SXSW Day 4: New Orleans’ @Hot8BrassBand Live at @Soundcloud House at @LustrePearl
I walked from the Convention Center to Lustre Pearl and arrived in what I thought would be plenty of time for the Hot 8 Brass …
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SXSW Day 4: Checking Out St. Paul & The Broken Bones at South By San Jose @StP_BrokenBones @SanJoseHotel #SXSJ
My friend Malcolm, the owner of Memphis’ excellent Memphis Music record shop on Beale Street had introduced me to St. Paul and the Broken Bones …
SXSW Day 4: Checking Out @autumndefense at @CliveBarATX During SXSW @FILTERmagazine
A year ago, I had never even heard of The Autumn Defense, but one of the better features of Spotify is its ability to suggest …
SXSW Day 4: Black DaVinci Rapping In Front of @LitLoungeAustin
After breakfast, I walked east down Sixth Street, on my way to see the Lebanese blues band The Wanton Bishops, who were scheduled to play …
SXSW Day 3: At the @SoSouth @ThaFixx Welcome to the South hip-hop showcase with @Doubhbeezy @KillaKyleon
The band that was going on after Kashmere ThunderSoul at the Palm Door was more rock oriented, so I left out and decided to walk …
SXSW Day 3: Kashmere ThunderSoul Reunion Band at @PalmDoorAtx
I really can’t even first recall when or how I first heard about the Kashmere Stage Band from Kashmere High School in the Kashmere Gardens …
SXSW Day 3: The Hypnotic Sounds of @PaintedPalms at Cheer Up Charlie’s
The band that lured me into Cheer Up Charlie’s was extremely ethereal and melodic, and proved to be called Painted Palms. I had not heard …
SXSW Day 3: Enjoying Lyrical Hip-Hop at @EasternATX @ughhblog @GoDjJB @GuuruSagod @Nemonics1
On Wednesday March 12, the Underground Hip Hop Blog sponsored an unofficial showcase during SXSW called the 2nd Annual Hip-Hop Pow-Wow at The Eastern in …
SXSW Day 2: Texas Funk Legends Kool & Together on The 512 Rooftop @The512on6th
One of the cooler things about South By Southwest is the way that old and obscure bands are brought back into relevance, either by documentary …
SXSW Day 2: Hanging Around the SoCo Neighborhood
The funky neighborhood of SoCo in South Austin is one of the nerve centers of South By Southwest each year. Once a blighted area, redevelopment …