Here is the first of many recordings from this year’s SXSW festival. I mentioned Jukebox The Ghost briefly last summer and promised you’d hear from them again. Here they are performing at After The Jump’s Backyard BBQ in Austin, Texas.
Jukebox The Ghost hail from Washington D.C. and their first full-length album “Let Live […]

Laura Veirs’ album Saltbreakers was one of my favorite albums of the past year and I was terribly disappointed when the Decemberists tour which she was supporting was canceled. I am glad to have caught this solo show which was a warm-up for her short tour of the UK. She should be back […]

“It’s so fucked, eh? The Internet, eh? We perform and you go off and you blog that shit.”
- Adrian Jewett, 12/14/07
I agree that the internet is fucked (we have a love/hate relationship), but I wouldn’t be blogging this shit if I didn’t think it was fantastic. Since I first heard them play […]

I made these recordings a while ago, but now seems like a good time to post them. Eastern Conference Champions debut full length, “Ameritown” comes out on July 17th on Suretone Records and they’ll be at Pianos on July 23.

Eastern Conference Champions - The Box (live at Union Hall)
Eastern Conference Champions - Noah (live […]

Hey everyone. I’m back to my old tricks here at ryspace to bring you some brand new New Pornographers material. These tracks were recorded at the 4th of July show in Battery Park. Their new album “Challengers” comes out on Matador on August 21st, plus they’re doing a very cool promotion where […]

I recently have been and subsequently will be consumed with writing my Master’s Thesis. But the good news is it’s music related so I don’t have to feel bad about taking a break to post something here. In fact, you can help me with my thesis by taking this survey. No, really, […]

Here’s the second half of my SXSW recordings. You’ll find the first half here.
Thursday
The Pipettes are a lot of fun and a great band to kick off a sunny Texas afternoon. They have a backing band, so all they really do is look pretty and sing. They do both very well, but […]

This was my first trip down to SXSW and I definitely didn’t know what I was in for. Traveling to and spending five days in Austin for less than $500 total was not easy. While it’s not impossible to have a great time without a badge, it does make it a little more […]

The Top 60 Bands (Ryan Saw) At CMJ 2006
[part 6 of 6]
Here it is - the final installment of my CMJ adventures. They just announced that my favorite week of the year will be October 16th - 20th this fall. Register now!
I’ve compiled all of the audio clips from the previous posts on […]

The Top 60 Bands (Ryan Saw) At CMJ 2006
[part 5 of 6]
#11 Eastern Conference Champions - At CMJ ‘05 I went to see this band based solely on their name and they turned out to be one of the best acts I saw that year. They were even better this time around, cementing their […]