Thursday, March 12, 2009

SXSW musts

There's a huge spattering of bands that come to our fair city of Austin each March. Many of them with pockets full of buzz and accolades from blogs/CMJ/or your best friend. I view SXSW as the ultimate litmus test to determine the future of an act. You better be good LIVE and you better have the tenacity to play a lot of shows; if you aren't up to snuff in both areas you have little chance for survival. Hell, you may not even make it out of Texas let alone have a music career once it's over. Word spreads like crazy over this small town over the 4 days of mayhem, it's music evolution at it's best - Darwin would be proud.

Bands I'm looking forward to:
Red Cortez- will be fresh off tour with Morissey, these boys from LA will not disappoint.
The Henry Clay People- will be coming off tour with Airborne Toxic Event and Alberta Cross. Playing sold out shows for 3 weeks will have these guys ready to destroy Austin with their Pavement/Replacements like sound.
BLK JKS- could these guys sound as good as I imagine?
Wavves - I need to see him live, been hearing so much...
Here We Go Magic - Luke Temple and company please my folkie/indie sensibilities, happy to see they're supporting Grizzly Bear on their June dates...
Akron/Family - not sure where to begin here either, makes me smile and want to dance.

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