SXSW 2009

I am steaming with anticipation, so fuck it, I'm starting the thread NOW.

WHO'S IN?!!!?!?!?!

Oh, and for a comprehensive list of bands confirmed already:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/01/sxsw_confirms_a.html

[move]YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/move]


Martina Topley-Bird! (1st US show in over 6 years!) Harlem Shakes! Beach House! Metronomy! Tallest Man on Earth! Handsome Furs! Primal Scream!

I gotta do SXSW at some point…  for now, I'm all set up for the next trip to ACL Fest.  But, it may be a bit early to start THAT thread

So is SXSW really worth it? Can you really go there and do free shows? I don't really understand the appeal because *some* of the bands play DC first before or after SXSW…and the rest have toured DC in the past. I'm just very curious.

wanderlust wrote:
So is SXSW really worth it? Can you really go there and do free shows? I don't really understand the appeal because *some* of the bands play DC first before or after SXSW…and the rest have toured DC in the past. I'm just very curious.

Yes, SXSW is worth it and totally awesome.  I would love to go again.  You can go to tons of free shows, eat a lot of free food, and drink a lot of free beer.  And the town is phenomenal; it is a tremendous time.

this Stubbs schedule cracked me up:

PJ Harvey & John Parish  10:00 p.m.    England UK-ENGLAND  Rock 
The Indigo Girls  11:15 p.m.              Atlanta GA  Singer-Songwriter 
Third Eye Blind  12:30 a.m.                San Francisco CA  Rock 

cool, I'd love to go next year ;)

callat703 wrote:

wanderlust wrote:
So is SXSW really worth it? Can you really go there and do free shows? I don't really understand the appeal because *some* of the bands play DC first before or after SXSW…and the rest have toured DC in the past. I'm just very curious.

Yes, SXSW is worth it and totally awesome.  I would love to go again.  You can go to tons of free shows, eat a lot of free food, and drink a lot of free beer.  And the town is phenomenal; it is a tremendous time.

callat703, i think that's an offer for a date  :-*

shutup you must be bored today ponytail guy!

sweetcell wrote:
callat703, i think that's an offer for a date  :-*

Everyone I've talked to who's been tries to go back as frequently as possible.


They're obviously doing something right out there.

im not even going and ive been invited to a lot of parties from different bands, magazines, new york things going on there, etc. i think next year im definitely going to try and make it.

and joe - a lot of the bands dont go through DC at all, esp the smaller bands.

xneverwherex wrote:
and joe - a lot of the bands dont go through DC at all, esp the smaller bands.

Don't mind Joe. He's always looking for excuses to be a bitch and not go to things because…well…he's a bitch. ;D
You should've heard his lame excuses for not going out last night.

http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2009/03/19/655665.aspx

Good News And Bad News From SXSW

Ehh…Labels, both indie and otherwise are becoming a thing of the past. We kind of already knew that.

ixkpd-bk wrote:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/01/sxsw_confirms_a.html

damn someone already took the name Fuckshovel.

Spring Tee and I have done a few SXSWs. Sadly, this year I broke my personal five year streak.  it's off the charts fun mixed in with some fine music.  I call it the "rock and roll death march"  because you need to sleep for  a week when you get home, and you'll lose about ten pounds walking cause daytime and night showcases are all over the freekin town and buses are scarce.  Bands play almost 24x4; in parking lots with generators, construction sites with power from adjacent office buildings, there's even an art gallery out on Congress called the Yard Dog that sets-up tents in their back alley. They hosted Flight of the Conchords there three or four years ago, before they even dreamed of success and a tv show.

Parts of 6th Street are closed to traffic and tour buses are banished to a lot over by the Convention Center.  You'll see bands you know pushing equipment trolleys all over downtown.  930 club boardies already know about many of the bands there…sort of like the earlier link talking about the recently signed "new" band, Silversun Pickup??!!!! WHAAAATT?  A 930 Club stapher told me to check them out three years ago.  On top of the 1,900 "official bands" hundreds of rogue bands show up and play the free daytime showcases at clubs along 6th street, starting around noon every day.  There you'll find some of the BEST unjuried bands - discards from the "Official SXSW" judges panel.

Just sayin…go but don't set your sights too high, and take a large wad of cash.  Downtown hotel rooms and official passes are expensive (passes were over $600. walk-up this year). Coolest daytime hangout:  Cedar Street Pub four-day headquarters for Filter Magazine: somewhere to sit down, have a proper cocktail and listen to unexpected visits from major headlining bands…like Snow Patrol a couple years ago.  I thought I was hallucinating when Gary Lightbody took the mike and introduced the band like they were just off the boat.  There were probably fifty people there.  Good times for fans and bands. (Tips:  If you're gonna go, make your hotel reservations in late August or Sept. for the following March. My fav. bunk-in is the Austin Hilton downtown; and take seriously comfy shoes.)

I can't breathe, its 4:30am and I don't think its natural to see 50 bands in 72 hours, but I've done it. My feet…ohhhhhhhh my feet. HURT.

i find it amusing that a festival spotlighting the up and coming newly cresent fresh delights is now a breeding ground for the almost "has been" set to show up and look "in the know and cool."

metallica
kanye
common
lady sovereign
perez hilton

sirius xm u played only bands partaking this year all weekend, with interviews and the such.  it was neato.

oh yeah, and i can't believe the circle jerks played! 

I saw Common a couple weeks ago at the club. One of the better hip-hop shows I've been to by far.