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We have
reached the end. Sarah and I had a blast this
year at SXSW and really hope that we will be a able
to do it again next year. Tomorrow I will have
one final overview of the entire week along with
that Bravery interview transcribed. Until
then, enjoy Saturday's rundown.
Since by the time Saturday rolls around your feet
have gotten to the point where you wonder if they
work as good as they use too it generally is a good
idea to ease into the last day. We did just
this with a really nice Bluhammock party on top of
the Iron Cactus. Jim Boggia started the little
event with some acoustic pop that wasn't really my
style but something that I thought was solid stuff.
Plus, he was a pretty funny guy. Kristoffer
Rangstam came out next and instantly became another
artist that made me wonder why I only know one song
by them. His set was full of great songs and
everyone in his band looked like they were having a
good time. Swati was the last artist we saw at
the party and even though her set was short I
thought that she sounded quite beautiful. Her
vocals were spot on and all of the distortion and
effects that she used made for an interesting
listen.
Top Center (Jim Boggia), Bottom Left (Kristoffer Rangstam), Bottom Right
(Swati)
Thanks
once again to the awesome kids over at Cornerstone
we were able to get into the Fader party to see The
Good The Bad And The Queen and No Age. Much
like what the Faint did TGTBATQ played an entire
show, not just a set, that was about 55 minutes long
before the two song encore. I couldn't have
asked for more, this was one of my favorite
performances this year. No Age followed
TGTBATQ up but only got to play about 25 minutes
since Damon and Co. put on a show instead of a set.
I had never heard the garage punk duo until
yesterday but I enjoyed them.
I wanted to see Cloud Cult one more time so we
bailed on the Fader party and headed over to Chuggin'
Monkey. They didn't get to play but about 30
minutes but they put on a nice set for a packed
house but still didn't play Take Your Medicine,
which slightly annoyed me.
 
Top Center (The Good The Bad And The Queen), Bottom Left (No Age), Bottom Right (Cloud
Cult)
In between the two hour break between parties and showcases Sarah and I
grabbed a bite to eat and hit up the Fighting Records event to catch a
little bit of Grand Buffet's set before we ran off to see Macromantics.
I find Grand Buffet to be amazingly good so it was nice to seem bound around
in all of their lunacy. As for Macromantics, she was awful. I
don't know what she was thinking but she blew through both her set and her
songs so fast that I was out of breath at the end of her performance.
She desperately needs someone like Sage Francis or P.O.S. to fill her in on
how to properly work a crowd.
 
Left (Grand Buffet), Right (Macromantics)
In order to end our SXSW adventure on a good note we went to the Beauty Bar
to see Tilly And The Wall, The Pipettes, Tokyo Police Club and Cursive.
I don't know if I have just never explored Tilly And The Wall much or what
but I loved their set. It was crazy neat how they all stand on wooden
boxes and use tapping and stomping instead of a drummer. The Pipettes
were the most adorable thing that I have ever seen and if I could carry them
around in my pocket so that I could pull them out when I am feeling down
then I totally would. Tokyo Police Club were fierce but they
unfortunately fell victim to technical issues and were only able to play
about 30 minutes. I am going to have to look into them more as well.
Cursive is one of my favorite bands of all time so I had no issues with them
coming out and closing our week. Tim Kasher and Co. were pretty great
despite the fact that the sound at the Beauty Bar is far from stellar and
they were only able to play about 50 minutes. I especially loved
hearing Sierra live again, it made me remember why I love Cursive so
much.
 
Top Left (Tilly And The Wall), Top Right (Pipettes), Bottom Left (Tokyo
Police Club),
Bottom Right (Cursive) |
