Headed to SXSW? Here are a few parties you'll see us at...

Here are a few parties we consider unmissable...see you there!

Somebody Send Me Some Sleep, Please...Greetings from SXSW

Even the pizza joints down here are hardcore this time of year:


Hope to check in a few times over the next couple days...but 83F and sunny means that I don't plan on staying inside a whole lot!

DirecTV SXSW Live Line-up Announced...Von Bondies, Echo and The Bunnymen, Ed Harcourt, and more

One of the more interesting events that goes down every year at SXSW are the DirecTV tapings of their SXSW Live series, which are full performance sets by a great roster of industry upstarts and old favorites.  The shows are taped in two different ballrooms in the Austin Convention Center, which are transformed into roadhouse-styled soundstages, and the performances are broadcast throughout the following year on DirecTV's channel 101.

Last year I caught fantastic sets there from Darryl Hall, Nicole Atkins, and a surprisingly great Hanson.

The line-up for this year's tapings have just been announced:

THURSDAY, MARCH 19
TIME                    ARTIST                                                  VENUE
6:00pm The Von Bondies,                                 The Bat Bar

7:00pm The Oak Ridge Boys                              The Lonestar Lounge

8:00pm The Airborne Toxic Event,                        The Bat Bar

FRIDAY, MARCH 20
TIME       ARTIST                                                  VENUE
1:00pm Juliette Lewis and the New Romantiques,  The Bat Bar

2:00pm The Proclaimers,                                     The Lonestar Lounge

4:00pm Lenka,                                                   The Lonestar Lounge

5:00pm Ben Harper and Relentless 7,                    The Bat Bar

6:00pm Third Eye Blind,                                      The Lonestar Lounge

8:00pm Shiny Toy Guns,                                     The Bat Bar

9:00pm Carlene Carter,                                       The Lonestar Lounge

10:00pm Solange Presents:
Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams,      The Bat Bar

SATURDAY, MARCH 21
TIME      ARTIST                                                  VENUE
4:00pm Forever the Sickest Kids,                         The Lonestar Lounge

5:00pm Echo and the Bunnymen,                        The Bat Bar

6:00pm Ed Harcourt,                                           The Lonestar Lounge

8:00pm TBA ,                                                   The Bat Bar

9:00pm Shwayze,                                               The Lonestar Lounge

10:00pm Tinted Windows,                                     The Bat Bar

If it's run the same way as years past, a limited number of free tickets for all shows are available in the lobby of the convention center, and if I remember correctly, SXSW badges or wristbands are not required.

I'll definitely be checking out Juliette Lewis' new band, possibly Third Eye Blind (because I've always wanted to sing the doot-doot-doot's in "Semi-Charmed Life out loud in public), and best of all, I'll get to see what Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen looks like in daylight hours.

For those of you not making it to Austin, here's the schedule of the first airings of these shows:

SXSW LIVE Broadcast Schedule (eastern standard time)

Friday - March 20th

5pm - Lenka
6pm - Ben Harper and Relentless7
7pm - Third Eye Blind
8pm - The Oak Ridge Boys
9pm - Shiny Toy Guns
10pm - Carlene Carter
11pm - Sol-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams (Solange Knowles)
12am - The Airborne Toxic Event

Saturday - March 21st

5pm - Forever the Sickest Kids
6pm - Echo and The Bunnymen
7pm - Ed Harcourt
8pm - Juliette Lewis and The New Romantiques
9pm - Late to the Pier
10pm - Shwayze
11pm - Tinted Windows
12am - The Proclaimers

More info on DirecTV SXSW Live here.

4AD @ SXSW...Download Sampler Including Camera Obscura, M. Ward, St. Vincent Here.

4AD will be handing out a limited edition (and eventually, very collectible, I'm sure) EP to commemorate next Wednesday's showcase at SXSW in Austin, but you can play and/or download the contents of the disc right now at the link below.

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

Devo to Play SXSW

From the SXSW website:

On Friday, March 20, performing right society BMI will partner with SXSW to present new wave progenitors Devo at Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St). The show marks the climax of BMI's focused presence at SXSW 2009: Throughout the week, the organization will also stage indie rock showcases, orchestrate film and songwriter panels, and host its annual invitation-only mixers, the details of which will be announced soon.

In addition, Devo will follow up their Friday performance with a Saturday, March 21 interview at the Austin Convention Center as part of the SXSW Music Conference. Those seeking The Truth About De-Evolution are advised to attend.

Devo's thorough understanding of the ability of precise, multi-faceted artistic expression to relay relevant social commentary elevated the band from quirky cult icons to mainstream players in the late 70's and 80's. Co-founders Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh dubbed the band "Devo," shorthand for their wry philosophy of the "de-evolution" of humanity they most readily observed in cultural shortcomings of the United States.

And here's a ridiculous video of Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale of Devo (under the pseudonyms "Spud & Bud Devo") backing up Jermaine Jackson on a TV show hosted by Fred Travelena from back in the day:

First Official List of SXSW Bands Announced

The first official list of artists playing this year's SXSW were announced on the festival's website today:

8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)
Akron/Family (Williamsport, PA)
Al Kapone (Memphis, TN)
Alina Simone (Brooklyn, NY)
Amanda Blank (Philadelphia, PA)
Amber Smith (Budapest, HUNGARY)
Angry vs The Bear (Essex, ENGLAND)
Anthony Snape (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
ARABROT (Oslo, NORWAY)
Arc Angels (Austin, TX)
Asher Roth (Morrisville, PA)
Asobi Seksu (Brooklyn, NY)
Astrid Williamson (Shetland Islands, SCOTLAND)
B.o.B. (Atlanta, GA)
Banda de Turistas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Bar-Kays (Memphis, TN)
Bavu Blakes (Austin, TX)
Ben Kweller (Austin, TX)
Benny Gallagher (West Wickham, ENGLAND)
Black Cherry (London, ENGLAND)
BLACK SKIES (Chapel Hill, NC)
Blaqstarr (Baltimore, MD)
Blue Scholars (Seattle, WA)
Bomba Estereo (Bogota, Columbia)
Brick Bandits (Philadelphia, PA)
Buck 65 (Halifax, NS)
Buraka Som Sistema (Lisbon, Portugal)
Candy Coated Killahz (Toronto, CANADA)
Cashier No.9 (Belfast, IRELAND)
Casiokids (Bergen, NORWAY)
Charles Hamilton (New York, NY)
Choc Quib Town (Bogota, Columbia)
CHOO-CHOO (Bern, SWITZERLAND)
Chris T-T (Brighton, ENGLAND)
Come On Gang! (Edinburgh, SCOTLAND)
Crystal Method (Los Angeles, CA)
Crystal Stilts (New York, NY)
Damero (Berlin, Germany)
Dananananaykroyd (Glasgow, Scotland)
Dave Alvin (Los Angeles, CA)
David Garza (Austin, TX)
Dead Prez (New York, NY)
Dekadens (Bucharest, ROMANIA)
Dirtblonde (Liverpool, ENGLAND)
Division Miniscula (Matamoros, Mexico)
Doctor Krapula (Bogota, Columbia)
EBONY BONES! (London, ENGLAND)
Ella (Bristol, ENGLAND)
Empire ISIS (Montreal, CANADA)
Explosions in the Sky (Austin, TX)
Flood of Red (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
Franki Chan (Los Angeles, CA)
Free Sol (Memphis, TN)
Futumomo Satisfaction (Tokyo, Japan)
Gabi Almedia (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Gary Clark Jr. (Austin, TX)
Grimy Styles (Austin, TX)
Hacienda (San Antonio, TX)
Hickoids (Austin, TX)
Ida Maria (Stockholm, Sweden)
Insite (Mexicali, Mexico)
Invincible (Detroit, MI)
Jokers of the Scene (Ottawa, ON)
Kap Bambino (Bordeaux, France)
Kid Sister (Chicago, IL)
Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA)
LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA)
Los Fancy Free (Mexico City, Mexico)
Madi Diaz (Nashville, TN)
Manana (Basil, SWITZERLAND)
Mandi Perkins (Los Angeles, CA)
Mexican Institute of Sound (Mexico City, Mexico)
Micachu (London, ENGLAND)
Midnight Youth (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)
Mika Miko (Los Angeles, CA)
Mike Badger (Liverpool, ENGLAND)
Mistah FAB (Oakland, CA)
Monokino (Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS)
Moriarty (Montreuil, FRANCE)
Motel (Mexico City, Mexico)
Mundo Livre Sa (Recife, Brazil)
My Crew Be Unruly (Baltimore, MD)
My Federation (Hove, ENGLAND)
Nacho Vegas (Gijon, Spain)
Nacional (Glasgow, SCOTLAND)
NAVEL (Erschwil, SWITZERLAND)
Outasight (New York, NY)
P.O.S. (Minneapolis, MN)
Pato Machete (Monterrey, Mexico)
Peter Bjorn & John (Stockholm, Sweden)
Peter Rosenberg (New York, NY)
Port O'Brien (Cambria, CA)
Primal Scream (Glasgow, Scotland)
Reflection Eternal (Ohio/New York)
Rob Quest (Houston, TX)
Sage Francis (Providence, RI)
San Quinn (San Francisco, CA)
Scribe (Christchurch, NZ)
Shad (London, Ontario)
Shawn David McMillen (Austin, TX)
Simplifires (Mexico City, Mexico)
Soulico (Tel Aviv, Israel)
St. Vincent (Dallas, TX)
Suzy & Los Quattro (Barcelona, Spain)
T Bird & The Breaks (Austin, TX)
Tanya Morgan (Brooklyn, NY)
Temposhark (London, ENGLAND)
The Beat Poets (Belfast, IRELAND)
The Carrivick Sisters (Devon, ENGLAND)
The Courteneers (Manchester, UK)
The deBretts (London, ENGLAND)
The Deep Dark Woods (Saskatoon, CANADA)
the Devil Wears Prada (Dayton, OH)
The Everyday Visuals (Boston, MA)
The Knux (New Orleans, LA)
THE MOOG (Budapest, HUNGARY)
The Pepper Pots (Girona, Spain)
The Sonics (Seattle, WA)
The Temper Trap (Nth Fitzroy, AUSTRALIA)
thecocknbullkid (London, ENGLAND)
Thee Oh See's (San Francisco, CA)
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb (Pensacola, FL)
Tittsworth (Washington, DC)
Tommy Tee (Oslo, Norway)
Toy Horses (Barry, WALES)
Twilight Hotel (Winnipeg, CANADA)
Virgin Passages (London, ENGLAND)
Volodja Balzalorsky (Ljubljana, SLOVENIA)
WAZ (Los Angeles, CA)
We Have Band (London, ENGLAND)
We Should Be Dead (Limerick, IRELAND)
White Lies (London, ENGLAND)
Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN)
Willem Maker (Turkey Heaven, AL)
Willy Joy (Chicago, IL)
Yarah Bravo (New York, NY)

and we'll be there too!

We Have Band - "Oh!" mp3

courtesy of I Was There

sxsw highlight: Goes Cube @ the Donewaiting.com Party

One of my favorite parties at SXSW was the Donewaiting.com shindig at the Creekside Lounge. Set in the backyard of a, well, creek-side lounge, Donewaiting's event felt more like a kegger than a showcase, and was much more in the spirit of the original SXSW concept than the usual big corporate branding fests that are the norm these days.

The afternoon weather there was perfect, in fact it the best day temperature-wise all week. My running-buddy Jinners and I rolled in, were served chilly and gratis PBR tall-boys, and we sat back to watch Brooklyn's excellent Goes Cube rip through a short set of the loud riffage that makes them one of The BK's most-likely-to-blow-up bands of the next year. Donewaiting honcho Robert Duffy was a gracious host, and hopefully the success of his party will inspire more laid-back affairs next year.

Goes Cube @ the Donewaiting.com party:


Goes Cube - "Song 30" mp3

SXSW Highlights - Kate Nash & Billy Bragg @ Filter Courtyard

I've been asked a bunch of times since I've returned from Austin what my favorite set of the week was, and I'm pretty sure it was Kate Nash's Filter Courtyard finale that entertained me the most.

I've never seen her live before, and she struck me as charming, smart, and very talented. And to top it all off, she sang one of my favorite songs ever, Billy Bragg's "A New England"...with Billy Bragg.

I found a clip of most of that performance on YouTube. It sounded WAY better than this clip (posted below) would lead you to believe.

And speaking of the Filter Courtyard, I want to thank the good folks at Filter for feeding me everyday...I seriously think I could live on that BBQ beef and iced tea if I had to.

Billy Bragg & Kate Nash - A New England/Foundations (Live @ NME Awards) MP3
(courtesy Turn The Page)

Noise Pop @ SXSW

The Big Sleep? A Place To Bury Strangers? Black Angels? Rogue Wave? Helio Sequence? For free? And free beer? And free Dewars?

Yes, please.



The Black Angels - Young Men Dead mp3

The Big Sleep - Bad Blood mp3
The Big Sleep - Pinkies mp3

NYC Hits SXSW Hard.

If you're planning on being in Austin next week and want to find the cool kids from NYC, swing by one of the shindigs our pals at After The Jump are throwing:



Cloud Cult - "Take Your Medicine" mp3



Neimo - "Hot Girl" mp3



These United States - "First Sight" mp3

The Choir Practice, Vancougar to Play Mint Showcase @ SXSW

I've heard some cool stuff about Vancouver's The Choir Practice, whose label bio suggests they "recall the beautiful harmonies of '60s Psych-folk sensations The Free Design combined with the unique song presentation of The Langley Schools Music Project". What's not to like about that description?

So naturally I was chuffed to find out they are playing Mint Records' showcase at SXSW next week:



...And I just wanna see Vancougar because there name is awesome.

Check out the Mint-y goodness here:

Bella - Give It A Night [mp3]
The Choir Practice - Red Fox [mp3]
Vancougar - Distance [mp3]
The Pack A.D. - Gold Rush [mp3]
Carolyn Mark - The One That Got Away with It [mp3]

NPR Brings R.E.M., MMJ, YLT, and VW from SXSW to YOU.

NPR Music will be webcasting four complete concert line-ups from South by Southwest next week. The concerts, featuring 20 bands, will be webcast live on npr.org/music and broadcast live on KUT, KEXP, The Current, WFUV, and WXPN. All concerts will be recorded and archived.

Here's the full line-up of NPR shows:

All Times ET/CT and Subject to Change

Wed., March 12 (Live from Stubbs)
9:00/8:00 p.m.: Johnathan Rice
10:00/9:00 p.m.: Summerbirds in the Cellar
11:00/10:00 p.m.: Papercranes
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.: Dead Confederate
1:00/12:00 a.m.: R.E.M.

Thurs., March 13 (Live from The Parish)
1:30/12:30 p.m.: Shout Out Louds
2:15/1:15 p.m.: Jens Lekman
3:00/2:00 p.m.: A.A. Bondy
3:30/2:30 p.m.: Yeasayer
4:15/3:15 p.m.: Bon Iver
5:00/4:00 p.m.: Vampire Weekend

Thurs., March 13 (Live from Austin Music Hall)
9:15/8:15 p.m.: The Whigs
10:30/9:30 p.m.: Yo La Tengo
12:00 a.m./11:00 p.m.: My Morning Jacket

Fri., March 14 (Live from Volume)
1:00/12:00 p.m.: Lightspeed Champion
2:00/1:00 p.m.: The Weakerthans
3:00/2:00 p.m.: Kaki King
4:00/3:00 p.m.: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
5:00/4:00 p.m.: Liam Finn
6:00/5:00 p.m.: The Whigs

Find yourself a sixer of Shiner Bock at a fancy beer store, put on some tight jeans, an ironic t-shirt, some mirrored aviators, and stand in front of the computer with the volume cranked way up. It'll almost be like being there.

AA Bondy - "There's A Reason" mp3

Papercranes - "Treasure" mp3

Yo La Tengo - "Little Eyes" mp3

SXSW Parties We Are Looking Forward To

This year there are more excellent non-official SXSW parties than ever before. Unless you intend to hit a seminar or panel, or schmooze on the Trade Floor, you really can almost see every decent band down there gratis during the day.

Here's a few free shows we're shooting to hit:



Yeah, you read right, The Wedding Present. For free. At dinner time. Awesome.

And dig Terrorbird & Force Field's boss bash...they even put a beer bottle in the flyer to get the point across:



I'm desperate to hear what These New Puritans sound like live, so I'm so there.

These New Puritans - "Elvis" mp3

And my favorite daytime venue last year, Filter's Cedar Street Courtyard, has another great slate of shows lined-up, PLUS gratis BBQ, blackjack tables (!!), and daily broadcasts by the best host on radio (terrestrial or satellite), Sex Pistol Steve Jones of Indie 103's "Jonesy's Jukebox":



Wanna see me bounce like it's Max's Kansas City in 1977? Be at the Courtyard for the Switches set.

Switches - "Drama Queen" mp3

And in case we were going to be picky about what free beer we'd be drinking down there, The Tripwire today posted their guide to the best of what to drink in Austin.

Nicole Atkins, Live In The Dirty Jerz.

In a convergence of two of the best entities in the New Jersey music scene, Nicole Atkins played a great acoustic set at one of the world's best music stores, Vintage Vinyl of Fords last month, and the whole thing was shot with multiple angles and can be streamed courtesy of YeboTV:

I know I've said it before, but you've got to see her and her band, The Sea, live and in-person to really see and feel how powerful a performer she is. Here's her current string of dates:

02/19/08 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern

02/20/08 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig

02/21/08 Chicago, IL Subterranean

02/22/08 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club

02/23/08 Madison, WI Café Montmartre

02/25/08 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry

02/29/08 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge

03/01/08 Seattle, WA The Triple Door

03/03/08 San Francisco, CA The Independent

03/05/08 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick

03/06/08 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour

03/09/08 Dallas, TX House Of Blues - Cambridge Room

03/10/08 Houston, TX The Mink

03/12/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/13/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/14/08 Austin, TX SXSW
03/15/08 Austin, TX SXSW

03/17/08 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree

03/18/08 Atlanta, GA EARL

03/20/08 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor

03/21/08 Charlotte, NC Snug Harbor

03/22/08 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506

03/24/08 Washington DC Rock and Roll Hotel

3/25 Philadelphia, PA The World Cafe Live

6/12-15 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo


Nicole Atkins - "Party's Over" mp3

Peter Morén signs to Quarterstick (Bjorn & John unavailable for comment)

Great news about our fave PB&J member:

From the press release:

On April 8, 2008, Quarterstick Records will release the highlyanticipated solo album from Peter Morén, the lead singer of Swedish indie megastars Peter Bjorn and John.

The Last Tycoon may be Peter’s first solo album, but it has beenseveral years in the making. Throughout the hectic years of songwriting, recording and touring with Peter Bjorn and John in support of their infectious breakout album, Writer’s Block, Peter never rested. What emerged from that period is an intimate 10-track collection of delicateand introspective songs from one of the most promising young storytellers of the decade.

Recorded and mixed over two years in tiny apartments and rehearsalstudios in Sweden and the U.S., The Last Tycoon is built around the basic foundation of Peter and his guitar. The album has a distinctly homemade feel that feeds from the folk singer-songwriter tradition but still incorporates strings, synthesizers, vibraphones, percussion, amusical saw, and even a drum machine or two.

Peter will be bringing his charming folk-pop to the South by Southwest Festival in March and a handful of select cities this spring.

Nice.

Peter Bjorn & John with Nicole Atkins - "Young Folks (Live in Hoboken)" mp3

Over 500 Bands Confirmed For SXSW

I'm lucky enough that my job will take me to SXSW again this year, and now that the flights and rooms are all booked, I thought I'd poke around the Internets to see what the band rumors look like two months out.

Austinist and Done Waiting usually do pretty good jobs of keeping track of what's happening down there, but the Club Kingsnake site has over 500 bands listed as confirmed! Here's the list as they show it, with a couple MP3's thrown in by us for good measure:


Confirmed for SxSW 2008, per Club Kingsnake:

1/2ALIVE

3 Pill Morning

$olal

AA Bondy - "There's A Reason" mp3

Abstract Artimus

Adai

AFROBOTS

Aim Low Kid

Akala

alamo race track

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO

Alex Wong

Alina Simone

All Time Low

AM

ambeR rubarth

An Albatross

Ana Egge

A.ONE

A Place to Bury Strangers

Ari Shine

Arp

Arrah and The Ferns

Artifact Shore

Ash Grunwald

Asleep, Audience... Dream!

AudioPuppet

Audrey Ryan

Austin Willacy

Autokinton

A VERSE UNSUNG

A Weather

Axel Krygier

Awkward Stage Band

Bad Veins

BALD EAGLE

BATTLEFIELDS

Barara Mason

Bass Line Bums

Bear Hands

Bedroom Walls

Bella

BIG BEN

bildmeister

Bill Reveles

Birds and Batteries

Birdmonster

Birthday Suits

Bjorn Torske

Black and White Years

Black Diamond Heavies

Black Helicopter

Black Hollies

Black Joe Lewis

Black Moth Super Rainbow

Black Mountain

BLAGGARDS

Bleach

Blitzen Trapper

Blue Mountain

Blue Skies For Black Hearts

Bon Iver

Born Ruffians

Bowerbirds

British Sea Power

Broken Teeth

Buddy Akai

Built For The Sea

BUL!M!ATRON!

Bump

Bun B

By All Means Necessary

BY-PASS [trazi pevaca]

Cadence Weapon

Caleb Engstrom

Call To Mind

Capitol K

CAPSULA

Carbon/Silicon - "What the Fuck" mp3

Carlis Star

Carolyn Mark

Carrie Rodriguez

Car Stereo Wars

Cary Brothers

Caspian

Cassettes Won't Listen

cerebral vortex

CHIEF

Chester French

Cheveu

Child Bite

Chris Ayer

Chris Masterson

Chris Pierce

Christopher Rees

Circle Takes The Square

Close To Home

Cloud Cult

clueLess

COBRA KRAME$

Colin Gilmore

Coliseum

Colour Revolt

Consider The Source

Constants

Cool Kids

Coop

CopaCrescent

Cracker Creeptacular

Cut Copy

Dandi Wind

Daniel Folmer

Daniel Lanois

Danny Everitt

dans la lune

Dan Wilson

Daphne Willis

DARK MEAT

Daryl Hall

Dave Arcari

David Banner

David Latimer

Dawn Thomas

Dead Confederate

DEAD END LAKE

DEADMAN

Delta Spirit

Detroit7

DeVotchKa

Diane and the shell

Die! Die! Die!

DIGITAL LEATHER

DJ Ashen

DJ Gina Turner

Drift Effect

DRIVE A

driving by night

Droids Attack

Dokkebi Q

Dolly Parton

Doug Walker

Dozal Brothers

dreamend

DRIVE A

Dustin Cash Band

Earth Dies Screaming

edison glass

elephone

E Jesus De Magico

Elisa Nicolas

El Remolon

ESTAW

Eugene Mirman - "Standup, Live At Caroline's" mp3

Evangelicals

Experimental Aircraft

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons

Fanfarlo

Film School

Firewater

First Communion Afterparty

Fishboy

Foreign Born

Forever The Sickest Kids

Fleet Foxes

Frightened Rabbit

Frikstailers

Frontier Ruckus

Future Clouds and Radar

Gallows

Gasoline Cowboy

Geoff Koch

Genghis Tron

Gentleman Auction House

Gin Palace

Ginsu Wives

Git Some

Gliss

Goes Cube

Gorch Fock

Great Lakes Myth Society

Greg Laswell

Hanne Hukkelberg

Headlights

Health

HEARTSREVOLUTION

Heroes and Madmen

hey Negrita

Hey Willpower

Hillary Johnson

Holy Fuck

Hospital Bombers

Hotel Cafe Tour

Hot Water Music

Hypernova

I and I (Dee Rail & Fat Tony)

INFRAKT

Ingrid Michaelson

IDLEMINE

If Bricks had Wings

Intrinzik

It Lives!

Ivy League

Jahcoozi

Jammin

Jandek

Javelins

Jay Nash

Jay Reatard

Jens Lekman

jenni alpert

Jessie Baylin

Jimi Bianco

Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong

Joel Eckels

Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit,

Jonny On The Rocks

JOSHUA RADIN

Junius

Justice Yeldham

JUSTIN RUTLEDGE

Justin Townes Earle

KADDISFLY

KAM

Kaki King

Kate Bradley

Kate Havnevik

Kelly Dalton

Ketchup Mania

Kid Dakota

Kim Hiorthøy

Kirkland

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis

Kori Withers

KOSHA DILLZ and C RAYZ WALZ

Krizz Kaliko

Kutt Calhoun

KXP

Kyler England

LA Riots

Laromlab

Laura Barrett

Laura Gibson

Lava Children

Lebanon

Le Castle Vania

Le Concorde

Le Loup

liam finn

Libbie Schraeder

LIES IN DISGUISE

Lightspeed Champion

Like Dogs

Limbeck

Lindsay Jane

Lindstrom

LIONS

Lipstick Terror

Living Legends

Liz Clark

Long Live Logos

Loquat

Los Llamarada

Lou Reed

LoveLikeFire

Love Takes Flight

LUCAS WALTERS

LUKE DOUCET

Lykke Li

Madras

Magic Bullets

Mala Rodriguez

Man Man

Maps and Atlases

Maren Morris Band

Marla Hanson

Mason Proper

Mastangs

Matt Cox

MC Dizzee Rascal

MEIKO

MEN

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That's right, I'm gonna get to see Dolly Parton, A Place To Bury Strangers, Scandal, and Bon Iver all within a couple blocks of each other. Sweet.

Photo courtesy Chromewaves.

SXSW stuff: Buzzcocks

Despite the fact that SXSW is almost exclusively about discovering new bands, there were a few old-school artists down there showing the whipper-snappers how it should be done...case in point were the mighty Buzzcocks. In existence since 1975, these oldsters quite literally showed up at the Snocap Tent Party, plugged in, and ripped through an amazingly high-energy set of classics and newer songs, putting most of the sixty or so bands playing at that same moment within a twenty block radius to shame.

Here's how they looked to me from the pit (which like the stage, was populated by an older than most group for SXSW):







And here's a bit of the performance from my shaky-cam:



Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?" mp3 buy

SXSW stuff: Dirty on Purpose

I have an admission to make...with over 1300+ bands playing during SXSW, I actually saw Dirty on Purpose two times. I've loved their Hallelujah Sirens for months & months, but their live show is something else altogether. I can't get enough of their fuzzy swirly poppy rock noise all loud and raw in a club. They totally didn't dissapoint in Austin.

Here's how they looked at the Beauty Bar:



and at Maggie Maes (note DJ's badass The Big Sleep shirt):



New Yorkers will get a chance to catch them again on home turf, as they cap their current tour with a soon to sell-out date at Bowery Ballroom (Saturday, April 14th) on a bill also featuring Calla and The Sugar Report (tickets here).

Check out DoP's recently released video for "Car No Driver", shot in that crazy rock-n-roll capitol, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, home of Blue's Clues host Steve Burns and Elaine Irwin Cougar Mellencamp:



Dirty on Purpose - "Light Pollution" mp3 buy

Dirty on Purpose - "Girls & Sunshine" mp3 buy

SXSW Stuff: Nicole Atkins

One of the best sets I saw at SXSW was from Nicole Atkins (whom we reviewed a little while back) at the Industry Of Music/Oxfam America party. Her voice is absolutely amazing live, and her band, The Sea, suit her songs perfectly. She's one of those artists that can totally capture a crowd and keep them hypnotized for the full length of her set.

Here's how she looked there:





She also played an earlier, well-received show with Jersey's The Parlor Mob subbing for The Sea, who were snowbound in Brooklyn and couldn't get to Austin in time for that gig. Gothamist has video of them doing Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", and a cool short interview video as well.

Her full length album hits the streets on June 26th...it would be great to see this very cool chick breakout and get the national exposure and success she deserves.

Nicole Atkins MySpace.

from the forthcoming Neptune City album:
Nicole Atkins - "The Way It Is" mp3 buy