Hottest Spot on the Compass: Dispatches from SXSW
Love it, hate it, ignore it or flock to it, Austin’s South By Southwest has become a yearly spectacle, where vans crammed with starry-eyed rock babies from across the country congregate in the heart of Texas to grab a piece of that music dollar pie (and good Tex-Mex). Since the ANTIGRAVITY staff was too busy [...]
For Lack of a Better Phrase, NOLA Bands “Killed It” at SXSW
Hours before my fourth trip to South by Southwest Festival would take a decided turn for the Kerouackian, when I’d find myself sleeping among a sea of strangers thirty deep in what appeared to be a furniture-free detox safe house for strung-out teens with an elderly black man walking around smoking a cigarette preaching the [...]
Photoset // South by Southwest Festival, Part 2: 03.16.2012
Hooray For Earth + Electric Flower Group + Bass Drum of Death + Santigold + Caddwhompus + The Eastern Sea + Marmalakes + Japanther + Ava Luna + Maps & Atlases performing in and around Austin, Texas on March 16, 2012 for South by Southwest Festival
Photoset // South by Southwest Festival, Part 1: 03.15.2012
Candy Claws + Chrome Sparks w/ Stefaloo + Secret Mountains + Tops + You Won’t + Sun Hotel + Hikes + The Artist Formerly Known as 2012 + Glish + Sun Hotel + Caddywhompus performing in and around Austin, Texas on March 15, 2012 for South by Southwest Festival
The Barryfest Guide to New Orleans Bands at SXSW 2012
With Foburg only days behind us, the festival’s older, larger, captain-of-the-varsity-football-team brother – Austin’s annual South by Southwest Festival – will be officially underway in only a matter of hours. For all the adventurous New Orleans cats willing to take the drive/flight to Texas, the experience can be at best completely overwhelming and at worst [...]
Buku Music & Art Project Coming To Mardi Gras World In March
2011 was an impressive year for local electronic-leaning entertainment house Winter Circle Productions. In addition to growing their monthly BASSIK showcase – which hosts up-and-coming dubstep DJs from all over the world – into one of the hottest recurring tickets in New Orleans, WCP was behind some of the biggest and most exciting concerts of [...]
Barryfest at South by Southwest, Part 1: SXSW Is Decadent and Depraved
I’ve been to South by Southwest a few times in the past several years, the experiences of which have been experiments in the cause and effect of not planning for something that requires concise preparation. Results have been varied, the luck of the draw sometimes providing me with posh hotel accommodations and free drinking, and [...]
