The time has come for me to start what I hope to be an ongoing series of concert reviews from my experiences in the Austin music scene.  I actually wrote this review last February, but never got around to putting the finishing touches on it until now (it’s been a busy year!).  On [...]

3/20/2010 – Day4:

Today I decided to sleep in and skip the day partying, so I ended up arriving downtown around 5:40 p.m. The weather decided to change from the nice warm days and cool evenings of the previous days to nearly ice cold. So it was a long, cold, and windy walk across [...]

3/19/2010 – Day3:

Wow, today was one of the most fun days of SXSW for me. It was my day off from working at Headhunters which meant I had all day and all night to check out the festival. It was also the day all of the bands I was looking most forward to [...]

3/18/2010 – Day2:

I arrived downtown around 2 p.m. and met up with a good friend who happened to arrive at the exact same time. He did not have a wristband or badge so the plan was to just check out some free stuff. There was supposedly a Cajun music event going on in [...]

3/16/2010 – Introduction:

I’ve decided I will be sharing my experience working at and attending the South By Southwest Music Festival again this year, day by day.  In case you don’t know, this is the largest music festival in the world and features over 1,000 bands in over 100 venues/bars/restaurants all over (mostly central) Austin.  It [...]