Sunburned, sore, exhausted and not over yet – that pretty much sums up my Friday at South By Southwest. Today felt like a festival-wide “hangover” day as no venue seemed to run on time and if they did, the bands I wanted to see had massive technical difficulty resulting in this reporter catching a lot of sound checks only. However, […]

What this thing called South By Southwest is all about came to be summed up in the main event of the festival: Dave Grohl’s keynote speech at the Austin Convention Center. The man who answered the “drummer needed” role when Nirvana called gave a human, humble and comically expletive filled address to the room.  The moral of the story where […]

Today was a classic SXSW day full of intense walking, delicious food, amazing surprises, general insanity, and plenty of music. From an early afternoon documentary screening to a late night electro-dance party, there was no stopping. But with so much going on everywhere you look, is pressing pause even an option? Band Photo of The Day: Foxes at Red Eyed […]

I’m not a fan of large crowds… or sleeping on couches…or un-changed clothes… or unshavenness… which is why I am not with the High Voltage crew at SXSW right now… However, if I were, there are quite a few bands I’m a large fan of and who I would be more than psyched to check out… possibly none more than […]