One more great band and final thoughts on SXSW

Mar. 15, 2013
Shout Out Out Out Out and a songwriting session with Spoon, Superchunk and The dB's provide an antidote to an over-emphasis on branding at the conference.

I saw god and/or Savages

Mar. 14, 2013
All the craziness of SXSW is worth it when you find bands like Savages.

Learning how to market music on the net

Mar. 14, 2013
One band from Mexico embodied the lessons on social networking being peddled at the music conference in Austin, Tx.

Dave Grohl delivers keynote address

Mar. 14, 2013
Who is the real Dave Grohl—the big dumb drummer, or the one who spoke so movingly at SXSW? I don’t know, and I’m not sure it matters.

Night One: Laura Stevenson, Holydrug Couple, Foxygen and more

Mar. 14, 2013
AUSTIN, Tx—The best-laid plans tend to quickly go awry at South by Southwest, especially with these epic crowds.

Imaging, jingle-crafting, crowdfunding and ‘Born in Chicago’

Mar. 13, 2013
AUSTIN, Tx—South by Southwest was in year six when I first made the trip to the Texas capital in 1993 for what’s become the biggest gathering of the music world in the United States.

Covering SXSW with Jim DeRogatis

Mar. 20, 2012
South by SouthWest turns the city of Austin, Texas into one of the world's largest and most chaotic music festivals for a week each March. It's a daunting event to tackle as a concertgoer, but it's near impossible to give it its due as a critic.

On day 4, an international sampling

Mar. 19, 2012
The fourth and final night of SXSW 2012 was not off to the greatest musical start. The first act I caught was Kat Graham. Known mostly for her role as Bonnie Bennett on Vampire Diaries, she's been dabbling in music while acting and recently signed a record contract.

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