SXSW Day 4: Press darlings Gallows got the Metal/punk/rock day show started at Austin’s outdoor amphitheater Town Lake. The band’s press officer, James Sherry, gave a preemptive heads-up, saying, “There’s a bunch of kids down here. This show should be really fun.” So we excitedly hustled down, not realizing that his pronouncement was referring to […]
A few years back, SXSW was just as much of a taste-making music megalopolis as it is in 2007. This year’s trip, however, injected me with a whole new philosophy about how to attack a four-day rock binge whose sheen of exclusivity rivals the unshiny layer of grime it offers during the harsh daylight. On […]
SXSW Day 2: Second day in. I can’t see so clearly in the morning but at least the rain is gone. Thank God. The morning starts off with a breezy walk to the Mayor’s Office. Yep. The Mayor’s Office. I’m not sure how, but we were invited to join a number of other media folks […]
