In Photos: The Rest of SXSW ’09

By Alex Young on March 24th, 2009

You know the old saying, a picture tells a thousand words? Well, if you add our full recap of South by Southwest ’09 to the slew of extra pictures we decided to post below, then we’re probably closing down on a trillion words about last week’s festivities, or at least something pretty darn close to [...]

In Photos: CoS Official Showcase

By Alex Young on March 23rd, 2009

On Friday night, Consequence of Sound celebrated its first annual official South by Southwest official showcase at the Wave. There were gripping rhymes and smashed cellos, empowering melodies and saw playing chords. But you can read all about that here; we’re letting the pictures do the talking in this post. So without further ado, this [...]

SXSW ’09 in Review: Friday – Saturday

By Michael Roffman on March 23rd, 2009

Before packing our bags and heading back to the day-to-day grind that is real life, we were able to take in a couple more days of fun in the sun/overwhelming amounts of music/drunken record executives. Without further ado, the conclusion of our South by Southwest 2009 coverage: Friday, March 20th: It’s hard to cover Friday [...]

In Photos: Brodown Hoedown (SXSW 2009)

By Alex Young on March 23rd, 2009

On Friday, Consequence of Sound teamed up with UnScene 2 and Chicago based outfit Blueblood for the second annual Brodown Hoedown. The turn out was great, as were the riffs and freestyles. But you can read all about it later today; we’re letting the pictures do the talking on this post. So without further ado, [...]

SXSW ’09 in Review: Tuesday – Thursday

By Alex Young on March 23rd, 2009

Another year brought another week of media hell to Austin, Texas’ dusty, city streets this past weekend. Hundreds of writers, musicians, and publicists shuffled about in a frenzy, moving from one venue to the next bar, trying to pretend it was all some sort of a vacation. It wasn’t too hard of an illusion. Considering [...]

News in Review: Friday, March 20th

By Michael Roffman on March 20th, 2009

While Consequence of Sound is down in Austin taking in the sights of sounds of South by Southwest ’09, here is some of the news making headlines across the country… Were you one of those unlucky few that snagged Phish tickets, only to be told by Ticketmaster that there was no sale, after all. Because [...]