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last Against Me! record. I didn't
want to do that again."
At SXSW 2019, Laura Jane Grace
and the Devouring Mothers will kick
off a spring U.S. and Canadian tour
that will stretch through the end
of April. In addition, Grace will be
a Featured Speaker at the SXSW
Conference in the Music Industry
& Culture Track. For Grace, SXSW
has been a regular stop over the
past 15 years, both as a performer
and speaker: "I think the first time I
played SXSW was 2003, maybe? It's
crazy seeing how much it's grown
and changed over the years."
Though Grace's days as a teenage
anarchist might seem far in the
past, the essence of that original
punk philosophy remains close to
her heart. "The most important
lesson I ever learned from punk
was 'question everything,' and that
will never stop being relevant and
important," she concludes. "It's not
about a particular style of music
or sound; it's a mentality, an ethos,
an approach to making art, or
destroying it."
Read the full Q&A at sxsw.com/world.
Visit schedule.sxsw.com for SXSW
Music Festival showcase and SXSW
Conference session information.
Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers. Photo by Bryce Mata
