Over the decades SXSW has evolved into the most international music festival in the U.S. (Check out our archive piece from 2009.) This year’s line-up is embracing the worldly genres flair even more than before. After several artist announcements since October of 2018, there’s been a noticeable rise of performing acts from Nigeria, Mexico, Columbia, […]
I’m excited to announce that I’m teaming up with fellow music geek and creative, content leader, Melissa Bolin, to launch a new podcast and media source, AT THE BREAK.
Speaking while travelling down a highway in Texas and on their way from last night’s Austin gig to the next stop in Atlanta, Jay Aston of Gene Love Jezebel shares how the beginnings of this new American tour is going, “We did a lot of the new album, a lot from the second and third […]
The songs crafted from the creative minds and warm hearts of Django Django’s members are out of this world, a blend of alien ingenuity and tribal humanoids that perfectly blend a musical time travel trip, taking the listener to far off lands of sound they didn’t know they had been missing. That was the innate […]
It was 2006 when the UK group, Fujiya & Miyagi, was six years into making their style of indie electro music, going from ‘flying under the radar’ status to moving into the media’s gaze (not always a good thing, but it was for them), including a feature in the MTV2 documentary series “This is Our […]
Two years ago my friend Liz and I were running down 8th street in downtown Austin in order to make the set time for Marlon Williams & the Yarra Benders, who was playing at the Presbyterian Church. That week I had been the one mainly leading the way on our band selections, but this was […]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of “Electricity,” the debut single for Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD). It was also the year the band first performed at a small yet iconic Liverpool club called Eric’s, which had become a home to rising, experimental acts the likes of the Buzzcocks, Slits, Siouxsie […]
When companies are going through shifts in their business and financial strains, one of the first areas where budgets are cut is typically in marketing and branding. This is often times a mistake. Sure, let’s put even less emphasis on why people or companies should buy your product, service. Although Pandora had a rough 2017, […]
Love podcasts? So do we. That’s why we’re official sponsors of this year’s SXSW Podcast Stage. A week of convos & brand new episodes from some of the most buzzworthy names in the podcast world – exclusively on TuneIn LIVE at SXSW: https://t.co/xPLm3iyvZ6pic.twitter.com/H4xdrPypBD — TuneIn (@tunein) March 2, 2018 “If listening is magic, then podcasts […]
Through the ages and up to our contemporary times, music has united and transformed societies and individuals alike. For Nakury, a Costa Rican rapper, MC, activist, cultural curator, and documentary filmmaker, it has become her mission to fuel change. This spans from the local communities in her native country, to supporting, educating, and mentoring young […]
