[My main assignment Friday was to cover the SPIN 25 party – all six hours of it – for SPIN.com:] Courtney Love took the stage at Stubb’s on Friday evening wearing an orange sash that said “BEWARE.” As if the capacity crowd at the SPIN 25 party (presented by RockBand and MySpace Music) at the […]
My assignment for SPIN.com kept me tied up at the SPIN 25 party at Stubb’s all afternoon for nonstop music capped by Hole’s first North American concert in more than a decade. The highlight of the support bands that day was the indoors set from Harlem [above], whose crackling garage rock made me wish I […]
The third day of the South by Southwest Music Festival was a full-on music orgy, including performances by Frightened Rabbit [top, at the Don’t Mess With Texas event], Metric, Billy Bragg and Dead Confederate, among many. Photographer Scott Dudelson tirelessly made the rounds, and submitted these images.
Austin is just getting warmed up. I covered seven bands Thursday while on assignment for SPIN.com: ‣ Band of Horses played a resplendent set to a full house at Stubb’s outdoor theater. ‣ L.A.’s Radar Bros. [that’s Jim Putnam, pictured] playing to a packed Merge Records showcase at the Cedar Street Courtyard, previewed their sixth […]
By Richard Thomas Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay and Andy Cato just can’t leave well enough alone. Whether it’s behind the decks or as part of their live outfit, the duo has been demolishing crowds with their mix of electric soul, reggae-infused house anthems and low-slung smoker’s delights. Five full-lengths worth of successful jams, plus a […]
The second official day of the South by Southwest Music Festival offered a feast of great performances, including Sondre Lerche [top], playing the SXSW Day Stage. Photographer Scott Dudelson sends along these images from all over Austin.
[Our weekly Stolen Lyric:] ||| Source: Tears for Fears, “Head Over Heels” ||| Live: Tears for Fears play Sunday at the Wiltern Theatre.
Tonight: The Spires and the French Semester play a release party with Early Dolphin at Echo Curio. … The El Rey hosts a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation with ’60s folk icon Donovan, Sublime vet Jack Maness, Global Sound Lodge and more. … The Gaslight Anthem‘s Brian Fallon and Cali-punk poet Joe Sib take […]
I’m on assignment for SPIN.com this week at SXSW – as well as trying to squeeze in some coverage for the mothership Buzz Bands LA. I filed several bits Wednesday for SPIN, so fans of the Happy Hollows, the Morning Benders and Everybody Was in the French Resistance … Now [that’s Eddie Argos, above], should […]
It’s Austin and it’s Spoon. If Britt Daniel couldn’t get elected mayor of this music mecca, he’d at least be toasted as the crown prince of its indie constituency, at least judging from the adulation showered on the quartet during its 75-minute performance at the outdoor stage at Stubb’s. The heaping helping of home cooking […]
