Author: Alex Lewis
Kaleo LaBelle's new documentary featuring a live soundtrack from Sufjan Stevens and Ray Raposa.
Fleet Foxes played to a packed to the fringes crowd on Sunday night at the Crystal Ballroom. They played songs from their three-years-in-the-making excellent new LP, Helplessness Blues. They also played all the old favorites. Read on for photos and review...
Bright Eyes brought a massive stage show - seven-member band and light show included - to a sold-out crowd on Saturday night at the Crystal Ballroom. The band's set drew heavily from their latest record, The People's Key, but they also made sure to include plenty of old favorites during their 24-song, two-hour long performance. Read on for review and photos...
Akron/Family filled the Wonder Ballroom on Saturday night with local bands, paper-mache volcanoes, and heart-shaped balloons. They also played a bunch of songs from their excellent new record, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT. Read on for photos and commentary from the show...
Our final day at the South by Southwest Music Festival. It started slow, but, oh my, did it end with a bang. Read on for a recap and photos from our last day in Austin...
Day 3 from Austin. The fatigue starts to settle in and we go see sixteen more bands. Read on for reflections and photos...
We're getting into a rhythm down here in Austin! On Day 2 we saw fourteen shows including performances from Portland favorites, indie up-and-comers, and some old stalwarts. Read on for reflections and photos...
We saw twelve bands on Day One, including many of the heavy-hitting buzz bands that have taken South by Southwest by storm. Click on for photos, reflections, and summaries from our first full day in Austin...
Our coverage of South by Southwest 2011 starts here. We've sent blogger Alex Lewis to Austin with photographer Jake Nussbaum to record and report on their collective experience at the massive annual music festival. Read on for a few pre-festival reflections...
One of Portland's finest all-ages establishments is shutting its doors forever at the end of the week. But not without a triumphant last hurrah. A four day run of goodbye shows featuring some of the Pacific Northwest's finest kicks-off Wednesday night.
The Thermals side-project made its live debut Saturday night at Backspace. Opening for Ted Leo (without the Pharmacists), the band left only a brief impression, playing just four songs over a span of about fifteen minutes. Photos after the jump...
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