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Video Of The Day: SXSW 2013
Mar 20th, 2013 at 6:00PM:
SXSW 2013 has come to a close. Everyone who attended the music, film and interactive festival is no doubt spending this week recuperating. After having spent the last two consecutive years at SXSW, I'll admit that it felt weird to skip out on the festivities this year (however, Gadling's Robin Whitney was on the ground). I went searching for a good video from the event and found this one by ...
SXSW: from NYC to Austin, a local musician's perspective and photo gallery
Mar 21st, 2012 at 10:00AM:
When I initially began weighing my options for relocation, I was still living in New York. Austin, a purported 'oasis' in Texas, had only entered my mind during this process because of clamoring friends eager to direct me as I prepared for and soon voyaged away from New York. It was not easy to leave the city that had shaped me. Immediately following high school graduation, I had set off for ...A record exec's guide to South by Southwest (SXSW)
Mar 8th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Tens of thousands of hipsters and wannabe hipsters from around the world will be converging on Austin this week for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) music, film and technology festival, now in its 26th year. What started as a music showcase for some 172, mostly regional, bands in 1987 has gradually expanded into the global colossus that SXSW has become. Last year the festival featured more ...How to find a last-minute room in Austin for SXSW
Mar 4th, 2012 at 10:00AM: Over the past several years, the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive Conference & Festival in Austin, Texas, has topped the event calendar for industry insiders, along with anyone eager to discover the Next Big Thing. This year's festival, which runs from March 9 to 18, promises to be the most intense yet, with hundreds of panels, workshops, concerts and events on the ...5 places to eat in Austin
Mar 11th, 2011 at 1:00PM: With Austin officially now hosting A LOT more people in town thanks to SXSW, the city's restaurants are banking on the increase in business. With SXSW beginning today, everyone is buzzing with festival plans. The parties. The shows. The drinking. But what about the eating? Austin is a city of hidden gems and among those gems are restaurants and food trucks. Make no mistake, I have barely begun to ...More SXSW goodies: Free Lonely Planet Austin Guide for your iPhone
Mar 9th, 2011 at 3:30PM: If you are heading to Austin for SXSW, you already know that you'll be getting free Gogo Inflight Internet access on Alaska, American and Delta. And now Lonely Planet throws in another freebie.
The good folks at Lonely Planet have a very pleasant habit of lowering the prices of their excellent guides to celebrate events. Today, they follow that tradition by launching their new Austin guide - ...SXSW: 5 last minute accommodation options
Feb 24th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Austin's biggest festival, South by Southwest, is just around the ever-closer corner. And most decent hotels in town are fully booked. The decent hotels with remaining vacancy, if there are any left, will be charging you for the luxury of staying in a hotel during SXSW. So what's a film, interactive, and music-lover to do? Bypass the entire festival? No. I don't think so. Instead, get creative ...Ten musical destinations that will rock your world
Aug 24th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
Music has a way of taking you on a journey. Like any great trip, the songs that inspire us are filled with joyous highs and sobering lows, unexpected revelations and exotic uncertainties. It's only natural then that each of us seeks out music during our travels. Whether it's a CD stand in a bustling market in Morocco or a classically-trained violinist playing on a street corner in Paris, music ...
