SXSW: Mess With Texas 3 Lineup Announced

The best party of SXSW week last year looks to do it again this year...



The Mess With Texas 3 initial lineup for March 21 has been announced, and includes the following:

The Black Lips
Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims)
King Khan & the Shrines
The Thermals
Akron/Family
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down
Circle Jerks
Japanther
Crystal Antlers
Monotonix
Trash Talk
Jason Lytle
The Bronx
Vetiver
Abe Vigoda
Vivian Girls
Gentlemen Jessie
Death Set
and more to be announced!

Seriously awesome. And free. And awesome.

Monotonix - "Ride" mp3

January's Baker Dozen Downloads with Bon Iver, O'Death, Cut Off Your Hands, Black Lips, and more!

As the crazy redhead from Rock Of Love, Lacey, would say, "What's up, skanks?!"

Here's January's extrawack!-approved thirteen downloads, just in time to help melt your frozen selves in this record-setting cold weather.

Lower Heaven - "Lose It All At Once" mp3

Dead Heart Bloom - "Flash In A Bottle" mp3

O'Death - "Lowtide" mp3

Black Lips - "Starting Over" mp3

Cut Off Your Hands - "Turn Cold" mp3

Bon Iver - "Blood Bank" mp3

François Virot - "Not The One" mp3

Spindrift - "Ace Coltrane" mp3

Hammer No More The Fingers - "Shutterbug" mp3

Alaska In Winter - "Berlin" mp3

A. Armada - "The Moon Shifts The Sea The Sea Shapes The Shore The Shore Shakes The Sand The Sand Sinks The Ships" mp3

Middle States - "No Curse, No Drunk, No Fight" mp3

Hooray For Earth - "Take Care" mp3

And here's bonus skankness from the new Rock Of Love Bus:

Scion Flosstradamus Mix CD Giveaway, Free Ghostface Killah Show Info

The fine folks at Scion want to give ten lucky extrawack! readers a copy of their latest fly mix CD, presented by Vice Records and mixed by Flosstradamus, featuring Bloc Party, Chromeo, Charlotte Gainsbourg and more.

This disc, which I've been pumping in my own Scion xB for the last couple weeks, features this crazy-good track list:



1. FLOSSTRADAMUS - Intro / ZONGAMIN - Bongo Song(Mr. Flash Remix)
2. BLOC PARTY - The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
3. PANTHERS - Long Time Coming
4. THE BLACK LIPS - Not A Problem mp3
5. FAVOURITE SONS - Hang On, Girl
6. SEBASTIAN - H.A.L.
7. VICARIOUS BLISS - Theme from Vicarious Bliss (Justice Remix)
8. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - Set Yourself On Fire
9. DJ MEDHI FEATURING CHROMEO - I Am Somebody (Paris Version) mp3
10. JUSTICE - Phantom
11. BOREDOMS - Jungle Taitei (Laughter Robot's H*Mp Mix) Yann Tomita Remix
12. CHROMEO - Fancy Footwork mp3
13. CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - The Operation
14. 120 DAYS - Sleepwalking
15. BLOC PARTY - Sunday

Hear the Flosstradamus magic here, where the entire mix is streaming free.

To win a copy of this CD, send an email to extrawack@gmail.com with SCION CD in the subject line, and tell us your favorite artist on the track listing. We'll pick ten winners at random at midinght EST Tuesday night (July 24). Contest open to U.S. residents only. Sorry, Belarus!

Speaking of Scion, they are hosting a free Ghostface Killah show at Highline Ballroom on Monday night as part of their Scion Live Metro Tour. I saw Ghost perform at a Scion event at Stubb's during SXSW this past March, and he did indeed kill.

To RSVP for that show, click here.

Siren Set Schedule Announced

Here's the set schedule for the Siren Festival, on July 21:



That's a long day. I'm counting on The Black Lips to give me a second wind to take me through to the Dolls' set.

Black Lips - "Stranger" mp3

Voxtrot - "Kid Gloves" mp3

We Are Scientists - "Inaction" mp3

Cursive - "Sucker & Dry" mp3

Jerry Garcia, Black Lips, & Yacht Contest! What?!

***contest has ended...thanks for all the entries!***



extrawack! and The Fader Magazine want to give one lucky reader a prize pack celebrating their recent Icon Issue, which can be downloaded for free as a .pdf here.

The prize pack includes a limited edition Fader t-shirt featuring current issue cover star Jerry Garcia (Fader Store here), and a short-run 7" vinyl copy of the Fader Magazine and Southern Comfort produced record featuring Black Lips' cover of the Tamrons' "Wild Man" and YACHT's "No Favors Policy."

To win this sweet, sweet swag, be the 25th emailer to extrawack@gmail.com with "FADER" as the subject line. Contest only open to US residents. Sorry Sri Lanka! Good luck.

Black Lips - "Not A Problem (Live from Tijuana)" mp3

YACHT - "Remember What This Feels Like" mp3

Black Lips...Perhaps The Best In-Store Band Appearance Ever.

I'm a pretty big fan of record store free shows...first off, they are free. That's always a good price. But they usually allow a band to do something a little different...maybe they'll play acoustic, or try out some covers, or even let fans sit in on a song.

Here's a clip of Black Lips' recent in-store at Criminal Records in Atlanta, featuring the best Cowboy Hat/Tighty Whities combo since the Times Square Naked Cowboy, and a pack of fireworks going off WHILE BEING HELD BY THE TEETH OF THE GUITAR PLAYER MID-SONG. Damn.

Black Lips - "M.I.A.":



More Black Lips video action at VBS.

Black Lips - "Not A Problem" mp3 buy