One of the greatest things about being able to cover SXSW over multiple years is seeing which artists come back with material. I met one such artist, Chi Thai, at an Asian networking event in 2022 who had helped develop an AR project, Prototype: Acorn. And while we didn’t meet in person in 2023, the […]
It would be an understatement to say that SXSW 2024 was thick with the air of Monkey Man. The fervor for the premiere was as pervasive and mysterious as the cryptic legend the film is based on. Jordan Peele famously picked the film up from Netflix and gave it a theatrical release, which was enough […]
Every year we go to SXSW, From the Intercom always puts together a (very) unofficial guide to SXSW to highlight some of what we’re planning to do during the week. As always, there are always so many things to do that it can get overwhelming. And in my opinion, the best way to tackle the […]
Let’s not sugarcoat it – 2023 was a tough year for us at the site. Facing burnout and feeling overworked, I, as the editor in chief, decided to put From the Intercom on hold for a few months on an unspoken hiatus. One month turned to two, and two turned into eight. And while that […]
Scouring through the numerous names at SXSW, I’m often greeted by the usual suspects: US artists who are on the rise vis-a-vis the blogosphere, one-off shows from Asian musicians, and people who we’ve likely covered on the site in some way, shape, or form. But it wasn’t until I gave the artist list its umpteenth […]