March 16th, 2007
‘Overwhelming’ doesn’t do justice to the feeling on the first morning of SXSW. We arrived on Tuesday evening, and a wonder down the neon-lit strip of bars and venues on Sixth Street was about all we could manage. The next morning, we scanned the guidebook with wide eyes. We headed back to the Sixth Street area to find some breakfast and gear up for the day. In the coffee house we found, on Congress Avenue, we were served by a singer songwriter whose picture was plastered around on flyers for his own shows that week. In the live music capital of the world, it looks like you have to have a day job.
We headed for the Mohawk on Red River, where a party called ‘Gonna Goona Get Get Down 2′ was the first opportunity to see a band, starting at 11am. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 11th, 2007
March 2007 sees our DAILY SXSW DIARY take over the blog, with all the news and reviews from Austin, Texas! Myself and the right honourable Sarah Myring will be seeing as many bands as humanly possible and reporting it all right here, so stay tuned. We’re looking forward to checking out SSM, Les Savy Fav and of course the Stooges…
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March 11th, 2007
Ahoy there! Welcome to Riot On The Rocks, an online-and-on-paper zine staying faithful to cut-and-stick methods and rock and roll content. ROTR isn’t a standard, and it isn’t a way of life. It’s a zine, a raggedy mag full of cool shit you want to read. Sweet new talent along with rock and roll action from some of the most worthy musicians on the planet. No lie.We’re keeping DIY zining alive while embracing the wonders of technology by bringing you full PDF’s of all our issues as well as reviews, rants and interviews in our blog. You can download all three issues of the beautiful zine in their full glory by clicking on the links on the right.ISSUE 1 – Exclusive interviews with the NEW YORK DOLLS’ Sylvain Sylvain and Wayne Kramer from MC5ISSUE 2 – Andy Gill from GANG OF FOUR talks to us, plus MARAH and BLUES EXPLOSION
ISSUE 3 – FLAMING LIPS!!! Wayne Coyne interviewed, plus BEN KWELLER, SSM and the Dig This new music special
ISSUE 4 – is on its way, with exclusive interviews with Gallows and Les Savy Fav among others. How exciting.
Scroll down for our exclusive South By Southwest 2007 blog and other ramblings.
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Over and out for now,
Sian B Rockin’ x
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March 11th, 2007
Yes, soon ROTR will be exploding onto the interweb with a vigour and energy that only pure Rock can provide…
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