Yes, it would seem somewhat ridiculous to take the time, effort, and expense of traveling from Los Angeles, CA all the way to Austin, TX for SXSW only to spend a huge amount of time seeing local Los Angeles bands that play around the way on a regular basis. Well, people, then my name is “ridiculous” and I’m damned proud […]

Today was my first full day of SXSW. Most of it was spent collecting various passes for the days ahead and getting a general feel for the city. After a rough start picking up our SXSW wristbands, the majority of the afternoon was fairly smooth with a successful collection of passes picked up for The Purevolume House, The Hype Hotel, […]

Chelsea here. Just got in from 14 hours of nonstop SXSW shenanigans today. Most of the day was spent picking up party passes and sorting out where various events were going to occur. However, I was able to catch the acts at the iHeartRadio / PureVolume party tonight. Highlights? Dead Sara & Foxy Shazam! Both acts are playing several more […]

High Voltage is no stranger to South by Southwest Music Festival (aka SXSW), this will be our 9th year. But this year we’re doing something extra special – we’ve made our own SXSW pocket guide and printed thousands of copies to be distributed around Austin starting Monday, March 12th. Find us in Austin to grab a copy for yourself. Our […]

The National Association of Music Merchants (aka NAMM) is the mother-load of music trade shows which calls more than 90,000 exhibitors, buyers and visitors out to play, party, and display at the Anaheim Convention Center. Being High Voltage Magazine’s virgin NAMM Show voyage it was a bit overwhelming. Chelsea & Trina represented to the best of their ability within “the […]

Hi, Manic Monkee (aka Allie Shaw) hollering at you. My first entry in the Road Trippin series I’ll be bringing to High Voltage takes us to New York City for CMJ 2011. Picture SXSW for the East Coast but instead of it all be located in one generalized area it’s in all the boroughs. So many taxi’s and subways are […]

Since you’ve been waiting with bated breath for this, here you go:-). Saturday rolled around which meant a fresh new day of music as well as searching for more buttons, especially the highly elusive one from New Zealand (we’re sensing a conspiracy here). The fest suffered a few cancellations that hurt the heart: UK’s Isobel Campbell and USA’s Pubes. Pubes, […]