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March 22, 2007
We were just introduced to The Forms music recently, and once we were we immediately booked them for our show in Austin last week. Singer Alex Tween kept a log of his trip for us, which you can read below. Listen: Stravinsky.mp3 3/9 Brooklyn, NY. I reset the trip meter to 0.0 and after the first mile have the thought that there's only 1,956 more to Austin. I am accompanied by pal/tour photographer Andreas, as... [continue]
| March 21, 2007
Pela was one of the many New York bands at SXSW last week. They kept a journal of their time there for us (which included bbq, hotel antics and a car crash)...yeehaw! Also check out My Brightest Diamonds's second journal entry for us, here. Listen: Lost to the Lonesome - remix.mp3 Tuesday March 13th It's 5am and we're heading to LaGuardia for a 7am flight. Very tired. We'd all been working nonstop until the night... [continue]
March 16, 2007
One of the Brooklyn-based bands down in Austin for SXSW this week is My Brightest Diamond. Nate from the band has been keeping a tour diary for us, check out his first installment below. SXSW: MUCH BETTER THAN BEING IN IRAQ. Three days before flying out from NY to Austin for the South by Southwest music conference, I had a rather ominous dream. It was the sort of dream you wake up from panicked and... [continue]
March 6, 2007
Two years ago, almost to the day, we started asking New York bands to keep tour diaries for us - a column we now call Tourist. With SXSW coming up next week, we wanted to invite New York bands heading down to Austin to keep a journal of the experience for us. If you're in a band from these parts, and would be interested, contact jencarlson (a) gothamist dot com Bonus points if you have... [continue]