More Music Than You Can Shake A Drumstick At- SXSW2008

My compilation of clips from my favorite shows at SXSW2008.  Enjoy!

My Muxtape

I just created a new mix on Muxtape – a nifty new music playlist service! I like the super-simple design.

Thanks Scott for the link!

Chicken Shit Bingo – Austin Texas

Footage taken at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon on our last night of SXSW 2008. The famous Dale Watson & his Lone Stars officiating and Cici the chicken standing center-stage.

SXSW2008 – Music to Feed On

Blitzen Trapper @ the Mohawk

The South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin Texas often feels to me like a crash course in the current state of the indie music scene. In just 4 days I saw 31 bands perform with as many diverse styles as there are BBQ sauces in Texas. Now that I’m home, my mind wanders back over the musical banquet I was fed while there and am starting to crave more of some of the sounds I heard. My musical stomach has now been stretched and I’m left feeling hungrier than before for new sounds (because who can visit Texas and not begin to make food analogies?!).

I’ve made an iMeem playlist of some of my favorites from SXSW2008. The two stand-outs for me were Blitzen Trapper and Liam Finn. You can check out my Flickr photoset from both the interactive, film, and music segments of SXSW here.

Feel free to share your own playlists or recommendations from SXSW2008 in the comments. Help feed this ravenous music glutton!

Art as Meditation

I was stressing out a bit at the hospital today.  So while I was on the phone listening to some heinous hold music, I browsed one of my new favorite blogs, Smarts & Crafts, created by the folks at The Curiosity Shoppe on Valencia. 

Then I found this piece and was reminded of the solace a bit of art can provide in times of chaos.

“An experimental animation in a technique being called “stratastencil” devised by Javan Ivey. Each frame is one piece of 4×6 card stock.”

Bay Area Bands invade SXSW!!

Here’s a piece I did for WiretapMusic.com on the Bay Area bands at SXSW 2008!

“It is time once again, my friends, to journey to the vast flatlands of Texas. It is time to voyage to that place where music-obsessives gather each year to feast on tasty musical offerings from far and wide. Yes, we’re talking about South by Southwest 2008 (SXSW 08), and yes, it’s almost here!

We here at Wiretap Music are deeply excited by this year’s line-up and we’re impressed by the incredible amount of reprezentin’ shown by the Bay Area music scene. At last count, there were 73 Bay-Area bands confirmed at the festival – w00t!

Because we know navigating the SXSW landscape can be an eye-crossing task, we wanted to cull the list a bit for you, our beloved readers. Listed below are our Top Ten Picks, a few more random picks, and a full list of Bay Area bands playing SXSW 08.”

Read the rest HERE!

See y’all next week in Austin!