Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival | 06.08-11.17
Even with its flaws, Bonnaroo is still one of the best times you can have.
Festival Reviews
Shaky Knees Festival | 05.12-14.17
While some festivals have become watered down by trying to offer a little bit of each genre for every possible taste, Shaky Knees has succeeded by nailing its niche year after year.
SXSW 2017 | Wednesday 03.15
Part desert cult, part girl gang, all pentagrams and reverb psych-garage guitar, Death Valley Girls are even more fun than they sound.
SXSW 2017 | Tuesday 03.14
One of my biggest pieces of SXSW advice for out-of-towners is to use it as a means to discover the rich talents Austin itself has to offer.
SXSW 2017 | Monday 03.13
The great thing about these initial day parties is that the fest still feels fresh and shiny.
Austin City Limits Festival | Weekend 2: 10.14-16.16
Andra Day delivered a show-stopping rendition of Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” that hung in the air not as an artifact of another time, but as a relevant, and current, protest.
LouFest | 09.10-11.16
We adapted to the sludge, we sweated a bit, we put on sleeves as the sun went down, and we wondered why all music festivals aren’t scheduled for this most ideal turn for fall weather.
Shaky Knees Festival | 05.13-15.16
Shaky Knees nails its niche, knows the bands its fan base wants to see, and is one of the best organized festivals on the landscape.
Beale Street Music Festival | 04.29–05.01.16
Memphis in May has found the middle ground, where music lovers can meet and indulge guilty pleasures—or venture into tunes unknown.
SXSW 2016 | Wrap-Up
The concert experience, the very liveness of live music, is the one thing that technology cannot replicate, and this is the value of a festival such as SXSW.