SXSW 2010 interview with The Crookes

4/7/10 1:48 PM

This band is adorable. Dipping into the 50s and 60s pop music, they really work the whole package by dressing sharp in their button down shirts and slicked up hairstyles. Watching this Sheffield band perform is really like witnessing a blast from the past.

SXSW 2010 interview with International Waters

4/6/10 4:44 PM

Austin's International Waters is one of those bands that doesn't get much attention around town so people don't really know much about this indie pop band. I'm here to change that. Meet International Waters.

SXSW 2010 Interview with At Any Speed

3/24/10 5:00 PM

Turns out I was one of this band's first interviews. So I decided to keep it basic to give people an introduction to what is now one of my new favorite bands. Their album "Honest Lines" is really good, ya. Four tracks of southern folksy twang with a rock edge and these guys are from the North. Get it.

SXSW 2010 Interview with Riverboat Gamblers

3/24/10 3:01 PM

Since this is an Austin-based publication, there really isn't much to be said about Austin punk rock band, Riverboat Gamblers. But what needs to be said about this interview is this: I was exhausted. Lead singer Mike Wiebe was exhausted. How this interview made any sort of sense is a mystery to me but we did manage to talk about some band business. I was nervous about this interview because this band has done a lot of press in the past so I didn't know what to expect and I also didn't want to come off with the same generic band questions. But I'm really glad with how this interview came out. Yay. ...

SXSW 2010 Interview with Danny Ross

3/23/10 10:28 PM

Funny story about this guy. It's Wednesday night at SXSW and I'm walking around trying to find the entrance of St. David's Church downtown for a showcase. As I'm walking around the building, this friendly looking guy approaches me and asks if I'm heading to the church as well. I know I took a big chance letting a random stranger just approach me like that at night but it worked out in the end. So we walk around the church together trying to find this door and he finds out I'm a journalist and I find out he's a musician. After he hands me his CD and business card, I realized that his name is strangely familiar. I tell him this and that's when he mentions that he's playing a day show on Friday at Clive Bar. I RSVP'ed for that show. SPEAK, who I featured for the last issue, is part of the...