SXSW - WHO SHOULD I GO SEE? SERIOUSLY I NEED SUGGESTIONS

[ThunderInTheSky]

This is my list of day shows I intend on seeing or attempting to. I am still working on night shows. Some of which include Echo & the Bunnymen, Tori Amos, Devo, ect

Wednesday

4:20 PM - Superdrag [Outdoor Stage]
5:00 PM - M. Ward [Indoor Stage]
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

2:20 PM - Evangelicals
5:20 PM - Von Bondies
at the Red Eyed Fly

2:30 PM - The Thermals
3:35 PM - Themselves
5:20 PM - Vivian Girls
at Red 7

TBA - The King Kahn & BBQ Show
TBA - Thomas Function
TBA - Annihilation Time
TBA - Psychedelic Horseshit
at Emo's

5:00 PM - Akron/Family
at the Mohawk

5:00 PM - Justin Townes Earle
at Paradise - 401 E. 6th St.

4:00 PM - Giant Princess
at Third Base - 1717 W. 6th St.

Thursday

2:30 PM - Lover!
4:45 PM - Gentleman Jesse
5:30 PM - Cute Lepers
at Breakaway Records - 1704 E. 5th St. #105

2:45 PM - Brimstone Howl
6:30 PM - Willowz
at Trailer Space - 1401-A Rosewood Avenue

2:00 PM - Busdriver
3:00 PM - King Khan and the Shrines
4:00 PM - Cut Off Your Hands
at Bird's Barbershop East - 1107 E. 6th St [Outside]

1:50 PM - Imaad Wasif
3:20 PM - Alberta Cross
at the Red Eyed Fly

TBA- The Avett Brothers
TBA - Daniel Johnston
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

TBA - And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
TBA - Glasvegas
TBA - Vivian Girls
TBA - Wavves
at the Mohawk

7:30 PM - The Rosebuds
at Peckerheads - 402 E. 6th St.

5:00 PM - King Khan and BBQ Show
at the Longbranch - 1133 E 11st st

TBA - Lucero
at Red 7

Friday

5:15 PM - Nobunny!
at the Scoot Inn - 1308 E. 4th

1:45 PM - Personal & the Pizzas
2:30 PM - Hunx & his Punx
3:15 PM - Lover!
4:45 PM - Box Elders
5:30 PM - BBQ
at Beerland

3:30 pm - Wavves
4:30 PM - King Khan & the Shrines
at Emo's [outside stage]

12:30 PM - Obits
2:30 PM - American Analog Set
3:30 PM - The Thermals
at Club Deville

4:00 PM - The Rosebuds
5:00 PM - Delta Spirit

at the Mohawk

3:00 PM - Deer Tick
4:00 PM - Vivian Girls
5:00 PM - Ponytail
5:30 PM - Abe Vigoda
at Ms. Bea's - 1104 E. 6th St.

TBA - Dillinger Four
at Red 7

2:45 PM - Exene Cervenka
4:45 PM - Justin Townes Earle
5:45 PM - Waco Brothers with Rosie Flores
at Yard Dog Gallery - 1510 S. Congress Ave

3:00 PM - Alberta Cross
5:15 PM -Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
at Home Slice Pizza - 1415 S. Congress Ave.

8:00 PM - Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra
at Jo's Coffee - 1300 S. Congress

3:00 PM - Superdrag
at Gueros Taco Bar - 1412 S. Congress Ave.

Saturday

5:30 PM - Tyvek
4:45 PM - Human Eye
at Beerland

6:15 pm - Psychedelic Horseshit
at the Music Gym - 815 East 6th St.
3:30 PM - No Age
2:55 PM - Mika Miko
1:10 PM - Nite Jewel
at Domy Books - 913 E. Cesar Chavez

8:20 PM - The Black Lips [Main stage]
7:30 PM - Circle Jerks [Main stage]
6:55 PM - Akron/Family [Side stage]
6:50 PM - Monotonix [Main stage]
6:05 PM - Lucero [Main stage]
5:20 PM - Thermals[Main stage]
4:35 PM - Vivian Girls [Main stage]
3:45 pm - Japanther [Side stage]
3:05 pm - Abe Vigoda [Side stage]
at Waterloo Park

4:30 PM - Los Llamarada
4:00 PM - AIDS Wolf
3:00 PM - The Evaporators
at Ms. Bea's - 1104 E. 6th St.

6:45 PM - Har Mar Superstar
at Owl Tree Roasting - 3421 N. IH 35

5:00 PM - Milemarker
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

[zenidogx]

Daniel Johnston if you haven't already.


the Decemberists are doing a midnight show, featuring the Hazards of Love in its entirety. that one is a must. Avett Bros are on before them i think.

times like these i wish i could afford SXSW

[BlackSwan]

lol... AIDS Wolf

[ThunderInTheSky]

I live in Texas. I have see Daniel Johnston many times as well as Danny & His Nightmares

[bleep]

slot in the Drones if you get the chance (Friday/9:15 p.m./Karma Lounge)

Elvis Perkins and M.Ward is nice if you're feeling mellow (you'd have to sit through CWK though)

the Grizzly Bear show at the church sounds exciting, but i can only imagine how hard it'd be to get in

i didn't finish looking at the list of artists - i got incredibly jealous mid-way. have fun.

[Psicosis]

Check out My Disco and The Drones at Brush Square Park on Friday

4.30 - 4.55pm THE DRONES
5.40 - 6.05pm MY DISCO

[Boourns]

Asobi Seksu at one of these:
Mar 19 2009 Gigantic Music Party @ The Scoot Inn, 5:25pm (1308 E 4th St)
Mar 20 2009 Polyvinyl Records showcase @ Habana Calle 6 Patio, 1am (709 E 6th St)
Mar 21 2009 Filter Magazine party @ Cedar Street Courtyard, 2:30pm (208 W 4th St)

St. Vincent at one of these:
March 18 4AD showcase at Central Presbyterian Church 200 E 8th St, Austin, Texas 78701
March 20 Billions Showcase at Antone’s 213 W 5th St

[Boourns]

I totally forgot about Superdrag. Saw them open for Green Day way back in 1997. That was a fun show, I'm not ashamed to admit.

[zenidogx]

oh, and for those of us not fortunate enough to go to SXSW, it will be streaming at http://www.npr.org/music/sxsw/

[pocket]

the pity party, the duke spirit and youth group.

[menikmati]

EITS are playing a free show during SXSW.

[Boourns]

Ooh, that'd be a must-see.

[Pixiessp]

Try to catch The Moaners. They are from North Carolina and play kinda bluesy slide guitar rock type stuff. I've got 2 of their CD's which i enjoy quite a bit.

[Whiskers]

Oh my god... you pretty much have to go to this

TBA- The Avett Brothers
TBA - Daniel Johnston
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

And this...

8:20 PM - The Black Lips [Main stage]
7:30 PM - Circle Jerks [Main stage]
6:55 PM - Akron/Family [Side stage]
6:50 PM - Monotonix [Main stage]
6:05 PM - Lucero [Main stage]
5:20 PM - Thermals[Main stage]
4:35 PM - Vivian Girls [Main stage]
3:45 pm - Japanther [Side stage]
3:05 pm - Abe Vigoda [Side stage]
at Waterloo Park

Make sure you do not miss Monotonix! Circle Jerks too.

[sportsbunny]

Adam Freeland live band

[sportsbunny]

the Decemberists are doing a midnight show, featuring the Hazards of Love in its entirety. that one is a must.
times like these i wish i could afford SXSW

Stupid question - what is the hazards of love? A song or album? I'm a new Decembrists fan and haven't heard of it.

[jimmycrackcorn]

check out NPRs "all songs considered" 3-11-2009 podcast... it is a SXSW preview of relatively unknown but you should go see acts...

[CellarOwl]

METALLICA. My general hatred for them, their live shows, their auto-fellating drummer, and their choice gem lyrics ("Love is a four-letter word"), is irrelevant. METALLICA.

[mountmccabe]

This is my list of day shows I intend on seeing or attempting to. I am still working on night shows. Some of which include Echo & the Bunnymen, Tori Amos, Devo, ect

Wednesday

4:20 PM - Superdrag [Outdoor Stage]
5:00 PM - M. Ward [Indoor Stage]
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

2:20 PM - Evangelicals
5:20 PM - Von Bondies
at the Red Eyed Fly

2:30 PM - The Thermals
3:35 PM - Themselves
5:20 PM - Vivian Girls
at Red 7

TBA - The King Kahn & BBQ Show
TBA - Thomas Function
TBA - Annihilation Time
TBA - Psychedelic Horseshit
at Emo's

5:00 PM - Akron/Family
at the Mohawk

5:00 PM - Justin Townes Earle
at Paradise - 401 E. 6th St.

4:00 PM - Giant Princess
at Third Base - 1717 W. 6th St.

For this set I would probably stay at Red 7 the whole afternoon, that's a great three band set. As long as I was able to set aside time to see Akron/Family and King Kahn sometime later during the fest; Themselves and Vivian Girls are going to be at Coachella and the Thermals tour a decent amount (near me, at least.)

I haven't seen King Kahn and Ak-Ak are not to be missed live.


EDIT: I am dumb. It wouldn't make sense to see a bunch of bands I have seen recently/will see again soon and miss King Kahn or Ak-Ak. I would have to pick between those two sets. And I'd probably pick Ak-Ak.

[mountmccabe]

If I were there Wednesday night I would probably pick Central Presbyterian Church for Camera Obscura, St Vincent, Department of Eagles and M Ward. Except that I wouldn't be comfortable in a church so I guess that's out.

Instead I would go back to wishing I could pick and choose sets and see Haley Bonar and Roky Erickson backed by the Black Angels but I would end up considering braving Stubb's for The Decemberists, Avett Brothers and Heartless Bastards.

Or maybe the Parish for Holly Golightly and Dan Auerbach. Yeah, probably that one.

[Alchemy]

This is my list of day shows I intend on seeing or attempting to. I am still working on night shows. Some of which include Echo & the Bunnymen, Tori Amos, Devo, ect

Wednesday

5:00 PM - Akron/Family
at the Mohawk

Thursday

TBA- The Avett Brothers
TBA - Daniel Johnston
at Radio Room - 508 E. 6th St.

Friday

3:00 PM - Alberta Cross
5:15 PM -Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
at Home Slice Pizza - 1415 S. Congress Ave.

Saturday

8:20 PM - The Black Lips [Main stage]
7:30 PM - Circle Jerks [Main stage]
6:55 PM - Akron/Family [Side stage]
6:50 PM - Monotonix [Main stage]
6:05 PM - Lucero [Main stage]
5:20 PM - Thermals[Main stage]
4:35 PM - Vivian Girls [Main stage]
3:45 pm - Japanther [Side stage]
3:05 pm - Abe Vigoda [Side stage]
at Waterloo Park

I suppose this would be what I do.

[mountmccabe]

Thursday night for me would be Emo's Jr for the Homosexuals until they end at 11:20 and then trying to get to Prague for the Wrens at 1 am. I know that I wouldn't necessarily be able to get in to see the Wrens but I don't know/care about the bands before them and I couldn't miss the chance to see the Homosexuals.

[GnarVee]

dredg on friday for sure.

[wmgaretjax]

3/20 - The Local Showcase

Shearwater
Alela Diane
David Thomas Broughton
Liz Green
Tom Brosseau
Sam Amidon
The Miserable Rich
Hosted by Howard Monk

[zenidogx]

Stupid question - what is the hazards of love? A song or album? I'm a new Decembrists fan and haven't heard of it.

The Hazards of Love is the forthcoming studio LP from the Decemberists. it is an hour long "(folk) rock opera". it tells the tragic story of Margaret and William. of course, Colin Meloy adds murder, abduction, and assault to make it much more entertaining. it's leaked to the internetz. go enjoy. buy. see them in concert as they will perform it in its entirety.

come to me for your Decemberists needs.

i would start a Decemberists thread, but there aint no love for pretentious hyper-literate prog rockers on this board.

[jimmycrackcorn]

if i could make it i would HAVE to see:

dananananaykroyd perform "pink sabbath"

sgt. dunbar & the hobo banned perform "a march through charles mingus's garbage pile"

and the entrance band perform "grim reaper blues"

any of those i imagine would be F@#$ING AWESOME live...
i hope somebody out there enjoys those songs as much as i did when i first heard them

[ThunderInTheSky]

Oh my god... you pretty much have to go to this



And this...



Make sure you do not miss Monotonix! Circle Jerks too.

I may or may not watch the Monotonix. I have booked them a few times and are fun to watch, but there is other stuff I'd like to see.

I just found out Daniel Johnston will be backed by Hymns so I will for sure be at that.

[ThunderInTheSky]

Try to catch The Moaners. They are from North Carolina and play kinda bluesy slide guitar rock type stuff. I've got 2 of their CD's which i enjoy quite a bit.

Already seen the Moaners, but I am going to go see Earlimart, it's been 6 years or so since I've seen them.

[Harrisment]

I'm driving to Austin after work on Wednesday just to catch the Boys Noize show that night @ The Light. I'm hoping I get there early enough to check out at least one other show, but it doesn't look promising.

[jdaws]

develop ur own taste. bitchtits