Articles by Joshua Ostroff

Alejandro Escovedo

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

Hometown hero Escovedo has made a tradition out of his unofficial fest-closing fundraiser at the legendary Continental Club. Clearly happy...

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

It was a tough call: go see the Meat Puppets reunion or check out what Sharon Jones can bring to a parking lot. My dancing feet led me to t...

The Rapture

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

Few bands have coasted as long on one single as these New York dance rockers, but the fear of losing their edge has put the Rapture into a...

The Stooges

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

Iggy Pop and his long lost band-mates were an obvious closing headliner for the fest — the legendary Stooges were punk before it had a name...

Amy Winehouse

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

Though facing competition from fellow British dames Lily Allen and the Pipettes, Winehouse walked into SXSW with the biggest buzz — at leas...

Young Galaxy

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2007

Though the boy/girl tag team vocals and celestial band name invite too-easy comparisons to songwriter Stephen Ramsay’s guitar gig with Star...

Tracey Thorn

Out of the Woods

PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

Tracey Thorne should ready herself for a panoply of "Everything But The Boy” headlines as the ex-Everything But the Girl chanteuse makes he...

Oblivion’s Manifest Destiny

Elder Scrolls Goes From Epic to Insane

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2007

Despite investing about 60-odd hours of my life into the almost disturbingly realised virtual world of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, I must a...