Couch by Couch West was started three years ago as an internet-stage for those of us who were not spending a week waiting in lines and baking the Texas sun. Or as they put it: “The original alternative to South by … Read More
Brent Grulke, Creative Director of SXSW music died at the young age of 52. I have had mixed feelings about SXSW for a long time, but it’s undeniably the case that it has become the defining showcase festival for young … Read More
While rock bands worldwide travel to Austin for music festival South by Southwest, Special Friends (Facebook) make the journey to the real SXSW – Stamp by Stampwest to find rare Star Wars stamps. Little do they realize, their plans have been foiled … Read More
This post is a little outside of my intended use of “Sophia’s Rock Beat” but I thought it was the best place to discuss all of my thoughts on SXSW in general. Here is the link to the post where … Read More
Sophia’s Rock Beat is where I blog video of local Boston bands that I saw the week before. (previous Rock Beats). This week is a bit of a departure because I’m going to include video of all the bands we … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Friday is the very last day to apply (via Sonicbids) to showcase at SXSW 2010. SXSW 2009 was one of the big things that really got Boston Band Crush rolling with written … Read More
We had a blast down at SXSW this year and we have some photos and video to share with you from two of our four shows. 3/19 – The Green Light Go and Hard Pressed Publicity Showcase at Fran’s Hamburgers … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Shuttle at SXSW (read his pre-SXSW interview here):
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Magic Magic at SXSW (go read their pre-SXSW interview here):
Usually, Green Light Go is busy telling all of the hip kids about how great The Motion Sick is. Well, this year at SXSW, GLG’s Janelle Rogers was featured pretty prominently in an article in SXSWORLD Magazine, which is given … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). KID:NAP:KIN at SXSW (read their pre-SXSW interview here):
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Boston’s post-punk darlings, Televandals, give us the scoop on SXSW. Also, check out Mike’s on-the-spot interview here. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where did you play at SXSW? We played The Bayou … Read More
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). This Car Up at SXSW: Catch them 3/29 at Great Scott with Hot Box (CD release!), Amoroso, and Where the Land Meets the Sea
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). The Everyday Visuals at SXSW:
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Junius at SXSW (read their pre-sxsw interview here)
3/20 We woke up earlier than we would have liked, ensuring that we only allow ourselves less than 5 hours of sleep a night for our big day. I say big because we had three shows and I had to … Read More
3/19 After 2 days of nothing but driving and no real eventful stuff, we finally were in Austin. Dave and Andre of Same Sky Studio were very kind and let us crash at their place and eat their food, drink … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Static of the Gods (read their pre-sxsw interview here)
This article originally appears on Boston Band Crush ). Band Crusher Mike, our correspondent on the spot, is running around Austin like a madman interviewing as many Boston bands as possible. First up, Televandals!
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Arms and Sleepers SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing?March 20th – Parish Downstairs (7PM) 2. How did you get your SXSW gig?Our booking agent submitted an application for us … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Cute indie-popsters One Happy Island answered our questions with their trademark wittiness: 1. Where/when are you playing? Brad: We’re playing some house parties and unofficial stuff. The most prominent gig is at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The boys who brought anthem rock back, Bang Camaro tell us why they’re going to Austin. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? March 20thLovejoy’s – 8th Impression Showcase4:00 pm … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The very sweet, Static of the Gods: SXSW Interview: 1. Where/When are you playing (showcase, venue, official/unofficial, etc)? Ben & Jen will be playing an acoustic showcase at the BANDS, BURGERS, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Vital Might is so-far the first band I’ve talked to that is playing the SXSW sister festival, Red Gorilla. 1. Where/When are you playing? –The Vintage Lounge, Austin, TX– Our … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Calumet-Hecla, fresh off a tour of Brazil are making the trip down to SXSW, here’s what they had to say about it: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? We … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). SXSW with Sarah Borges! Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Continental Club8PM1315 S CongressAustin TX Thursday, March 19th, 2009Antone’sTribute to Doug Sahm – 8pm213 W. 5thAustin TX … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Blues-folk songstress Eilen Jewell is headed down to Austin before heading over to Europe, and took a few moments to answer our probing questions. SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing?On Wednesday, … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Holden and Jeremy of Pretty & Nice give me the scoop on SXSW and scary raver dudes! 1. Where/When are you playing? 03/21/2009 05:00 PM – SXSW Austin Town Hall show … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Graveyard BBQ are next up to answer by SXSW questions. I hope they are bringing the BBQ Girls down to Austin with ’em! SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing? We’re … Read More
Ryan’s Smashing Life, one of our most favorite music blogs wrote a very kind piece about our upcoming travels today: “Dateline: AUSTIN, TX – the SxSW Music FestivalIt’s been an odd evolution for rock and pop music when one considers … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The venerable punk band, Street Dogs took a minute off from the road to answer our SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing?We’re playing an official showcase at Emos Annex at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Kominas! SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? We’re part of the Heavy Metal Islam showcase on Friday, March 20th at Club 115…It’s basically an “all-star hour” (starting at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Mike from Junius gave us the skinny on their SXSW experience – and told us about their amazing line-up at the Radar Recordings Showcase. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The lovely Erin Harpe of Lovewhip kindly told us all about her SXSW experience future and past! SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? I am playing all unofficial showcases. … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Pariah Beat are headed to Austin to bring their gypsy-punk to the people. You can catch them tonight (3/12) at The Alchemist in Jamaica Plain it’s a free show (starts at 10). … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Roadsaw answers the tough questions. SXSW Interview Questions:1. Where/When are you playing? We are playing at room 710 on red river. the day is march 20, 2009 at 12:00 am. 2. … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). KID:NAP:KIN give the answers to the questions. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing?Official Party for Berklee March 20th at 5:30pm at Friends 208 E 6th Stand Sidehatch Entertainment Showcase … Read More
As you are all aware, we’re headed down to Austin for SXSW next week. So, I’ve been reading all of the news and gossip about the festival. There is a funny article on Paste at http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/03/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-beware-nine-band-name-trends-on-the-rise-at-sxsw.html in which they perform … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Mean Creek have kindly taken the time to answer our SXSW questions. They’ve been busy lately finishing up a new album, check out their youtube account for some cool in-the-studio making-of … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Annie Lynch answers the tough questions: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing ? We will be playing on March 19th at Fado at 8pm and on March 20th at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Hollow Sound are next to wrap their collective heads around our questions: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? We are playing the Berklee Party on March 20th at … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Ma’ayan Castel is next to tell us what she expects from SXSW: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? I’ll be playing at the Berklee College of Music Annual Party … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Eksi Ekso give us a look at a band headed to SXSW for the first time. You can catch them tonight at Great Scott with Jupiter One, Fluttr Effect, and Ellis … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). The Motion Sick give us their motivation for making the trip to Austin for SXSW. Give them a good send-off tonight (3.6.9) at Church of Boston – they are headlining a … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Today, we have Caspian giving us the dish on SXSW: SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing?Our official show is Sunday the 22nd at Red7 for the Radar Recordings Party … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). I am very pleased that Melissa Ferrick has taken the time to answer our questions – SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing? FRIDAY 3/20 4:35PM Berklee Party at Friends … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). DJ Shuttle was kind enough to answer our questions and to provide us a link to an MP3. SXSW Interview Questions: 1. Where/When are you playing ?(OFFICIAL) Speakeasy Kabaret on Thursday, … Read More
We’ve got so much exciting stuff going on that it’s hard to even imagine making it fit into one tiny e-mail: Summary: 1. SPIN and Commercial Radio Love The Motion Sick 2. Boston Music Seen Video Magazine Features The Motion … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). She Rides is next up to the plank to answer my SXSW questions. This Providence, RI punk-hardcore band will be bringing the rock to SXSW and all over the country by … Read More
This article originally appeared on Boston Band Crush ). Muck and the Mires were kind enough to answer my SXSW questions, and I think there are some real insights here in how to maximize your SXSW experience. SXSW Interview Questions: … Read More