It's that time again… here is my annual "Who's Going To SxSW From North Texas" list. I've put in the shows I wouldn't miss in bold, but then, that's my taste in music; it may not necessarily be yours. I'm thrilled for all the bands that have showcases, but there were many many wonderful bands from here that were not offered spots. Why not? Who knows? I mean, where is Sorta? I could go on, but I've spent the morning researching this for y'all, since I can't go to SxSW this year (*sob, sob*) and will also miss everything going on in
North Texas does SxSW:
Weds 3/14
8:45pm Hourly Radio @ Elysium
9p Black Tie Dynasty @ The Tap Room at Six
9p Hogpig @ Bourbon Rocks (rock)
11pm The Theater Fire @ In Music We Trust (followed by Glass Family from
1a Radiant @ Tag Team
Thurs 3/15
10p Doyle Bramhall for Yep Roc Roots @ Continental Club
10p Carmen Rodgers and Geno Young @ Club One 15
11p Keite Young @ Club One 15
12:45a Faktion for BMI @ Club de Ville
1a Fair to
Friday 3/16
7p Ray Sharpe @ Opal Divine's (alt country)
8p
10p Bosque Brown @ Hilton Garden Inn
10p The Mullens @ Habana Patio
10p The Drams for New West @ The Parish (Rock)
10:30p Money Waters @ Visions (Hip Hop)
12:45a Bobby Patterson @ Opal Divine's (R&B)
TBA The Polyphonic Spree for Paste @
TBA Play-N-Skillz @ Beauty Bar Patio
Saturday 3/17
8p-2a Dallas Hip Hop night @ Visions with PPT on at 9:30p (Hip Hop)
9p The Strange Boys @ Blender Bar (Rock/Punk)
10p Kristy Kruger @ The Tap Room (singer-songwriter)
11p Robert Gomez for Bella Union @
12a Nayrok @ Club One 15 (R&B)
11p Eisely @ La Zona Rosa (Rock) with a special guest after and…
1a "Thee
1a Bowling For Soup @ Maggie Mae's
Sunday 3/18
No official shows of
Other Notables
The
Thurs 10p The Sundresses @ Lava Lounge Patio
Fri 10:30p
Fri 10p Six Parts Seven @ Maggie Mae's (experimental)
Fri 1a Nocturnal Collective @ BD Riley's
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Artists I love and showcases that you shouldn't miss:
Sun 8p Astronautilus @ Emo's Jr (alt hip hop… not kidding)
Weds 12a Experimental Aircraft @ Blender Balcony (dreamy rock)
Weds 11p The Mountain Goats @ Emo's (Rock)
Weds TBA Har Mar Superstar @ Flamingo Cantina (a trainwreck of a show… so horrible, you can't stop watching)
Weds TBA White Ghost Shivers @ Molotov (Jazz? Um, more like Old Tyme Country Jazz)
Thurs 10:30p Sondre Lerche @ Antone's followed by
Thurs 12:30a Sparklehorse @ Antone's (Astralwerks)
Thurs 12a Robbers on High Street and 1a Albert Hammond Jr @ Blender Bar
Thurs 11p Mute Math @ Dirty Dog
Thurs 9p Thomas Dolby @ Elysium
Thurs 11p Octopus Project @ Emo's Main Room with Voxtrot @ 1a
Thurs 11p-1a @ La Zona Rosa What Made
Thurs 12:45p
Thurs 11p Badly Drawn Boy (only because it's ACOUSTIC) then @ 12a Aqualung!! (exclamation points are mine!!) … all @ Parish for Hotel Café's acoustic showcase. Cool.
Thurs 9p Aqualung @ Stubb's (busy night for them) with The Dears and Block Party after. Wristband wearers, prepare to see only this one show bec you're not getting in after 8p.
Fri 10p Duncan Sheik @
Fri 11p Ian Moore @ Continental Club (his annual sxsw show)
Fri 1a Apples in Stereo @ Dirty Dog (with John Dufilho of Deathray Davies on drums!!)
Sat 12a Kid606 @ Beauty Bar (electro)
Sat 11p Daniel Johnston and the Nightmares @ Blender Bar
Sat 8p-1a A Fine Frenzy, Paolo Nutini (*dreamy sigh*), Kings of
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And band names you just can't not go see*:
Holy Fuck
Holy Shit! (sadly, they don't play together)
Sissy Wish
The Grass
Oh no! Oh my!
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Mittens on Strings
Die!Die!Die! (hey, it's a showcase with those last three – someone has a sense of humor)
Peter, Bjorn, and John (gotta love Swedish bands)
Kissing Tigers
Quien es, BOOM! (from
Shapes Have Fangs
Brighton MA (from
Frightened Rabbit
The Jonbenet (ack!, of course, a Metal band)
I heart
The Hot Puppies
Shitdisco
Say Hi To Your Mom
Menomena (ba ba bababa, babababa bababa ba)
my!gay!husband!
These Arms Are Snakes
Les Brestfeeders
Menwhopause (from
Psychedelic Horseshit
Get cape. Wear cape. Fly.
The Crack Pipes
The Woggles
Apostle of Hustle
The Ugly Beats (are they poets, or just unattractive musicians?)
Flaming Arrows Mardi Gras Indians (from NO LA, of course)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
The Femurs (they should play with The Lemurs)
The Tragically Hip
Deaf in the Family (I heart hip hop humor)
Michael Zapruder's Rain of Frogs (not a
The Sippy Cups
Fake Problems
*all band names are actual bands on official sxsw shows. And they might actually be decent musicians.
6 comments:
worst SXSW lineup in several years I'd say.
It's all about the UNofficial parties this year, I'd say. Will post a list of those soon-ish.
btw, nice pic. =)
Alabama Thunderpussy was one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. They opened for the Misfits in Virginia in 2002 or 3 (can't remember exactly). REALLY REALLY LOUD. Front man is out of control. Had a really cool ringer shirt that I bought and wore a lot. Old school tobacco company style logo.
How is The Tragically Hip in your funny band names list, not under must-sees?
Saw Peter, Bjorn, and John on TV a couple weeks ago. Not a fan.
Will look over the schedule close to and if I notice anything I'll post another comment. Thanks for the pre-sort, though.
Don't forget about the Dallas festival...North by Southwest. www.northbysouthwest.com. Polyphonic, Okkervil, Starlight Mints, Snowden, etc. myspace.com/ellumonstage
I promise y'all a treat with menwhopause. If you don't believe me, listen to some of their music here and here [unreleased].
yeah, but what's the story behind their name? do they get the joke? all I want to know...
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