South By Southwest (& Other Music Festivals)

Started by RegularKarate, February 24, 2004, 02:03:32 PM

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mogwai

Quote from: RegularKarateI saw a lot of other bands, but I can't remember all thier names.
so were the hives any good? :wink:

godardian

The Anglophile in me is super-chuffed to know that The Thrills and Franz Ferdinand were the "big draws" of SXSW. They are very promising, intriguing bands whose music has wit, grace, and style... all-too-rare qualities that it's nice to have in two up-and-coming bands simultaneously, even if the hype and bandwagon-hopping is getting annoying, esp. with Franz Ferdinand.

Everclear lead singer=royal asshole. He's easily Portland's most-hated "rock star." Like, you can spot the Sleater-Kinney girls at the grocery store and think it's kind of cool and they're super-casual and pretty damn down-to-earth, but NOT HIM. I've never heard anyone say he's acted like anything less than a supremo jerk-off. Which I guess would be okay if Everclear's music wasn't so infernally dull....

All my opinion, of course.
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mogwai

Quote from: godardianeven if the hype and bandwagon-hopping is getting annoying, esp. with Franz Ferdinand.
i totally agree and i fear that they will sell out and... that "take me out" will become the "smells like teen spirits" of this decade.
hmm, that's a bold statement!

RegularKarate

Quote from: mogwai
so were the hives any good?

I didn't see the Hives.  I've never really been that big of a fan of thiers.  Nothing against the music, just doesn't really do anything for me.  Wish I would have gone though, evidently had a great after party.

As for the Everclear guy... he strikes me as a rockstar asshole, that's why I thought it was funny that he was at Spaghettie Warehouse.

mogwai

Quote from: RegularKarateAs for the Everclear guy... he strikes me as a rockstar asshole, that's why I thought it was funny that he was at Spaghettie Warehouse.
eh hem, just wondering... did ya read god's post? :-D

Quote from: godardianEverclear lead singer=royal asshole. He's easily Portland's most-hated "rock star." Like, you can spot the Sleater-Kinney girls at the grocery store and think it's kind of cool and they're super-casual and pretty damn down-to-earth, but NOT HIM. I've never heard anyone say he's acted like anything less than a supremo jerk-off. Which I guess would be okay if Everclear's music wasn't so infernally dull....


Pedro

Quote from: RegularKarate
Quote from: mogwai
so were the hives any good?

I didn't see the Hives.  I've never really been that big of a fan of thiers.  Nothing against the music, just doesn't really do anything for me.  Wish I would have gone though, evidently had a great after party.
you should have seen the hives dude.  im not really a fan of them on cd...it's kinda monotonous...but live it was a completely different thing.

did you go to the polyphonic spree/how's your news?/broken social scene/snow patrol/metric/patrick park   show at stubb's?

oh also, i was 4 feet from Isaac at modest mouse and had his spit fly all over me...my friend asked him how his drink tasted.  i think where we were really made the mix that night terrible...way too loud, but they were reaching towards the back, so it's understandable.

RegularKarate

Yeah, I was at the back, by the board.  Sounded good there.  

Were you the one throwing Suicide Girl stickers at him?


I didn't catch Polyphonic... I really wanted to see David Cross that same night and had to get up really early the next morning.  I'm pissed though because I was wrong about the times and I really could have probably made it.

Pedro

Quote from: RegularKarate
Were you the one throwing Suicide Girl stickers at him?
No, that was a dark skinned woman with very large breasts about 15 feet behind me.

mogwai

Quote from: Pedro the Wombat
Quote from: RegularKarate
Were you the one throwing Suicide Girl stickers at him?
No, that was a dark skinned woman with very large breasts about 15 feet behind me.
two options to say here...

1. ouch!!

2. ha ha ha

phil marlowe


RegularKarate

No Dillenger EP... that's really my main complaint with SXSW is that there's too much going on at once.  They should seperate the film portion and the music portion better.

Pedro

i saw them at a day show (DEP).  it was amazing, as expected.

phil marlowe


RegularKarate

Okay, more thread bumping for Music Festival shiznit.

ACL fest (Austin City Limits) just officially announced thier line-up (I and officially anounced that I'm getting tickets).  It was rumored and is now true... The Pixies will be there.

Here's the line-up

American Analog Set
Terry Allen
Trey Anastasio
Anthropos
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Asleep at the Wheel
Marcia Ball
Bobby  Bare, Jr.
The Bells of Joy
The Beta Band
Big Head Todd & The Monsters
The Biscuit Brothers
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Broken Social Scene
Doyle Bramhall
Marc Broussard
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Solomon Burke
The John Butler Trio
Cake
Calexico
Cat Power
Troy Campbell
Neko Case
Centro-matic
Cooper's Uncle
Sheryl Crow
Kacy Crowley
Dashboard Confessional
Howie Day
Deadman
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Drive-By Truckers
The Durdens
Electric Church
Joe Ely
Endochine
Franz Ferdinand
Guy Forsyth

Donavon Frankenreiter
David Garza
The Gospelaires
The Gourds
The Greencards
G. Love & Special Sauce
Gomez
John Dee Graham
Pat Green
Patty Griffin
Butch Hancock
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Earl Harvin Trio
Terri Hendrix
The Holmes Brothers
Jack Ingram
Mason Jennings
Jack Johnson
The Killers
Dayna Kurtz
Ben Kweller
Los Lonely Boys
Ray Lamontagne
Tucker Livingston
Louque
Shelby Lynne
Joe McDermott
Medeski Martin & Wood
Lucas Miller
The Mighty Sincere Voices of Navasota
Monte Montgomery
Abra Moore
Modest Mouse
Mofro
Trish Murphy
My Morning Jacket
New Monsoon
North Mississippi Allstars
Old 97's
Ollabelle
Palm Elementary Choir
Papa Mali
Particle
Patrice Pike
The Pierces
The Pixies
Davis Raines
Rebirth Brass Band
Reckless Kelly
Bruce Robison
The Roots
Rose Hill Drive
Josh Rouse
The Shields of Faith
The Slip
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Slightly Stoopid
Sloan
Mindy Smith
Spoon
Samantha Stollenwerck
Star Kid's Yoga
The Legendary Soul Stirrers
Tea Leaf Green
Toots & The Maytals
J.T. Van Zandt
Warrior
The Wailers
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Dale Watson
Jason White
Holly Williams
Kelly Willis
Wilco
Willy Mason