Seattle Times: Matson On Music
Seattle Times’ Andrew Matson posted a pre-festival media encrusted article highlighting various Seattle bands headed to Austin this week for SXSW. The first of many SXSW posts includes a vignette of SXSW live performance chaos (in all its serendipitous bliss), a short Q&A with The Head and the Heart, music videos and more. Heading south to cover the festival, Matson vows to be a dedicated Seattle band groupie who you can live vicariously through by reading his blog updates. Matson will religiously follow hip-hop act Shabazz Palaces, jangle-rock band Tea Cozies, folk band The Head and the Heart and UW dance-music duo Beat Connection all over Austin and chronicle Seattle’s strong musical presence at the festival. To read the band descriptions, check out the interview and to view Matson’s list of SXSW bound Seattle bands click on that upper link.
CAPTIOL HILL BLOCK PARTY HIGHLIGHTS
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Having Block Party nostalgia? Or didn’t make it out to the event? Head over to Matson on Music’s highlights of the three-day event and find interviews with THEESatisfaction and The Maldives. You can also check out festival photos, recaps from each day and live videos from the Party. Matson also includes reviews of some of his favorite sets, including Mad Rad, Blue Scholars, Macklemore, Champagne Champagne and !!!. Click on the link for all the highlights.
