Allyson eats pizza in the green room (which is actually rather orange)!

This is blogworthy because she hasn’t eaten dairy in two years. We are honored and we wish her the best, considering she performs with Tiana and the Allysons on Saturday

MXTS is Underway!

It’s a gorgeous spring day in Austin and if you haven’t been down yet, here are a few highlights you missed:

Mason Proper kicking off the event with their sunny and soulful pop harmonies.

Low Anthem hauntingly belting it out from their shins at least, big enough to drown out the rock n’ roll band across the street at Gueros.

The contagiously upbeat Marching Band all the way from Sweeden.

Shepard Fairey and the Obey Posse creating an AMAZING mural on the parking lot wall. (See photos… it’s still happening).

Lots of happy music fans eating Home Slice Pizza from our outdoor slice kitchen!

Oh and during the festival so far, these visiting celebs ate our pizza!

• Seth Rogan
• Justin Kirk, who plays Andy Botwin on Weeds

Uh Oh… I hear hip hop… gotta go!

All Songs Considered SXSW 2009 preview

NPR’s All Songs Considered, hosted by Bob Boilen, just broadcasted it’s 2009 SXSW preview show. Bob got together with NPR Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, producer and Second Stage host Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson to chat about bands they hadn’t heard of that they were looking forward to seeing this year. 

The show discussed a very diverse group of 16 artists. It makes me really excited about music.  And what’s so cool is that two of the Music by the Slice artists made the list! Jason Lytle, former frontman of Granddaddy, and The Phenomenal Handclap Band.

Jason Lytle is coming out with his first solo album since Grandaddy broke up in 2006. The Phenomenal Handclap Band are from NYC and has 27 members. Both bands are playing on Saturday. The green room is going to be bumping! Can’t wait to see you there! The rest of  out line up for MXTS can be found here.