SXSW 2008 previews

[JohnnyRoyale]

http://www.randomville.com/music/feature/article-753.html

 

[Dan]

Ice Cube!

[kcneon]

I thought the same thing...who knew?

[JohnnyRoyale]

Round 2   

http://www.randomville.com/music/feature/article-755.html

[JohnnyRoyale]

Check out our comment by Petty Booka: http://www.myspace.com/randomvillezine 

I thought it was pretty funny

[JohnnyRoyale]

http://www.randomville.com/music/feature/article-756.html

 

[Dan]

Vampire Weekend think of themselves as a punk group? That's a load of bollocks.

[Buzzstein]

Vampire Weekend think of themselves as a punk group? That's a load of bollocks.

I like Vampire Weekend, but they are about as punk as Belle & Sebastian.

[JohnnyRoyale]

Yes folks, this thread will be my reporting headquarters filled with reporting, interviews and images. Plus, each day YOU get to decide what bands I go see! Read more about it here

[Cockney Rebel]

Our intrepid reporter, JR, asked me to copy the following across to this thread............

Well I rented a laptop and it worked fine last night, but it officially died today. So now I have to comb Austin first thing tomorrow morning to rent a new one. The company in Seattle offered to send me a new one by Friday, but instead will pay for this new one. So I'm a little bitter. ALL of the music I was planning to go see tomorrow is stored on the web and this G D computer in the lobby office doesn't allow web access....only email.  There was a VIP pre party to attend tonight, but I forgot the damn card in Seattle and my dense memory can't remember the venue. I'd be better off walking around Austin asking if anyone has seen my baseball. I usually don't travel well anyhow, but I've also worked up a case of nausea and a headache.

I did meet some rather interesting folks during the travel today. They ranged from San Fran to Edmonton to The Netherlands. I haven't heard a note of music yet and I've given away about 10 R'ville stickers so far. I played a game of Frogger by dashing across a major highway to go grocery shopping at a ........Walmart. Yes, I have sold my soul for food   

I've mostly seen Austin in the dark so far, but everything DOES seem bigger. Just lots of open space everywhere so far, and most vehicles I've seen have been big trucks and SUV's. The weather is nice and warm (calling for 88 on Friday!) and things are pretty calm for the most part.
 
Meeting Woxy folks tomorrow, going to a few workshops and the music starts tomorrow night! Hopefully the computer issues will all be solved quickly tomorrow and I can get moving. I'm obviously a little ticked off tonight, so I think I'm going to call it an early night and charge up the batteries pretty good for tomorrow. Thinking positive thoughts and I know things will work out tomorrow. Hey, I'm on vacation!
 
I can't read yet if anyone has come up with bands for me to check out yet, but let em rip!
 
Tell Butter he's a d-bag   

[Dan]

Tell him to go check out Cut Copy at the Modular showcase. Might be cool.

[kcneon]

Sorry to hear about your laptop disaster - hope you get a new rental worked out. 

Wednesday:  I'd say the Domino showcase stands out.  I'd check out the early Simian Mobile Disco DJ set for sure.  Then maybe head over to see the last part of the KCRW showcase with The Ting Tings and Duke Spirit.

Thursday night:  The Clash Magazine show (at Friends on 6th) looks good with a lot of UK acts (including Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon and The Pigeon Detectives). 

[JohnnyRoyale]

http://2008.sxsw.com/music/showcases/date/2008-03-12.html

This is the link folks can use to navigate and see who is playing. Come on, I need more requests than that!!!

I'm finally online now and ready to jump in. Looks like I might not catch any conference panels at all today, but I'm going to try. Got a few cool pics from the San Fran airport of all places, but I'll post those later.

See ya when I see ya,
JR

[Dan]

I agree with KC apparently. Here's my list for today:

Antone's
(213 W 5th St) (All Ages) 
  Domino
  Simian Mobile Disco  8:00 p.m.  London UK  Electronic 
 These New Puritans  9:00 p.m.  Essex UK  Rock 
 Lightspeed Champion  10:00 p.m.  London UK  Rock 
  Sons & Daughters  11:00 p.m.  Glasgow UK  Rock 
  The Kills  12:00 a.m.  London UK  Rock 


Bourbon Rocks Patio
(508 E 6th St) (All Ages) 
   The Black Angels  12:00 a.m.  Austin TX  Rock 


Buffalo Billiards
(201 E 6th St) (21+ ) 
  KCRW.com
  Division Day  11:00 p.m.  Los Angeles CA  Rock 
  The Ting Tings  12:00 a.m.  Manchester UK  Pop 
 The Duke Spirit  1:00 a.m.  London UK  Rock 


Dirty Dog Bar
(505 E 6th St) (21+) 
  ASCAP
 Bad Veins  10:00 p.m.  Cincinnati OH  Rock 


Emo's Main Room
(603 Red River St) (All Ages ) 
 Longwave  9:00 p.m.  New York NY  Rock 
 Be Your Own Pet  10:50 p.m.  Nashville TN  Rock 
  Autolux  11:40 p.m.  Los Angeles CA  Rock 
  The Black Keys  1:00 a.m.  Akron OH  Rock 

Karma Lounge
(119 W 8th St) (21+) 
  Modular
  DJ Remy Mac (Voxtrot)  8:30 p.m.  Austin TX  DJ 
 The Black Ghosts  10:00 p.m.  London UK  Electronic 
   Cut Copy  12:00 a.m.  Melbourne AUSTRALIA  Electronic 
 

La Zona Rosa
(612 W 4th St) (All Ages) 
  Van Morrison  7:00 p.m.  Dublin IRELAND  Singer-Songwriter 
  Free Yr Radio
  DJ Dave P  10:00 p.m.  Philadelphia PA  Electronic 
   Yeasayer  11:30 p.m.  Brooklyn NY  World 
  Simian Mobile Disco  12:30 a.m.  London UK  Electronic 


Maggie Mae's Rooftop
(323 E 6th St) (21+) 
  eMusic
 Peel  11:00 p.m.  Austin TX  Rock 
 Frightened Rabbit  12:00 a.m.  Glasgow UK  Rock 
  Bon Iver  1:00 a.m.  Eau Claire WI  Rock 


SESAC Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center
(500 E Cesar Chavez St) (All Ages) 
 Cassettes Won't Listen  1:00 p.m.  Brooklyn NY  Rock 
  A Place To Bury Strangers  4:00 p.m.  Brooklyn NY  Avant/Experimental 
 Akron/Family  4:30 p.m.  Brooklyn NY  Avant/Experimental 
Ra Ra Riot  5:00 p.m.  Syracuse NY  Rock 
  Saul Williams  5:30 p.m.  Los Angeles CA  Hip Hop/Rap 



And of course, I don't know any of the following, but it might be fun to make friends with a bunch of Norwegians:

The Thirsty Nickel
(325 E 6th St) (21+) 
  Smalltown Supersound
  Arp  8:00 p.m.  San Francisco CA  Electronic 
  Sunburned Hand of the Man  9:00 p.m.  Boston MA  Avant/Experimental 
  Bjorn Torske  10:00 p.m.  Bergen NORWAY  Electronic 
  Diskjokke  11:00 p.m.  Oslo NORWAY  Electronic 
  Lindstrom  12:00 a.m.  Oslo NORWAY  Electronic 
  Kim Hiorthoy  1:00 a.m.  Oslo NORWAY  Electronic 

[Buzzstein]

I second Dan's suggestion of The Black Keys and The Black Angels.

Also A Place To Bury Strangers and Holy Fuck.  I just saw both bands last Saturday night.  Awesome show.  Go see both of them!  Oliver of APTBS is a nice guy too.  I got a chance to talk to him after the show.

Also Spoon, Old 97's, The Raveonettes

And a couple of the lineups Thursday look absolutely awesome!

Austin Music Hall
(208 Nueces St) (All Ages)
NPR
The Whigs    8:15 p.m.    Athens GA    Rock
Yo La Tengo    9:30 p.m.    Hoboken NJ    Rock
My Morning Jacket    11:00 p.m.    Louisville KY    Rock

And AHH HELL YEAH!! You gotta check this out!!

Cedar Street Courtyard
(208 W 4th St) (21+ )
Anti/Utne Reader
The Weakerthans    11:00 p.m.    Winnepeg MB    Rock
DeVotchKa    12:00 a.m.    Denver CO    Rock
Billy Bragg    1:00 a.m.    London UK    Rock[