While this is the first day of High Voltage’s SXSW coverage, it’s actually my fourth day in. The last couple days consisted of geeking out over new tech gadgets, digital strategy & apps (and also developing a BlackBerry app for High Voltage, get it here). Today the music portion of SXSW pseudo kicked off, but tomorrow is really the “game […]

It’s hard to believe that SXSW is upon us once again. Time is just racing by these days. And as I sit here in the Austin Convention Center writing this, have to admit how excited I am (and that goes for all of us at High Voltage) for this year’s South By Southwest. There’s a renewed since of hope in […]

Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide Festival came and went in the Echo Park section of Los Angeles and I can say that, without reservation, that it was a success. That’s because Culture Collide is an international music festival and very niche event with a very particular goal: to bring the various music flavors of other countries to meld and bleed into […]

After a fabulous weekend spent in the California sun, party-hoppin’ around Coachella’s many infamous offsite desert events such as Neon Carnival, Vestal Village, and Hard Rock’s Music Mansion – we didn’t think it could get much better. I mean bumper cars with Jared Followill?! Yeah, that happened. Then the news flew in this morning of the best festival line-up of […]

I refuse to accept that my time in Austin has come to an end. Each day may have felt like a week, but it still wasn’t enough time to do and see all that I desired. I spent my last official day of SXSW attempting to make up for all this seemingly lost time.You know it’s the last day of […]

Several things happened today: due to losing my drivers license, I told more people than I can remember how old I am, I watched the varied range of emotional reactions from a band who played their final show at SXSW, the overwhelming crush of bodies swarming around was starting to get to me, and in my head I  began advance […]

After a shaky couple of days of technical glitches, late starts, artist cancellations, and overall frustration Thursday shaped up to be quite excellent. With a schedule that included Semi Precious Weapons, Band of Skulls, Morning Parade, Twin Atlantic, another Foxy Shazam set, Eve 6 and much more – how could you really go wrong? Now before I go any further […]