AltWeeklies Wire
Hello, Kittynew
Internet rapper Kitty (formerly Pryde) rides out the Tumblr wave.
Orlando Weekly |
Ashley Belanger |
03-28-2013 |
Music
Tags: Kitty Pryde
Gabba Gabba Heynew
Nick Jr.'s most indie-friendly program successfully translates adult favorite music to the kids.
Orlando Weekly |
Reyan Ali |
03-21-2013 |
Music
Get Back, Honky Catnew
Beginning with Honky Château, Elton John, along with his writing partner, Bernie Taupin, served notice that he had no intention of remaining tethered to his piano, singing sensitive love songs.
The 11 Busiest (and Buzziest) Days in Texas Musicnew
A series of vignettes illustrate the confluence of South by Southwest, 35 Denton, and the Dallas Observer's St. Patrick's Day blowout with Snoop Lion.
Dallas Observer |
Kiernan Maletsky, Nick Rallo, Gavin Cleaver and Brian Rash |
03-21-2013 |
Music
Rock ‘n’ Roll and Retro-Soulnew
Steve Johnson was delivering a FedEx package to the animal clinic where his friend Zac Cockrell worked in 2008 when Cockrell asked if he wanted to play some music together after work.
Jackson Free Press |
Briana Robinson |
03-15-2013 |
Music
When Chattanooga Rockednew
Former Sound Seventy staffer and music industry veteran Ben Jumper says the city’s venues need now what they had 30 years ago—real managers. Learn from Track 29, he says, and the Memorial Auditorium and UTC's McKenzie Arena could quickly rock again.
Tags: chattanooga music
The SXSW spillovers have begunnew
The flood of day parties, showcases, and other artist appearances have begun pouring in for this year's South by Southwest, and so, naturally, has news of which of those artists will trickle down to SA.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Now that we're all curators, what is Diplo?new
More than a decade after Hollertronix 1, it often seems like Diplo now needs us more than we need him.
Tags: Diplo
Cheapskate's Guide to SXSWnew
It's SXSW's worst kept secret: you don't need those pesky wristbands, badges, or money in your pocket to get in on the action.
San Antonio Current |
J.D. Swerzenski |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Tags: Tegan and Sara
The New Crusadersnew
TSU restarts its jazz program, tapping into the talents of the fabled Joe Sample and kids looking for a place to play.
Houston Press |
Steve Jansen and William Michael Smith |
03-06-2013 |
Music
Growing Fondernew
You Blew It discusses how touring emphasizes all the reasons why Florida doesn't suck.
Orlando Weekly |
Robert Miller |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Busking Outnew
Sax-heavy "cave music" entrepreneurs come up from the (literal) underground.
Orlando Weekly |
Reyan Ali |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Holy Ghost Tent Revival conjures up the spiritnew
Greensboro band defies folk-rock expectations
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jordan Lawrence |
02-21-2013 |
Music
Tags: folk-rock, Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Hello, Texas!new
SXSW is a music-lover's Mecca, and I'm beyond excited to see bands such as Dawes, Glossary, ZZ Ward, Vampire Weekend, Paul Oakenfold, The Polyphonic Spree, Cherub, Moon Taxi, Freedy Johnson and many more. Plus, I can't wait to come back with new favorites that I hadn't heard of before the festival.
Jackson Free Press |
Natalie Long |
02-15-2013 |
Music
From Phish to Phervent Love: A photographer's love storynew
But it's not every weekend that an assignment turns into a love story. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I asked photographer Angela Leisure to recount how she met her beau covering a show for NUVO.
