The world is finally realizing that the focus on mental health needs to be prioritized in a much greater way than it has in the past. That anxiety, depression, loneliness – which is now categorized as an epidemic – and suicidal thoughts need to be taken as serious as the need to seek treatment for […]
This week saw the first hints of what’s to come from the annual British Music Embassy showcase at SXSW, now in it’s 13th year. Having attended every one of them going back to 2007, the BME has always been curated at Latitude 30, complete with a branded transformation that extends to the venue’s external brick […]
It was August in Scotland and my music-geek-buddy-in-crime, Shell Zenner (BBC Introducing Wales, BBC Introducing Manchester, Amazing Radio, XSManchester…woman KNOWS her music!) was driving us through the narrow roads, green hills and the pouring rain on our way from Glasgow to Sterling when she started playing me The Murder Capital. I had heard “Green & […]
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Today Amazon Prime Video released the latest trailer for Good Omens, giving us some delectable tidbits of what’s to come in the End-of-Times fantasy/comedy mini-series, adapted from the 1990 novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes […]
The British Music Embassy is celebrating its 12th year at SXSW, taking place once again at Latitude 30 (512 San Jacinto Blvd), which is transformed from the outside in to be thee meeting spot for all things UK music and industry networking. An array of underground and indie acts that reflect the many genres performing […]
The line-up for Goldenvoice’s Just Like Heaven festival sent waves of excitement through the social-sphere. With indie and electro rock star acts like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, The Faint, Neon Indian, Washed Out, Passion Pit, STRFKR, The Rapture, Beach House, MGMT, and Peter, Bjorn and John, my friend and I immediately confirmed, “We’re SO […]
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 […]
