SXSW is electric – everywhere and we do mean each street, bar, corner, park, coffee shop, parking lot and grocery store is bursting at the seams with people indulging in good music. With the worlds best new bands taking to stages just blocks away from one another, our time in Austin has become a delightful balancing act of tune-age.  Days one and two of music have not disappointed. From Mac DeMarco’s riot starting presence at HGTV + Pastes stage, to…

  March is an exciting time in Seattle. Not only do the rainy days lessen (if only slightly) and we get more frequent reminders of the that fact that we’re surrounded by some pretty great mountains, but local community radio station Hollow Earth Radio is host to Magma Fest – a month long showcase of up and coming musicians, local and national alike. The radio station, who is currently in the application process of getting a low power FM dial,…

I was lucky enough to get into to the first of two sold out Atlas Genius and Imagine Dragon shows at the House of Blues in Chicago this past week. As I took my place in the photo pit I was able to take a moment and survey the crowd. While the main floor was covered with teens, the rest of the house was scattered with families, couples on dates, and of course the groups of twenty-something girls.  It was…

In the middle of a gloomy, drizzling freezing wet northeast week, a gem: Jack Daniel’s Presents Hand Crafted: A Celebration of Brooklyn Bicycle Builders. This event, at New York's Knitting Factory, featured three of my favorite things, two of which are already apparent; whiskey and bicycles. The third is an easy guess as well, since this is a site dedicated to the most awesome new bands. Yep, there were performances by Brooklyn-based lo-fi garage band The Babies, and Long Island…