Sxsw 2007

[danax6]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

JOHN WATTS!!!!

Hah, I had no idea he was still performing! I definitely agree that you need to go see him.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Jealous Again!

My comments after yours - if I don't comment, it's cuz they're local, I've already seen 'em or I'm not interested. "MIP" means, More info, please!

Alamo racetrack MIP
Beasts of Bourbon Love the name, never heard of 'em
Blonde Redhead
CRACKER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve Earle local
Electric Eel Shock-----------a must see - I have, I try to do a Japan nite every year
The Frames
Hoodoo Gurus
Garland Jeffreys MIP
Daniel Johnston ---if that’s the one I know - Probably is, he's local, brilliant songwriter, had some mental health problems, but he's better now. Sounds like I just described Roky Erickson
Les Claypool
The Long Winters - Bruce likes them too...I need to listen to some more before I commit to seeing them
JOHN WATTS!!!! - MIP
22 pistepirkko MIP
The Tragically Hip----definately
The Stooges-----even worth to fly over for...
Spoon
Say Hi To Your Mom---gorgeous, gorgeous lofi popsongs
Grant Lee Phillips---------for sure!
Graham Parker
MIDLAKE!!!!!!!!!








Well, and I would NEVER skip, although totally unknown by me:





Steaming Wolf Penis

I know, that one's hilarious! Especially when you visualize it

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Les Claypool
Graham Parker

I missed these 2 earlier.

Les Claypool is one helluva quirky bassist (See his work with Primus), but a damn good one with an original style.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

I missed these 2 earlier.

Les Claypool is one helluva quirky bassist (See his work with Primus), but a damn good one with an original style.

I love him. Not only his bass-style, but certainly also his "singing"-style and overall musical approach. A real innovator.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Livia

Morrissey is rumoured to return, and there's another rumour of a Nirvana reunion w/ Ben Kweller on lead vocals.

Wow, that is a weird rumour. I really hope it doesn't happen. It just seems wrong.

Anyway, I don't think there's much for me to recommend, I obviously got here way too late, but I will mention a couple anyway:

Afterhours - great Italian band, Smoky, swaggery, sexy rawk

Martina Topley Bird - she used to sing with Tricky, but she's even cooler solo

Andrew Bird - I love him! Great voice and amazingly talented whistler and violinist (not many pop stars can say that these days). I'm going to see him in March myself. I can post some MP3s if you're interested. His next album is going to break him I think, it's soooo good.

The Black Angels - cool, dark bluesy, gloomy rock and roll. They are touring at the moment with The Black Keys. I'm seriously tempted.

BORIS - Melvins-inspired Japanese rock. Their last album Pink was in a lot of year-end polls

The Broken West - I've been listening to their debut album I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On a lot lately. Just infectious power pop, with definite Big Star and Kinks influences

Vashti Bunyan - Vashti is an English folk singer who recorded one album back in the early 70s which didn't do much and she just retired from the music business. Years on the likes of Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom started singing her praises and she finally recorded a follow-up. She's also worked quite recently with Animal Collective. A real treat to see her I think.

Cracker!!

Daniel Johnston - see the documentary The Devil And Daniel Johnston, which is amazing, and you will want to catch this guy.

Willy Mason - just a great acoustic singer-songwriter. Compared to Dylan, but then isn't every dude with an acoustic guitar. Def worth checking out. Good sense of humour and cool tunes.

Midlake - I saw them three times last year. Yes they are that good. And they have cool, weird films they play as a back-drop, interesting vintage equipment and beards. Oh yes.

Grant Lee Phillips - I've never seen him solo, but with his band Grant Lee Buffalo he was amazing live, I'm sure his solo show will be just as good.

Fionn Regan - fantastic Irish singer-songwriter, with cool funny memorable songs and lots of charisma

Gruff Rhys - the singer from the Super Furry Animals. I saw his solo show last night Livia, and it is so much fun, don't miss!

Sahara Hotnights - all-girl punk rock from Sweden, what could be better?

Sloan - perfect power pop. They lost it for a while but I hear their new album is great.


That's more than a couple but what the hell...

[shackin'up]

Alamo racetrack :dutch lowfi band: here they’re fooling around in a dressingroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek4osa4LlVI

Beasts of Bourbon raw hard ROCK ‘n’ROLL! From down under. Their name says it all.

Garland Jeffreys Hail Hail Rock’n’Roll and Matador were big hits. He’s just a classic songwriter that I should check out. Just to be sure about a highquality performance.

JOHN WATTS!!!! Former singer of Fischer-Z. Still active. A great songwriter and special singer. Last year he was playing The day Johnny Cash passed away in a street in Austin!!! Look!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT8I3uJ0bl0

22 pistepirkko-----Fins. Very original punkpoppy experiments. A great band.
The Tragically Hip----NEVER SKIP THE MTFCKING HIP!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Livia

Meat Puppets-Alternative rock (I remember these guys from when they had 2 former members of San Antonio's metal band Pariah, Kyle Ellison & Shandan Sahm, in their group for a time) The original members just did a surprise reunion show, I'm not sure what the sxsw lineup will be

Had a bad experience with one of their fans at a show when they opened for Stone Temple Pilots. Didn't really care for them.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Anyway, I don't think there's much for me to recommend, I obviously got here way too late, but I will mention a couple anyway:

You're not too late at all - it's still a month away, but it takes that long to plan it all out. Thank you for these suggestions - you're the 2nd person who has mentioned Willy Mason to me...I've got some googling to do....

Daniel Johnston - I haven't seen the documentary on him yet...did it show how the die-hard Austinites fought to keep his weird frog mural on the wall of a record store after it got turned into a sandwich shop? I used to live 3 blocks from it when it was still a record store. Records, not CDs. And yes, the mural is still there.

[shackin'up]

I don't know if you checked out the other links I posted, but this is a vid from 22 Pistepirkko. They do things in quite a broad range, so this is not archetypical for them. They can pop, noise, punk and rock and everything in between. Very sympathetic and good band. Checkem out Livia, they're very inspiring.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Yz2...elated&search=

[shackin'up]

Certainly not his best song, but it gives you an image of his humour and sensibility for real life. This guy plays regularly with electric guitar over a preprogrammed synth. He pours out great melodies, rawedged but beautiful melancholic poprock with a wink. I love it.

Say Hi To Your Mom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQfSj...elated&search=

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

courage is one of my favorite songs of all time. same with blow at high dough

And New Orleans Is Sinking, And Twist My Arm, And Grace, too
AND.... I can easily put a 15 song list here that totally rocks.

[Für Elise]

I was looking at the list and the one name that popped out was You Am I. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Am_I Those guys are brilliant

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Livia

Daniel Johnston - I haven't seen the documentary on him yet...did it show how the die-hard Austinites fought to keep his weird frog mural on the wall of a record store after it got turned into a sandwich shop? I used to live 3 blocks from it when it was still a record store. Records, not CDs. And yes, the mural is still there.

They show the mural but not the fight to keep it.
I have to say, I'm really glad it's still there!

SXSW is always a nutty good time around here. Last year was my best yet(Met Ray Davies, Bobby Bare, etc.), and I didn't even buy a wristband. For me, that seems the way to go - select your few "must sees" and don't kill yourself running around trying to catch everything under the sun. (I've done that) The Continental Club I hear will have something special on Saturday Night (read old school deliciousness) but things are still being firmed up.

I will probably be playing a few shows at Ego's and Freddie's Place but will surely be out and about. We should try and hook up Central Texas Ledgies n visitors.

From the descriptions posted, the Gore Gore Girls have intrigued me most so far. And there's the free shows at Auditorium Shores that are often pretty bad ass (Toots and the Maytals, Gourds, Allen Toussaint, etc.) - I hear Public Enemy might do one - I'm not a fan but an interesting choice.

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see Townsend do something small and acoustic. But those presentations where they speak (Emmylou, PT, etc) are usually impossible to get in unless you have the $600 industry badge, and even then it's first come basis.

I need to peruse that list more and keep checking back here...

[Livia]

Ozomatli is playing one of the free shows, hope they don't get arrested this time! I believe Public Enemy is a go as well.

The schedule is up now -

http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases...007-03-14.html

I'm already going bonkers - The Gore Gore Girls are playing at the same time as Iggy Pop & the Stooges. But, they are also playing a day party at Yard Dog on Sat.

Midlake is also playing the same time as Iggy. But, they're rolling thru Austin on their tour next Friday and at the SPIN party on Thursday at Yard Dog.

Read the bio for Steaming Wolf Penis - hilarious!

http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/33176.html