Back to the Future
The "new" sound of this year's SXSW seems to land squarely in the 60's, somewhere between electric Dylan and The Kinks, with a bit of early Stones thrown in for […]
Urban Cowboy
In between sets at the Forcefield/Asthmatic Kitty party at Okay Mountain Gallery, this guy Sandman – who calls himself a "rapper cowboy" – plays Sugar Hill Gang, with a twang.
Garage Sale
Little Steven – of E Street and Sopranos fame – is probably The great evangelist of garage rock, having hosted a popular show on XM Radio for the past four
Camera? No Service.
At the Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa, I resort to having to stash my camera under a rock, due to the arbitrary rule that it has a
SXSW 2009 – Thursday Recap
Any visible signs of a recession are seemingly absent from this year's SXSW Music Festival, where the familiar stew of college kids and industry hacks clogged both 6th Street and
New Music Exchange
For several years now, Gabriel Prokofiev – yes, he is Serge's grandson – has hosted a monthly in London's East End called Nonclassical ,which gives that city's nascent new music
Southwest Smorgasbord
For those who haven't been checking out the Concert Calendar, I'll be traveling back to Austin tomorrow for the 23rd annual SXSW Music Festival. After last year's overindulgence in all
My Kind of Irish
St. Patrick's Day is this Tuesday, when everyone and their cousin will pretend to be Irish (read: drunk) for the day. But, the real celebration is tonight, with a pair
Block of Birds
Tony Tommasini offers his two cents on box sets in today's Times. I agree with his general premise that the record companies are tone-deaf, putting out these back catalog data dumps