Two weeks ago, I didn’t even think seeing Echo and the Bunnymen was an option in my life. I didn’t know they were touring regularly and had I known, I wouldn’t have though I’d ever get that opportunity. That’s a band that plays the Reading Festival and then calls it quits, right? Apparently not. Apparently [...]

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This video is one of the moments of SXSW I was most hoping would be captured so that I could relive it again and again. Beach House and Grizzly Bear played the Filter/Blackberry party at SXSW (review/photos forthcoming) and Victoria Legrand joined Grizzly Bear to sing on “Two Weeks,” to which she contributed vocals on [...]

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I’ve been spending this week catching up on TV I missed while I was in Austin for SXSW. Most of it has been fantastic (30 Rock, the Office), some were OK (Lost) and some were out of this world. If you’re a Colbert Report fanatic, you no doubt know that for weeks now, Stephen has [...]

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NASA was a pleasant surprise at the Spin/Myspace day party at Stubb’s. Going in, I had no idea that Squeak E Clean (half of NASA) was going to be DJing between bands. The only part of his performance I caught was the part between Glasvegas and Echo and the Bunnymen, which wasn’t exactly the ideal [...]

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I generally try to only write about music I enjoy, so I’ll just say that last night I fell asleep in my chair while editing photos of Glasvegas. I must’ve been thinking about their performance. Oh, and I’ll also say that Glasvegas’ frontman is the only person I saw all SXSW to motion for us [...]

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Unlike the first time I saw The Thermals at SXSW, I didn’t have time to watch their full set. I only got to take in three or four songs before running off to see Echo and the Bunnymen. But like the first time, they were fantastic, very Ted Leo-ish and didn’t play “Pillar of Salt” [...]

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SXSW always yields amazing things, and covers are usually a safe bet. Lullabyes posted a recording of a MBAR set that included two covers. I got really excited to see that “Single Ladies” was the first track, until I realized it’s his bandmates singing it while they wait for Miles to get ready. The second, [...]

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Another SXSW casualty. I only got to watch one song of Port O’Brien’s before running off to see the Thermals. It was a show I’m sure I would have enjoyed watching, but you’re always going to be missing something good at SXSW.

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Thew new Morrissey album Years of Refusal was almost the subject of some debate at the record store until we all decided not to argue if it was good or bad and just agree that “it sounds like a Morrissey album.” Sure, as Colin Meloy might say, it’s got a little more cock rock to [...]

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