Críticas

On Friday at SxSW I started at La Zona Rosa to see We Were Promised Jetpacks then off to the Cedar Street Courtyard for Pete & The Pirates, Beach House, and Bedouin Soundclash. I ended the night at Aces to see Cut Off Your Hands and Airborne Toxic Event.

Wed 18 Mar – SXSW Music Conference and Festival
A brief rundown of who I saw at SXSW this March and who my favorites were....

Wednesday (Mar 18):
Cuntwise Mona (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
smoke and feathers (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Black Diamond Heavies (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Prayer For Animals (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
dd/mm/yyyy (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Thomas Function (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Your 33 Black Angels (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Haunting Oboe Music (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Golden Animals (Fastfolks Cyclery party)
Tera Melos (The Music Gym)
AUN (The Music Gym)

Thursday (Mar 19):
Tim Easton (New West Records party, Club Deville)
Corb Lund (New West Records party, Club Deville)
Mark Olson and Gary Louris (New West Records party, Club Deville)
The Morning Benders (Home Slice Pizza)
Dead Confederate (Home Slice Pizza)
Junius (The Ale House)
Hull (The Ale House)
Fuckshovel (Spiro's Amphitheater)
Dead Confederate (Spiro's)
Goes Cube (The Ale House)
Annihilation Time (Room 710)
Earthless (Room 710)

Friday (Mar 20):
Moth!Fight! (Emo's Annex)
Frances (Flamingo Cantina)
Woodgrain (Typewriter Museum)
Butcher Bear and Charlie's Roller Coaster Band (Typewriter Museum)
UME (Typewriter Museum)
THE SLANTS (Typewriter Museum)
Asakusa Jinta (Typewriter Museum)
The Republic Tigers (Home Slice Pizza)
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Home Slice Pizza)
Say Hi (Home Slice Pizza)
Hamell on Trial (Soho Lounge)
Eagle Twin (Emo's Annex)
The Felice Brothers (Habana Bar Backyard)
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (Habana Bar Backyard)
Tim Easton (Habana Bar Backyard)
Pelican (Emo's Annex)

Saturday (Mar 21):
The Victor Mourning (Yard Dog Gallery)
Jad Fair (Yard Dog Gallery)
Tim Easton (Yard Dog Gallery)
Jason Lytle (Hot Freaks Party, Mohawk)
Vetiver (Mess With Texas 3, Waterloo Park)
Jason Lytle (Mess With Texas 3, Waterloo Park)
Dead Confederate (Side Bar)

...and at this point I had had it. Ended up that I had the flu, which kicked my butt for the next week.

So, 46 shows in 4 days...not too bad, but fewer than I had hoped. I ended up seeing more of my favorite bands as opposed to my normal mode of operation of checking out new music during SXSW.

Best day parties were certainly at Fast Folks Cyclery, Home Slice Pizza, and of course at the Typewriter Museum.

Bands seen most times: Dead Confederate, Tim Easton, each three times and excellent for each one of them.

Best new-to-me bands: Felice Brothers (ridiculously entertaining stage show), Junius (excellent post-metal from Boston)

Best showcase: Habana Bar Backyard, which featured the one-two-three punch of Felice Brothers, Jason Isbell, and Tim Easton.

Most welcome return to Austin: Hamell on Trial (the crowd at Soho Lounge was jacked, you could tell there were a lot of ex-Electric Lounge'ers there)

At SxSW on Thursday I was given the opportunity to listen to some amazing men who started British Indie Record Labels. Later I started off my night at Spiro's Amphitheatre to see The River Phoenix, I then proceeded to Maggie Mae's to see The Features. I continued on to see The Guggenheim Grotto at Rio, Sam Roberts at Cedar Street Courtyard, Artefacts for Space Travel at The Wave, Delta Spirit at Cedar Street Courtyard, and finally Jay Jay Pistolet at Latitude.

Wed 18 Mar – SXSW Music Conference and Festival
Click the linked day-by-day posts for reviews of each of the bands:

Day 1 - Wednesday :
J. Tillman, Yoni Wolf of WHY?, Themselves, The Handsome Family, Jucifer, Katzenjammer, The Weird Weeds, Dosh, Viva Voce

Day 2 - Thursday :
Justin Townes Earle, Department of Eagles, Mi Ami, Golden Triangle, All the Saints, Tori Amos, Little Boots, Datarock

Day 3 - Friday :
Dressy Bessy, Old James, Ruby Isle, Telepathe, Handsome Furs, Tombs, The Rosebuds, Kittens Ablaze

Day 4 - Saturday :
Katzenjammer, UME, Mouse House, Follow That Bird, The Bird and the Bee

Top 5 Shows:
5: The Rosebuds
4: Ruby Isle
3: Katzenjammer
2: Jucifer
1: Kittens Ablaze

My first night of SxSW 2009 took place at Latitude where the Toy Horses performed. I then ran to Stephen F's to see Ali Harter, she was playing in this very fancy bar. Next I ran to the Radio Room to see All Get Out & Starfucker. Next I was off to the Cedar Door to see Built by snow and Buffalo Billiards for Angus & Julia Stone. I kept going that night and saw An Horse at Maggie Maes, Angry Vs The Bear at BD Riley's, Aqualungat Latitude, Glasvegasat Vice and finally Ida Maria at Buffalo Billiards.

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