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SXSW Day One, Part I
Wednesday got off to an early and magnificent start at a 12:30 show for The Hounds Below at The Hole in the Wall, a venerable Austin institution that is closer to campus than downtown. Since they have a 60s vibe to them, it was the perfect venue—you can see the…
South by Southwest!
I first started blogging on Pandagon 6 years ago, during the same week as South by Southwest. And so it’s a tradition dear to my heart to spend this week going to shows, taking pictures, and trying to talk up some good bands I saw. Moving from Austin to New…
SXSW Day #4: This one’s for the fans
Phew, back from a full day traveling. I probably shouldn’t give idjuts like this any attention, but this showed up in the link backs, and reading it in the context of absorbing so much of the SXSW greatness really drove home to me why it was worth the hassle of…
SXSW Day #3: Retro Hour
For most of the day during Friday of SXSW, we took a brief break from seeing shows and saw friends instead. But by 8:30 at night, it was back on. We tried to go see Metric at Stubb’s, but the line was incredibly long, so we gave up. (Turns out…
SXSW Day #2: Rested!
First full day at SXSW, and it was one band after another from lunch on. The day, according to bands: Contact High Five. Friend’s band that was playing a 1:30 show at the Dog and Duck. Can’t be impartial, but I can say that this was one of those “holy…
SXSW Day #1: Determination Edition
Our first day of SXSW was supposed to start early Wednesday morning, with us waking up peacefully in the neighborhood-y attic apartment we rented in east Austin, surrounded in almost country-esque quiet, with a few spring birds chirping. Instead, we woke up in our apartment in the dark of 4AM,…
South by Southwest, baby!
Tomorrow, we’re flying out to go to what has been deemed spring break for hipsters, the South by Southwest music conference. “But Amanda,” you might say, “I’ve been seeing so much about SXSW on Twitter and Facebook. Haven’t you missed it?” Not exactly. SXSW has three portions now: interactive, film,…
Friday Change It Up Ten “Best Of The Aughts” Edition
LA Records asked me, along with luminaries like Mike Watt and Mika Miko, to put together my favorite albums of the past decade. With company like that, how could I say no? It was hard to put it together, it turns out. For every pick on the list—well, almost every—you…
Vote for our panel
Or we will do something really awful to this kitten. Like wake it up. What kind of monsters do you think we are? Anyway, today’s the last day of voting for panels for SXSW. If you haven’t voted yet, please vote for the one Jesse and I are proposing. And…
Friday Genius Ten “You’d Thought I’d Quit!” Edition
Ah hell no! I just got off schedule because of all the SXSW and traveling and stuff. But the Genius ten is back, for everyone who enjoys reading random playlists of music. So, leave a random ten, or follow suit and do a Genius ten. Today’s song is picked for…
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