Tag: SXSW
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Vegan Austin SXSW
Some great places for vegan food during SXSW. One of my favorites was the Community Vegan food truck, at 1124 E 11th St. in East Austin. Not far from there was a great place for getting bagels in the morning (open at 6:30am!) was Rockstar Bagels, at 1900 Rosewood Ave: Another great food truck area…
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SXSW March 15th, 2024
Started my last day at SXSW with the “Hair of the Three Legged Dog” party sponsored by the Austin Chronicle and name in honor of their canine mascot. I then made my way over to the Community Concerts at Lady Bird Lake, to see Zapp with Bootsy Collins Right as the band finished “I’d Rather…
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SXSW March 14th, 2024
Thursday I started off at the Planetary showcase at Valhalla, with Otto Aday (from Wales): They were followed by Manchester’s Porij who brought an amazing amount of energy to an early afternoon show in a small dark venue Then I headed back over to Mohwak for Floodfest 2024 and switched between indoor and outdoor, starting…
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SXSW March 13th, 2024
I started day three at the Marshall Funhouse, at Parish. Glasgow’s Spyres was not a band I knew before but their set was great, high energy and had the crowd engaged: Following Spyres was Bristol’s Skinny Lister who matched their energy and even raised it a bit, without their usual drummer. Though I’m sure they…
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SXSW March 12th, 2024
On Tuesday I started the night at the High Road Touring SXSW showcase at the Empire Control Room and Garage. Sugadaisy, from Bowling Green, KY, opened the larger outdoor stage and were a pleasant suprise – check them out if you get a chance. The real reason I chose that showcase, though, was Kathleen Edwards,…
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The Story of the Sphere
This was the only actual panel / conference session I went to this year. (I went on vacation to see music, not as a business trip to go to the conference). Having been able to see U2 at the Sphere in Vegas back in October I was very interested in this session, and it was…
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SXSW March 11th, 2024
A few highlights of music I saw on Monday at SXSW in Austin. I tried to find the balance between spending too much time getting video on the phone versus just being there in the moment, but did catch a few videos. Grace Sorensen is an Austin local, doing her first set at Cuatro Gato…
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VegSXSW, Retweeter
I’m at the airport getting ready to board for SXSW. If you’re going to be at SXSW (interactive), or in Austin March 6th-12th, check out VegSXSW on Twitter or at VegSXSW.org. I’ve set up VegSXSW on twitter so that it scans the tweets for those it follows and retweets anything containing #vegsxsw hashtag. I’ve also…
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Peter, Bjorn & John
[Update – Peter Bjorn and John will be live on NPR Monday, April 30th – often these shows are available for download after the fact if you miss the live show] Continuing on the Scandinavian theme (Under Byen) are Peter, Bjorn & John, who’ve recently appeared on both Morning Becomes Eclectic and KEXP’s Live Performance…
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Under Byen
As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks. Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind me of the Sugarcubes crossed with Sigur Rós – and not just because they sing in Danish, which is as incomprehensible to me as Icelandic, but because…
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Vegan Austin
Had lots of good vegan food in Austin during SXSW. One good meal was the basil tofu from Mekong River on Sixth. I ended up eating there a couple of times – very convienent to the Austin Convention Center, the Austin Hilton, and 6th street in general. I had great meals at all these places: