25 shows over 4 days. Dozens of Tecates and whiskey-cokes. A broken point and shoot camera before capturing ANYTHING. Blisters on every angle of my feet, and now, to top it all off, a head cold. But it was oh-so worth it. Just as every year’s festival comes and goes, leaving me wishing in a [...]
The festival is upon us! All hell will unleash tomorrow when the music really starts going, so if you haven’t put the time into figuring out your music lineup yet, I recommend you sit down and do so before things get insane and all plans get blown to smithereens. In which case, you’ll have [...]
Guest columnist for An Interlude (and our good friend) Scott from Parentheticals has posted his thoughts on bands from Los Angeles to avoid like the plague during the festival… We like the idea of having recommendations of bands to avoid. It can save you precious time and energy. After all, life is too short to [...]
As a newly crowned occasional contributor (and currently the only Los Angeles resident) of an.interlude. (insert triumphant-ass trumpeting here), I was strongarmed into took it upon myself to put together a sweet list of Los Angeles bands that will be peddling their musical wares this coming week in Austin. (Guest columns FTW!) Unfortunately I will [...]
Here is some advice from us, the locals. Take it or leave it. Where to eat: If you’re financially challenged: Torchy’s Tacos (1311 South 1st St): Originally an air-stream trailer taco stand, they’ve recently expanded to several locations around town. The tacos are stellar, and the sauces even better. Recommended: Green Chile Chips & Queso, [...]
SXSW has an excellent and varied offering of electronic acts this year. While I recommend trying to catch bands instead of DJ sets (they’re usually just more fun), here is a mixture of both. There’s a great sampling for every kind of electronic music lover — from those of you who are more into house/techno, [...]
1. Snake Rattle Rattle Snake One of the best new bands to form in 2009, the Denver supergroup Snake Rattle Rattle Snake is comprised of local favorites Hayley Helmericks and Doug Spencer (Monofog and Moonspeed) Kit Peltzel (Mr. Pacman), Wilson Helmericks, James Yardley (Hawks of Paradise), and Andrew Warner (Bad Luck City and Red Cloud [...]
If you’re in need of a new introspective pop rock band, check these guys out. Seattle-based Barcelona excel at crafting both atmospheric ballads and detailed poppy jams. They’ve been around since 2005, but are just now starting to take off on a national scale. Their performance at last year’s SXSW was one of the highlights [...]
SxSw 2010 is finally upon us! With less than a month to go before the year’s most fun festival, we’ve joined the throngs of people who have got a lot of schedule planning to do in the next few weeks. Picking out shows to see and sifting through side party listings is half the fun, [...]