picture thinking. Given this theme of big, we are very excited that one of the biggest personalities from the world of professional sports will speak at the 2013 event. Join us on Monday, March 11 at 12:30pm when we present Shaq Goes Social: The Big Interview.
On the basketball court, Shaq was a four-time NBA champion, a three-time NBA Finals MVP, a two-time NBA scoring champion and a 15-time NBA All-Star. He was also voted Rookie of the Year (1992-93) and Most Valuable Player (1999-2000).
SXSW Music 2013 will feature hundreds of the music industry's most influential and notable figures, discussing the most important issues in the business. This is your chance to meet some of our esteemed panelists!
Here's a quick interview with 2013 Music panelist Alex White, CEO of Next Big Sound, three-time attendee of South by Southwest. Be sure to check out his panels, Man v Machine: Data Science and the Future of A&R and Big Data: The New Oil or the New Snake Oil? this March!


New! 2014 dates!
Interactive: March 7–11
Film: March 7–16
Music: March 11–16