SXSW 2007 Show Reviews

Here are some short notes on the bands I saw this past week. Most of them written after drinking for hours.

Wednesday

• Prototypes - Looks like they have garages in France too.
• Menomena - Fire sound guy at Beauty Bar. Sammy says, "Boring. Pussy rock."
• Black Angels - Incredible percussion. Dark guitar riffs. Moody vocals. Check!
• Hogpig - Can I get a little metal, please?
• Blacklist - Drummer wearing a leather jacket? Too busy looking cool not being good.
  
• Lilly Allen - Live dancehall with full band. Damn she's sassy.
• The Comas - Why the fuck am I back at the Beauty Bar?
• Rob Crowe - Love his voice, wish I could catch the lyrics.
  
• Die! Die! Die! - Please don't take my knee out. I think I'll need that later
• Blonde Redhead - Would sound much better at home with the lights out.
  
• Schwazy - schweet slacker rap and there's enough crack (butt) here for everyone.

Thursday

• Andrew Bird - Whistling, violin, xylophone and harmonica are not typical components of music I like, but this was great.
• Pete Townsend - Solo acoustic rendition of a song off quadraphenia. He's been doing this for 45+ years, wow!
• Kid Beyond - Spot on beatbox remix of Nine Inch Nails song, incredible!
• The Shys - Only song I liked was the sample from SXSW site.
• Bob Mould - Solo acoustic. Is there anyone better than him and Rob Crowe at crafting a bitter sweet pop song?
• Cold War Kids - Best show of SXSW at this point. Start with 4 people on stage end with 30.
• Don Caballero - Not doing it for me.
• Jesu - The sound guy really likes bass. Can't hear any of the guitar, which is what I came for.
• These Arms Are Snakes - I just moshed myself sober.

Friday

• Breast Feeders - Sharing a garage with the Prototypes. Best tambourine player ever!
• Thurston Moore - It's a feedback party and you're invited. Set list = 1 song.
• Clem Snide - Please something good happen to this man. If not, I'll continue to enjoy the music his misery creates.
• Perry Ferrell's Satellite Party - Nice shiny pants. Steve keeps saying "Kill me now!"
• Yuppie Pricks - Hummer in My Hummer, an instant classic.
• The Clutter - Always great straight up Rock & Roll.
• Ariel Pink - Why, oh why did I have to see this show?

Saturday

• Pink Nasty - CD is good, no advantage in hearing the songs live.
• 7 Shot Screamers - Ooops forgot that every rock-a-billy song sounds the same.
• Walter Meego - Wish I'd gotten here earlier, good electronic pop.
• The Parlor Mob - Singer has a picture of Robert Plant on his bedroom wall.
• Danielia Cotton - Little black girl rocked my world. Back in Black finale, magnificent!
• Marnie Stern - I really hate it when bands start 15 minutes late. Josh reports that badge line at Stubbs is around the block for Stooges.
• Kid Koala - Amazing, spins 3 records without headphones.
• Amon Tobin - One of the best shows I've ever seen! I felt like I was in one of the crowd scenes from It's All Gone Pete Tong. Encore with Kid Koala was insane, speed metal scratches with Tobins big beats, oh so crunchy, I think this is what the big bang sounded like.
  

SXSW 2007

Well I starting to feel pretty good about the upcoming SXSW. I spent a couple weeks listening to over 700 songs from different bands that are playing this year. There are almost 1800 bands playing showcases this year.

Here's my list of bands that to check out. There no way I'll be able to see everything, so I've highlighted the ones I can't miss.

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

08:00PM Chris Letcher (Red 7)
08:00PM The Diffs (Redrum)
08:15PM iLiKETRAiNS (Emo's Jr)
08:30PM the Comas (Beauty Bar Patio)
09:00PM Rubicks (Co-op Bar)
09:00PM Hogpig (Bourbon Rocks)
09:00PM Imperial Teen (Antone's)
09:45PM Blacklist (Elysium)
10:00PM The Dansettes (Continental Club)
10:45PM The Twilight Sad (Mohawk Patio)
11:00PM Lily Allen (Stubb's)
11:15PM Calla (Emo's Jr)
11:20PM The Faceless Werewolves (Beerland)
11:45PM Rob Crow (Mohawk Patio)
12:00AM Experimental Aircraft (Blender Balcony at the Ritz)
12:00AM All the Saints (Lambert's)
12:00AM Holy Fuck (Beauty Bar)
12:00AM Damien Dempsey (Copa)
12:00AM mothercoat (Latitude 30)
12:00AM The Sammies (Light Bar)
12:00AM Manic (Bourbon Rocks)
12:15AM Die! Die! Die! (Habana Calle 6 Patio)
12:30AM Peter, Bjorn and John (La Zona Rosa)
12:45AM Blonde Redhead (Emo's Main Room)
01:00AM Black Moth Super Rainbow (Blender Balcony at the Ritz)
01:00AM KTU (Pohjonen, Gunn, Mastelotto) (Uncle Flirty's Loft)
01:00AM Bermuda Triangle (Co-op Bar)
01:00AM The Wombats (Friends)
01:00AM Les Savy Fav (Red Eyed Fly)
01:00AM Special Guests from Austin TX (Antone's)

Thursday, 15 March 2007

06:00PM Rachel Fuller w/ Special Guests (La Zona Rosa)
08:00PM Errors (Karma Lounge)
08:00PM Ana Laan (Visions)
08:00PM Kid Beyond (Elysium)
08:00PM The Cinematics (Flamingo Cantina)
08:30PM The Shys (Exodus)
08:30PM The Besnard Lakes (Mohawk Patio)
09:00PM Young Widows (Lambert's)
09:00PM Bob Mould (Buffalo Billiards)
09:30PM Jim Bianco (The Parish)
09:40PM Bisc1 (Spiro's)
10:00PM Cut Off Your Hands (Co-op Bar)
10:00PM Cold War Kids (La Zona Rosa)
10:00PM Bang Bang Bang (Opal Divine's Freehouse)
10:00PM Special Guest (Eternal)
10:30PM Shout Out Out Out Out (Beauty Bar Patio)
11:00PM Champion (Maggie Mae's Rooftop)
11:00PM Fujiya & Miyagi (Karma Lounge)
11:00PM The Octopus Project (Emo's Main Room)
11:00PM The Dears (Stubb's)
11:00PM David Vandervelde (Mohawk)
11:00PM MuteMath (Dirty Dog Bar)
11:00PM Lionheart Brothers (Emo's Jr)
11:00PM Architecture in Helsinki (La Zona Rosa)
11:00PM Panthers (Flamingo Cantina)
11:00PM Don Caballero (Room 710)
11:15PM Ocelot (Beauty Bar)
11:30PM Land Of Talk (Maggie Mae's)
11:30PM JESU (Emo's Annex)
11:40PM Air Traffic (The Rio)
12:00AM RWAKE (Room 710)
12:00AM DATAROCK (Emo's Jr)
12:00AM Deerhunter (Soho Lounge)
12:00AM Ghostland Observatory (La Zona Rosa)
12:00AM Bloc Party (Stubb's)
12:00AM Amy Winehouse (Eternal)
12:00AM Fucked Up (Lambert's)
12:00AM Special Guest (Karma Lounge)
12:15AM Shitdisco (Beauty Bar Patio)
12:30AM Vashti Bunyan (Central Presbyterian Church)
12:45AM Okkervil River (Mohawk Patio)
01:00AM Fair to Midland (Eternal)
01:00AM Asobi Seksu (The Parish II)
01:00AM Menomena (Buffalo Billiards)
01:00AM Voxtrot (Emo's Main Room)
01:00AM Pop Levi (The Ale House)
01:00AM These Arms Are Snakes (Lambert's)
01:00AM Special Guests (Habana Calle 6)

Friday, 16 March 2007

01:00PM The Buzzcocks (SXSW Live Austin Convention Center)
07:45PM Public Enemy (SXSW Dew Music Festival at Town Lake)
08:00PM Thurston Moore Instrumental (Mohawk)
08:00PM Cities (Dirty Dog Bar)
08:00PM Special Guests (Club de Ville)
09:00PM Adrienne Pierce (Light Bar)
09:00PM Clem Snide (Buffalo Billiards)
09:00PM Peter, Bjorn and John (SXSW Live Austin Convention Center)
09:30PM Andrew Bird (Stubb's)
09:30PM Smut Peddlers (Emo's Jr)
09:30PM Sybris (Red Eyed Fly)
10:00PM Ane Brun (18th Floor at Hilton Garden Inn)
10:00PM Six Parts Seven (Maggie Mae's)
10:30PM Perry Farrell's Satellite Party (Stubb's)
11:00PM Yuppie Pricks (Habana Calle 6)
11:00PM The Black Angels (Antone's)
11:00PM Los Abandoned (The Rio)
11:00PM Clockcleaner (Exodus)
11:20PM Bedroom Walls (Club One 15)
11:30PM Daedelus (Zero Degrees)
11:30PM Badly Drawn Boy (Stubb's)
11:30PM Thurston Moore Songz plus special guest (Mohawk Patio)
11:40PM Hoodoo Gurus (Blender Bar at the Ritz)
11:45PM Special Guest (La Zona Rosa)
12:00AM The Clutters (Habana Calle 6)
12:00AM Apostle of Hustle (Habana Calle 6 Annex)
12:45AM The Walkmen (Emo's Annex)
12:45AM The Good, The Bad & The Queen (Stubb's)
01:00AM The Ettes (Whisky Bar)
01:00AM The Emeralds (Elysium)
01:00AM Ariel Pink (The Ale House)
01:00AM Beach House (The Tap Room at Six)
01:00AM Sasquatch (Room 710)
01:00AM The Woggles (Habana Calle 6)
01:00AM Special Guests (Habana Calle 6 Annex)

Saturday, 17 March 2007

02:00PM Gallows (SXSW Dew Music Festival at Town Lake)
07:30PM Special Guest (Whisky Bar)
08:00PM 7 Shot Screamers (Dirty Dog Bar)
08:00PM Pink Nasty (Elysium)
08:00PM Buzzcocks (Emo's Main Room)
08:00PM Walter Meego (Exodus)
08:00PM Mastodon (SXSW Dew Music Festival at Town Lake)
09:00PM Danielia Cotton (The Ale House)
09:00PM The Parlor Mob (Bourbon Rocks)
09:00PM Mew (La Zona Rosa)
09:00PM Honky (Dirty Dog Bar)
09:00PM The Berg Sans Nipple (Elysium)
09:00PM Jello Biafra (spoken word) (The Parish II)
09:15PM Electric Apricot featuring Les Claypool (Opal Divine's Freehouse)
09:15PM Meat Puppets (Emo's Main Room)
09:40PM ANAVAN (Emo's Jr)
10:00PM Golem (Habana Calle 6 Annex)
10:00PM Metro Riots (Lambert's)
10:00PM Tia Carrera (Red 7)
10:00PM Marnie Stern (Emo's IV Lounge)
10:00PM Kings of Leon (Stubb's)
10:00PM The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello solo acoustic) (Central Presbyterian Church)
11:00PM Bang Gang (Elysium)
11:00PM Lions (Bourbon Rocks)
11:10PM Lesbians On Ecstasy (Exodus)
11:10PM Ryno (Zero Degrees)
11:30PM Detroit Cobras (Red Eyed Fly)
12:00AM Lab Partners (Lambert's)
12:00AM Lions In The Street (Club de Ville)
12:00AM Au Revoir Simone (Copa)
12:00AM Prototypes (Exodus)
12:00AM The Presidents of the United States of America (Maggie Mae's Rooftop)
12:15AM Amon Tobin (The Parish)
12:30AM The Stooges (Stubb's)
12:30AM Special Guests (Cedar Street Courtyard)
12:30AM Special Guests (Emo's Annex)
01:00AM Gorch Fock (Red 7)
01:00AM Special Guests (Room 710)