Greetings from the Lone Star State! Well, another day, another jog along the Colorado River . Right now, there's an industry VIP breakfast happening outside the Fader Fort. Guess who stopped by breakfast today: my sister! Bea! (Beatriz). She's in town from Chicago, and she came to breakfast. Sweet. The Fratelli's played an amazing accoustic set here at the Fort yesterday, And so did Bonde do Role from Brazil. Aziz Ansari gave away a Zune to a member of the crowd - who turned out to be the bassist...

Greetings fromm the music capitol of the world! I'm taking a break from shows at the Fader Fort to check in and give an update. First and foremost: I met Lily Allen! She played last night at The Zune NME showcase at Stubb 's. (photo credit Ms E.) As for today (Thursday): after a quick run along Waller Creek, it was off the Fader Fort for the blogger breakfast. The folks from Queens of the Stone Age (label and management) actually brought a copy of their new album, Era Vulgaris - even though it's...

Greetings from Indie Rock Spring Break! I'm in between going to Gonna Get Down 2 (brought to you by Austinist , Gothamist , and Gorilla Vs Bear ) and the Fader Fort and thought I'd check in. Here's a picture of Sparrow House playing at Gonna Get Down: The highlight of my day (so far) was Austin Mayor Will Wynn on stage between Earl Greyhound's set. Mayor Wynn says there are three keys to keeping Austin the music capitol of the world: Austin needs to have lots of venues within walking distance, so...

Greetings from Austin! Each day I'll post a quick recap of the goings on here at SXSW. Well, here goes: Amidst heavy rains , a few friends and I headed out to Emo's to see brothers & sisters ; explorers club ; white denim ; black before red ; and fouled out . Sweet. And a funny anecdote from last night: I noticed a friend's Zune headphones last night; he had them in his ears during White Denim; he didn't bring his earplugs . But his headphones weren't in his Zune - they were for a competitor...