New Jersey melllow-indie-pop group The Ugly Club has recently announced they will be doing a tour down to SXSW this March. The band has confirmed a show at The National Underground in Nashville, TN on March 10th and Super Happy Fun Land in Houston, TX ... »
There's nothing immediately offensive about the premise of Ian Cheney's new documentary, The City Dark. Living in New York, I can believe that Cheney, an amateur astronomer since his teenage years in Maine, might miss seeing the stars at night, and fee... »
Instrumental avant-prog NJ based band Delicate Steve are currently putting the final touches on their sophomore album, due out later this year. After playing Webster Hall with Cult on Thursday, they will be playing a number of shows around SXSW and wil... »
2011 was a year of friction -- people demanded to be heard and if they weren't heard, they occupied. They physically made themselves part of the conversation, taking the narrative into their own hands and putting voice to visceral disagreement. »
Kathryn Weatherup, owner and namesake of Weatherup in Tribeca and Prospect Heights, is expanding her cocktail empire southward. She'll open an East Austin branch of her bar/restaurant after South by Southwest with all kinds of cocktails and a "pretty s... »
The legions of Brooklynites who travel to Austin for South by Southwest every year have come across a distinctly Texan (and distinctly delicious) specialty: the breakfast taco. Breakfast tacos (which involve some combination of scrambled eggs, chori... »
Also known as, 10 Most Popular Betabeat Posts of All Time (exempting slideshows). Betabeat launched in March of 2011, just after South By Southwest Interactive as a New York City-based tech blog nested in the belly of the iconic salmon-colored paper of... »
