South by Southwest, Austin’s annual music conference/festival/mega-meet & greet has announced a preliminary talent lineup that includes a number of New Orleans acts. It’s hardly the last word – that won’t come out until likely February before SXSW starts March 13, 2012 – but I don’t usually see this many New Orleans acts on the [...]
Tag Archives: SXSW
YouTube du Jour: Treme
April 13, 2011 – 2:13 pm
During SXSW this year, HBO hosted a party for Treme, and though none of the cast or crew were there, the party screened a teaser for season two (which debuts April 24 at 8:30 CDT) and music by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Henry Butler and the Pine Leaf Boys. Here’s [...]
Free Big Freedia
April 1, 2011 – 12:01 pm
Here’s a new EP of Big Freedia for download courtesy of Scion A/V. Scion A/V Presents: Big Freedia by ScionAV Big Freedia also got love at RollingStone.com recently, where writer Chuck Eddy considered the local bounce rapper one of the highlights of his SXSW: Probably this writer’s favorite SXSW set: Towering transvestite New Orleans bounce-rapper [...]
SXSW Day 4: A Little Space
March 21, 2011 – 10:58 am
Saturday’s SXSW brought back days of SXSW Past, appropriate on the festival/conference/spring break’s 25th anniversary. The Mojo Magazine Party at Mean Eyed Cat was sufficiently off the beaten path that 75 or so people could comfortably enjoy a series of strong, short shows, starting with Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis, playing an “acoustic” set. Acoustic in [...]
SXSW Day 2: They Love Us, They Like Us
March 18, 2011 – 9:17 am
Thursday started at a party thrown by HBO’s Treme, and even without anyone from the production (the show’s still shooting) and really, music directly associated with the show – a Boutte or Kermit, for instance – I had to wait in a 20-minute-long line to get in while Henry Butler was playing, and there were [...]
Maps & Atlases Perch at the Parish
March 15, 2011 – 12:02 am
“Finally” was the word that got thrown around when Maps & Atlases released their first LP. Fans endured seven years waiting for an LP from the Chicago indie band. “We definitely evolved gradually,” says vocalist and guitar player Dave Davison. The quality of that release, Perch Patchwork, proves that sometimes it’s best to wait. In [...]
Louisiana at SXSW
March 1, 2011 – 12:08 am
A decade ago, a handful of Louisiana bands were included in South by Southwest’s music showcases. This year, the annual music conference/festival/marketplace in Austin, Texas takes place from March 16-20 and includes 16 Louisiana artists, including three acts on Park the Van Records. Generationals, Brass Bed and Giant Cloud will play the Park the Van [...]
