SXSW Day 4: Naam, eyehategod, Pentagram @ Scoot...12005
My final show at SXSW would end at the same place it began. A perfect circle. I walked over to...
SXSW Day 4: Rival Sons @ Front Gate Tickets, 3/...12004
Rival Sons know how to harness the power of Twitter. They read my love tweets about their Jackalope set, informed...
SXSW Day 4: A Place to Bury Strangers @ Rumbler...12003
I had to speed walk back to the main part of Sixth Street once my friends reminded me that APTBS...
SXSW Day 4: Chapel Club @ Waterloo Records, 3/1...12002
Chapel Club were another must see band for me. I’d had one unsuccessful attempt already….a BADGE ONLY show….but this time...
SXSW Day 4: Rival Sons @ Jackalope, 3/19/1112001
I’d been receiving press releases for Rival Sons for a couple months, and was really digging their classic rock ‘n...
SXSW Day 3: The Vacant Lots, The Vandelles @ Ho...11999
It was a very frustrating evening that had me completely rethinking my no badge/no wristband/no problem policy. I had intended...
HardRockChick Interviews Howl11998
March 18, 2011 | Howl spoke with me over the weekend at SXSW after playing a set earlier in the...
HardRockChick Interviews The Click Clack Boom11994
I did a lovely video interview with The Click Clack Boom at Rachael Ray’s Green House at SXSW, but Eminem...
SXSW Day 3: Red Fang, Havok, Kvelertak @ Headhu...11997
I’ll be damned if I was going to miss this show….so I made a point to go look at the...
SXSW Day 3: The New Regime @ Rusty Spur, 3/18/1111996
Day 3. The fatigue showed itself in the following manner: I did my now usual park my car at a...
SXSW Day 2: Worm Ouroboros, Witch Mountain, Aga...11995
Agalloch was my #2 must see at SXSW, and honestly, I thought that due to the hype surrounding their last...
HardRockChick interviews Tate Wittenberg of ...11993
March 17, 2011 | I talked to Tate Wittenberg at SXSW, where he was promoting his upcoming documentary ‘Raisin’ Cain.’...
HardRockChick interviews Ilan Rubin of The New ...11991
March 17, 2011 | I caught up with The New Regime’s Ilan Rubin on St. Paddy’s Day at SXSW, where...
SXSW Day 2: The Funeral Pyre @ Emo’s, 3/1...11992
The day started off with an interview and much glaring at the additional people in green descending upon downtown Austin...
SXSW Day 1: A Place to Bury Strangers, She Want...11990
It’s always fun when two of ‘my’ bands end up playing together…and while last year’s SXSW had She Wants Revenge...
SXSW Day 1: The Click Clack Boom @ Speakeasy, 3...11989
I had seen The Click Clack Boom at last year’s SXSW and taken a liking to their lighter than what...
SXSW Day 1: Dark Castle, Gay For Johnny Depp @ ...11988
As I parked my car and reached the 6th street masses to begin this year’s SXSW adventure, I felt a...
In Your Heart: A Place to Bury Strangers, Hoora...11979
“Don’t say that you’re nice to me alright You’re lying Don’t say that you’ll be with me tonight You’re lying...
HardRockChick Interviews Abysmal Dawn11974
March 13, 2011 | I talked to Charles and Scott of Abysmal Dawn in San Antonio before they opened for...
Leveling the Plane of Existence: Kataklysm, All...11969
It had been a bizarre weekend. Friday night, I went to a Spur’s game. I rarely do anything besides go...
Rock Out: Motörhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr @ S...11924
“Hear the music coming, loud as you can stand You’ll never be the same again Let the beat into you,...
All Shall Fall: Immortal, Absu @ Backstage Live...11909
I woke up one day last week and decided that today was the day that I stop letting people walk...
Nil: Eluveitie, 3 Inches of Blood, Holy Grail @...11898
Every time I look down I’m going 85. I’ve really been trying to slow down….but it’s so hard. I just...
The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards and Afterparty @ ...11889
We had approximately 30 minutes between the Pre-Tel and the Telecast to run to the Social Media suite and recharge...
53rd Annual GRAMMY Pre-Telecast @ LA Convention...11880
Last year’s GRAMMY Pre-Tel was one of the surprise highlights of my GRAMMY adventure. On paper, it looks really boring:...
The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala @ The Beverly H...11876
The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala is one of the hottest tickets of the year. Beyond the star-studded guest list, the...
Social Media Rock Star Summit @ The Conga Room,...11870
My first event to cover as the Rock community blogger for the GRAMMYs- my second year in this role- was...