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SXSW 2008 – John’s Sunday Night Highlight: Alejandro Escovedo

Sunday, April 13, 2008 By John Anderson

For all intents and purposes, SXSW turns into a pumpkin at 2 a.m. Saturday night, but true aficionados know that it ain’t really over until the legendary Alejandro Escovedo leaves the Continental Club stage after his unofficial closing night show on Sunday. We knew going in that this year’s set was going to be something […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, News, Reviews, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet, Continental Club, Lucinda Williams, real animal, SXSW, sxsw08, the Whipsaws, Tim Easton

SXSW 2008 – John’s Saturday Night Highlight: The Airborne Toxic Event

Saturday, April 12, 2008 By John Anderson

My Saturday night started strong and finished monumentally, though in the middle was an unfortunate lowlight in the form of the only showcase I didn’t get into this year due to the length of the line (it was an acoustic Nada Surf performance, but don’t cry for me, Twangville Nation — I’m seeing them at […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Indie, Reviews, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: airborne toxic event, don delillo, Majordomo records, SXSW, sxsw08, the indelicates

SXSW 2008 – John’s Saturday Afternoon Highlight: Kate Nash and Billy Bragg

Saturday, April 12, 2008 By John Anderson

Saturday afternoon began for me with a touch of deja vu, as I once again started my day at Cedar Street Courtyard for the kickoff of day three of the Filter throwdown there. I didn’t know it at the time, but I’d be bookending my day parties with Filter on this day. Kicking things off […]

Filed Under: Folk, Indie, Reviews, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Billy Bragg, kate nash, SXSW, sxsw08, the cribs

SXSW 2008 – John’s Friday Night Highlight: Lucero

Friday, April 11, 2008 By John Anderson

Friday night followed my unintentional afternoon trend of mixing old favorites with new sounds. My preference at South-by is to see almost entirely new-to-me bands, especially during official showcases, but there were just too many favorites to stick to my guns on a day like this. Sue me. In that respect, Friday night truly provided […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Downloads, Reviews, Rock, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Ben Nichols, Chris Mills, Lucero, SXSW, sxsw08, the cribs, The Replacements, Watershed

SXSW 2008 – John’s Friday Afternoon Highlight: Los Campesinos!

Friday, April 11, 2008 By John Anderson

My Friday afternoon was largely about Filter magazine’s Showdown at Cedar Street party. This was day two of what was a three-day throwdown hosted by Filter this year, and it was a lineup that (for me) couldn’t be beat, not even by the SPIN party, for which I turned down a pass generously offered by […]

Filed Under: Indie, Reviews, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: filter magazine, los campesinos, pigeon detectives, shout out louds, SXSW, sxsw08, washington social club

SXSW 2008 – John’s Thursday Night Highlight: Jens Lekman

Thursday, April 10, 2008 By John Anderson

The highlight of my Thursday night occurred straight out of the gate in the 8 o’clock showcase time slot, but it was hardly all downhill from there, as a “bonus highlight” also awaited me during the witching hour. I’ve had a few tracks by the Swedish singer-songwriter, Jens Lekman, for a couple of years now. […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: ari shine, jens lekman, Jonathan Richman, SXSW, sxsw08

SXSW 2008 – John’s Thursday Afternoon Highlight: Old 97’s / the New West Party

Thursday, April 10, 2008 By John Anderson

The party of the day on Thursday was –as tends to be the case– the mighty New West soiree at Club DeVille. This was certainly the place to be for the Twangville crew, as all four of our intrepid correspondents posted this invitation-only affair. After all, with a bill featuring likes of the Drams, Old […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Reviews, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: mike rosenthal, new west records, Old 97's, SXSW, sxsw08

SXSW 2008 – John’s Wednesday Night Highlight: The Playing Favorites

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 By John Anderson

SXSW 2008 – John’s Wednesday Night Highlight: The Playing Favorites My third showcase of the night on Wednesday was when I struck gold for the first time “officially” this year, and I knew it almost as soon as the Playing Favorites began their set. The Playing Favorites are a supergroup of sorts, featuring members of […]

Filed Under: Downloads, Reviews, Rock, Streams, SXSW Tagged With: Grand Champeen, me first and the gimme gimmes, sugarcult, SXSW, sxsw08, the playing favorites, The Replacements

SXSW 2008 – John’s Wednesday Afternoon Highlight: Matthew Ryan

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 By John Anderson

With apologies for the tardiness of the appearance of this, the beginning of my 2008 SXSW highlights reel, we’re off to the races now. This post is the first in a nine- (possibly ten-) part series which will be coming your way regularly over the coming days, so please don’t be shy about chiming in […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, Reviews, Rock, SXSW, Videos Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, Matthew Ryan, Paul Westerberg, SXSW, sxsw08

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