SXSW 2019 Spotlight: Chvrches
When at SXSW, a top priority for me, of course, is to sample some of the numerous electronic pop acts on the schedule. Facts are facts, they don’t come much bigger than Chvrches who are a staple at...
View ArticleBoys On Film Do SXSW 2021: Top 5 Film Recommendations
Although Covid-19 once again ruined our plans to be on-the-ground in Austin, TX this year for SXSW, we have to take our hats off to the festival’s film programming team for making this year’s online...
View ArticleEQ Music’s Top SXSW 2021 Film Recommendations
You might have noticed our Boys On Film picks at SXSW this year in our previous post. Well, consider this a bonus post! There is so much good film content at SXSW that it’s hard to collectively agree...
View ArticleSXSW 2021: Emerging Artists: Magdalena Bay
We wanted to pick back up with LA-based indie-pop savants Magdalena Bay. We covered their blissful, shimmery synth-pop track “Story” for the blog, spring 2020. Turned out it was kind of a bittersweet...
View ArticleSXSW 2021: Emerging Artist: lau.ra
No SXSW music festival would be the same without the familiar face of Laura Bettinson putting in an appearance. She previously performed her special brand of visionary alt-pop at the Austin festival,...
View ArticleBoys On Film @ SXSW: John Wick Chapter 4
OK EQ Music family, I think I’m finally ready to start reviewing films after spending three weeks away from home, catching as many SXSW and BFI Flare films as I could this year. And I do have to say,...
View ArticleBoys On Film @ SXSW: Air
If there was a theme to this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival, it definitely was the story of “products”. From the story of the creation of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, to the Blackberry and even the cloak...
View ArticleBoys On Film @ SXSW: Tetris
Who knew a movie about the addictive little video game Tetris would make such a smash hit of a film? Certainly not me! But I have to say, that when I first saw the trailer for Tetris on Apple TV+ I...
View ArticleBoys On Film @ SXSW: Flamin’ Hot
If you thought Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were just some corporate snack creation, you my friend are wrong. Flamin’ Hot tells the true story of Frito Lay janitor Richard Montañez and is the directorial debut...
View ArticleBoys On Film @ SXSW: National Anthem
From IMBD: A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream. When that is the synopsis of the film, you...
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