All Points West

I just bought my tickets to All Points West. I'll be going on Saturday to see Radiohead, Metric, Animal Collective and The Roots among others. Here is the line up for each day.

Hope to see you there.

Some Clarity on SXSW

South By South West (SXSW) has a confusing website. I could not figure out, for the life of me, if I needed a conference pass to attend music shows at the various venues around Austin during the festival. So, I e-mailed them and asked, this is their answer:

Tho it seems given your job that you should seriously consider registering to attend SXSW 2008, this should answer your questions:

We sell a limited number of single admission tickets to most, but not all, SXSW Music Festival shows. Cost varies by show and venue. Tickets are sold on a walk-up basis only and must be purchased at the venue where the show you wish to see is being held. They generally go on sale about an hour before the first band of the night at that venue is scheduled to start.

Please keep in mind that we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access every show you want to see. If you remain patient and keep your options open, you're bound to have a good time.

And remember we always have three nights of free to the public shows at Auditorium Shores at Ladybird Lake.

Thanks SXSW, I appreciate your very quick response! Now... I gotta decide if I want to spend money on the damn conference pass (it isn't cheap!) or just go there and wing it.

CMJ 2007 - Music Marathon and Film Festival

The CMJ 2007 Music Marathon and Film Festival starts tomorrow in New York City. It runs October 16 - 20th.

It should be fun. I'll be seeing Voxtrot tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tonight's show isn't officially part of CMJ, but they will be playing again tomorrow night at the Bowery Ballroom.

I'm told by friends that I should see IAMX on Tuesday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, but I'm not sure I can muster the courage to step foot in "Billyburg" two nights in a row. Bouncing Souls will be headlining at Webster Hall tomorrow.

Wednesday brings a colleague's band, Second Dan, to Midway.

Spoon headlines Thursday's lineup at Blender Theater. Friday's got Ghostland Observatory at Webster Hall. And, finally, Saturday closes with another serving of Spoon.

There are a slew of acts each day, so click the day above and check out the full list.

Metric Tonight

No, I'm not switching to the metric system, but I will be seeing Metric at Webster Hall tonight.

Depending on the vibe, I may do a repeat of the Interpol / Facebook live picture posting experiment. I have to say, it went over rather well with the Interpol show, but the phone doesn't really take the best pictures.

I've been told by David Hembree that Metric puts on a great show so, I'm excited about that (usually, David is hardly ever sort of sometimes wrong).

Music Downtown

Anyone going to Music Downtown?

I'd like to go tonight and see Illinois, but I can't find anyone willing to go last minute. It's sad... all of my friends are getting old. They work too hard. Either way, I'm going tomorrow. So hit me up if you want to come.

According to Facebook, this is the top music in New York:


Come out and let's change that.

Cat Power & Interpol

Well, the show Friday night was pretty great. I didn't even know she was playing, but was surprised nicely with Cat Power opening up for Interpol.

I'm fairly sure that I'm completely in love with her. Interpol was great too:

My friends thought I was being a huge dork, but it's worth noting that uploading live pictures to my Facebook profile went very smoothly. Overall a positive and easy experience. I would really love to see connectivity on my actual digital camera. Quick, remote uploads are great, but obviously quality suffers.