By Edgardo Hernandez, Jr. Blog Content Contributor As February passes and March approaches, we notice that days grow longer and college grows harder. The only thing that is keeping us going is Spring Break, which comes attached to March. To some, Spring Break is a well-needed week of vacation at the beach that includes the entire college community. To others, this week is specifically dedicated to one thing and one […]
By Allison L. Johnson Blog Content Contributor If this semester flies by as fast as last semester did, Spring Break will be here in five minutes. There’s so much you could do for an entire week! You could go about Spring Break in two ways. Staying close to home or traveling. South by Southwest (SXSW), for instance, will be held in Austin, Texas and will last from March 10th to […]
By Cain Hernandez Music Journalist In the coming days of SXSW 2017, I thought it would be fitting to showcase some of the great, slightly understated, acts that I'm looking forward to. If you don't plan on attending this year’s SXSW festival, then hopefully you'll discover some great new music on this list. Also, most of these bands are pretty prolific with their touring, so you'll probably get a chance […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Reviewer Artist: The Zolas Album: Swooner Label: Light Organ Records Release Date: March 4, 2016 Website: thezolasmusic.com While heading south from their base at Vancouver to their two shows at SXSW, The Zolas have begun cultivating their rebranding. The band’s sprouting began as Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski broke away from their old band Lotus Child. Their first release in 2009, called Tic Toc Tic, quickly gained attention as […]
By Andrew Nogay SXSW Street Team Goodnight Brooklyn: The Story of Death by Audio was a documentary feature that played at this year’s South by Southwest Festival and there isn’t another movie that was more fitting for KTSW to cover. Goodnight Brooklyn is about a guitar pedal company, Death by Audio, and how the warehouse and unofficial living area for its employees transformed into one of the best underground music […]
By Janelle Abad SXSW Press Team I first saw Dilly Dally at the CMJ 2015 Music Marathon in the middle of New York City surrounded by strangers that would soon become very good friends of mine to my right and strangely enough, Bob Boilen of NPR to my left. I had never heard of Dilly Dally before venturing to the lower level of the Santos Party House, but I […]
By Janelle Abad SXSW Press Team What is spelled the same way forwards and backwards and sings songs about menstruation? If you guessed Seattle, Washington based feminist-glitter-punk group Tacocat then you’re right on the money. The vibrant quartet trekked down to Austin for this year’s SXSW festivities from their show in Denton, Texas. “We’re playing eight shows in six days. We’re going to just see what we see. It’s always […]
By Brittany Robinson and Nestor Vazquez SXSW Press and Street Team Eduardo Arenas - Bass Carlos Arevalo - Guitar Bardo Martinez - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Organ Gabriel Villa - Drums, Back Vocals Have you guys been to Austin before? Martinez: We have, this is our fourth time here. How do you like SXSW 2016 so far? Arenas: It’s crazy, it’s chaotic. There’s a lot of bands. It’s just unreal. You can’t […]
By Brittany Robinson SXSW Press Team Beach Slang is a Philadelphia punk rock quartet that shook up the rock scene last year with their debut album, The Things We Do To Find People Like Us. With acclaimed music outlets, like Noisey and The A. V. Club, naming it one the best albums of the year, Beach Slang is now on tour showing the country how great their music truly […]
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