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Prima Donna: #4 of John’s “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”

Friday, April 08, 2011 By John Anderson

Prima Donna performing at SXSW, 3/18/11 - Photo by Erica Bruce / Between Love & Like

As noted previously in my post in praise of Biters, I dig me some glam rock. In that earlier post, I referenced T. Rex, since Sir Bolan struck me as being the most apt reference point to the band at hand, but I’m also an ardent admirer of take-no-prisoners gutter glam as practiced by the […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Rock, Specials, Streams, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Prima Donna, SXSW, SXSW 2011

Hunx & His Punx: #3 of John’s ‘Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011’

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By John Anderson

In a world where boys who can’t sing aren’t allowed to be lead vocalists in 1960s-style girl groups, only one hero was gay enough to defy the odds: Hunx -eMusic’s capsule description of Too Young To Be In Love, the debut album from Hunx & His Punx I first heard Hunx & His Punx in […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Indie, Rock, Streams, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Hunx & His Punx, SXSW, SXSW 2011

Biters: #2 of John’s “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 By John Anderson

It’s no secret that I love me some power pop, so when I was cruising through this year’s SXSW torrent and Biters leaped out of the speakers with “Melody for Lovers” (bar none the best new-to-me power pop song of the torrent, and a shining example of power pop perfection), I snapped to attention immediately. […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Rock, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Biters, SXSW, SXSW 2011, The Biters

My Jerusalem: #1 of John’s “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”

Tuesday, April 05, 2011 By John Anderson

My Jerusalem, the band that I would leave SXSW 2011 proclaiming to everyone willing to listen as having been the best new band I saw all week, and the one that I knew would present me with the tallest order in terms of doing them justice with mere words, was a band that I hadn’t […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Downloads, Indie, Rock, Streams, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Jeff Klein, Mercy Lounge, My Jerusalem, SXSW, SXSW 2011, Todd Ohlhauser

John’s SXSW Roundup, Starring Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, and the “Fantastic Four of SXSW 2011”

Monday, April 04, 2011 By John Anderson

Given that friends and colleagues always ask upon my return from Austin who were my absolute favorites of the new bands I saw at SXSW each year, I’m going to focus my attentions entirely on the new-to-me bands that I left Austin wishing most fervently that I could see play again right now. As it […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Features, News, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin, SXSW, SXSW 2011

Alejandro Escovedo’s Legendary Conclusion to SXSW 2010 at the Continental Club

Friday, April 09, 2010 By John Anderson

It was two years ago at the unofficial Sunday night South-by closing ceremonies at the Continental Club that Alejandro Escovedo world premiered his then-forthcoming album, Real Animal live and in sequence from the first track to the last. It was a remarkable show, and it proved to be an album that raised Alejandro’s profile considerably, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra, Continental Club, Hector Munoz, Javier Escovedo, Jon Dee Graham, Street Songs of Love, SXSW 2010, True Believers

Remembering Alex Chilton, Whose Spirit was Entwined with SXSW 2010

Thursday, April 08, 2010 By John Anderson

I don’t think it would be overstating the case too much to say that when the news of Alex Chilton’s death broke on the first day of SXSW, so too did the collective heart of a sizable percentage of SXSW attendees break. I got the news via text message during the second showcase of the […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Specials, SXSW Tagged With: Alex Chilton, Andy Hummel, Big Star, Born to Lose, Jody Stephens, John Doe, Jon Auer, Ken Stringfellow, M Ward, Sondre Lerche, SXSW 2010, The Replacements

Introducing Foxy Shazam, the Most Indescribably Awesome New Band of SXSW 2010

Wednesday, April 07, 2010 By John Anderson

I first heard (and heard of) Foxy Shazam this past January when their song, “Bye Bye Symphony” was included in the free SPIN magazine compilation, SPIN Presents 2010: A Look Ahead. I liked that song very much, and certainly enough to earn them a “see them at South-by” designation. That decision took on added urgency […]

Filed Under: Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Alex Nauth, Eric Nally, Foxy Shazam, Sky White, SPIN, Stubb's, SXSW 2010

Indie Pop Rocks SXSW 2010 with Stereo Skyline, the Downtown Fiction, and the Ready Set

Tuesday, April 06, 2010 By John Anderson

Some of you may recall the thrillingly eye-opening experience that seeing Totally Michael at South-by was for me last year. Well, if you’re willing to indulge me, I think I’m about to test the patience and credulity of the Twangville audience like never before. (Bear with me though, for as with my South-by blogging of […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Indie Pop Rocks, Stereo Skyline, SXSW 2010, Teen Hearts, the Downtown Fiction, the Ready Set, Totally Michael

With One Night Only & the Crookes, Yorkshire Gets my Vote as the Hottest Scene at SXSW 2010

Monday, April 05, 2010 By John Anderson

Of the 15 bands I saw on Wednesday at SXSW this year, the one that stood head and shoulders above the rest was One Night Only from Yorkshire, England. I’ve had their debut album for a couple of years now, and like it quite a bit, but the band that I saw onstage for the […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: British Music Embassy, One Night Only, SXSW, the Crookes, Yorkshire

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