So the countdown has begun in earnest to my first SXSW. I know, right? How did it take me this long to go? In past years I've focused on festivals in other regions ( UMS Denver , Noise Pop SF , Coachella , etc) and wound up without the money or wherewithal to trek to Texas. This year, we change that. Two weeks from Wednesday, I hop a plane to Austin. I couldn't be more excited, or more overwhelmed. There will be a showcase that Fuel/Friends is helping to present (details forthcoming) and lots [...]
Behold! a few more songs we very like-to-love by artists scheduled to play at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas next month. Sorry about the generic titles this year for these SXSW posts. Last year it was Franglish and oh-so-chic. This year, well, as you see. (Fortunately it doesn't seem to affect the music.) Click song titles to play songs, artist names to go to their SXSW
No....it sounds like L M N O P, but it's really Elemeno P . This has got to be one of my favorite band names. That is just so awesome. Takes me back to kindergarten. Oh those were the days of simplicity. This band is the epitome of emo. And though saying the word "emo" irritates me, it fits Elemeno P very well and I feel good about it. =o) They have been charting in New Zealand for a few years now, even climbing up to the number one spot from time to time. [...]
Elemeno P es un grupo de Nueva Zelanda con un sonido caracterizado por sus guitarras y las voces que acompañan al solista principal Dave Gibson, siendo el resultado un pop-rock típico americano similar al de Weezer por poner un ejemplo. Love and disrespect fue su primer álbum, publicado en el año 2003, del que consiguieron vender más de 45.00 copias y al que le seguiría un par de años más tarde trouble in paradise, que tuvo una extraordinaria acogida por parte de crítica y público, consiguiendo ser nombrados el mejor grupo de los premios de la música de [...]
March is on the way and that can mean only one thing for the indie (and not so indie) music community: the industry clusterfuck that is South by Southwest . A billion bands, a million venues, random house parties, free booze, and zero sleep in an oasis in Texas. I've wanted to go so badly in past years...but I seem to be over that urge for some reason. Anyway, just like last year , a stack of Australian and New Zealand artists will be making their way to Austin to try and impress anyone who will listen. [...]
It's always exciting when South by Southwest announces its schedule and posts songs by many of the bands that will be appearing at the festival. I just spent several--okay, six--pleasant hours making my way through the entire list from Aa to zZz (I skipped +/- because they didn't provide a sample mp3). I admit I didn't listen to every single song. Certain categories didn't really interest me, not yet at least. But I did give ear to everything labelled rock and pop that I didn't [...]
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Garbage – “Not Your Kind of People” Concert @ Webster Hall, NYC (May 22, 2012)
Helmut: “Sepi”
[MP3] DJ Kue – “Dynamite!”
