SXSW
Courtney Barnett
Stubb's BBQ, Austin TX, March 18
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2015
Without a word, Courtney Barnett arrived onstage, bathed in blue light and charging out the first track from her forthcoming LP, Sometimes...
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 18
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2015
Following an incredible DJ mix by J.Rocc at Empire Garage's Boiler Room, an MC asked whether BADBADNOTGOOD were around and promised that &#...
Rae Sremmurd
Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 18
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2015
As the Boiler Room's hosts and artists tried to decide whether Kaytranada or Rae Sremmurd would come on next, the crowd started to get ants...
Kaytranada
Empire Garage, Austin TX, March 18
PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2015
Headliner Kaytranada, who curated the Boiler Room set at Empire Garage last night (March 18), went last, playing a set that seemed tame com...
The Zombies
Mellow Johnny's, Austin TX, March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2015
Yes, the Zombies. That was the answer all night as people found out that the Zombies — yes the Odessey And Oracle ones, yes the "Time...
Natalie Prass
Cheer Up Charlie's, Austin TX, March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2015
"Okay I guess we're ready!" shrugged Natalie Prass from the stage after troubleshooting her Wurlitzer and finding that, due to technical di...
Deerhoof
1100 Warehouse, Austin TX March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2012
Deerhoof started out their set with reasonably straight-forward rock riffing that could have almost been AC/DC, but it only took a couple o...
Blondes
Barcelona, Austin TX March 17
PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2012
The venue for the XLR8R party at SXSW was a basement bar kitted out just with a DJ booth with decks -- but admittedly some killer bassy spe...