Monthly Archive for March, 2009

All Tiny Creatures

Published
by
Gustavo
on March 16, 2009
in sxsw
. 1 Comment

A response to Thomas from All Tiny Creatures:

First, thanks for responding; I think it’s only fair to you that I respond to your comment. I said that you guys “might as well be the octopus project” because you’re both in the “electronic/indie/rock instrumental” genre and it was the easiest way for me to express what you sounded like without trying to get too technical. And don’t take that as an insult; I really like The Octopus Project and I have probably seen them around ten times in the past 4 years. You should check them out if you get the chance this week.

And concerning the bio, don’t feel too bad; you’re nowhere near the worst bio. I mean, you could have Catsus’s bio. And you also didn’t make the mistake of putting your phone number on your bio, (though you have to admit that their picture is awesome). I’ve never tried to write a bio before, but given the number of bad bios I’ve read, I suspect that it’s no simple task. For your bio specifically, I would have gone with the quote from The Onion and a band member names. It’s a really good quote and if nothing else, using a quote can’t be considered pretentious (well, less pretentious at least).

I look forward to checking out your show this week.

This is the End

Published
by
April
on March 9, 2009
in sxsw
. 1 Comment

Somewhere around 5:00pm as the work day was winding down, I became aware that the song I was listening to on the 2nd half of the SXSW torrent sounded familar. And the band name… it wasn’t a Z. I’d hit the end; Media Player deciding to loop back to the beginning instead of just falling into silence. I took a moment to congratulate myself for getting through all of that, told Gus the good news, and took my headphones off for the first time in days. 

So, you wanna know who made the cut? I’ll tell ya. But I won’t link ya, cause I’m too lazy to do that. I love you though. Lots. 

13th Ghosts
18th Dye
Adam Stephens
Alberta Cross
Amanda Palmer
An Horse
Battle Hymns
Birds Of  Tokyo
Braille
Buff1
Cecil Otter
Crocodile
D.O.
Da C.O.D. 
DADDY
David Dallas
Dead Confederate
Dmitry Fyodorov
Don’t Tell Sophie
Don Rimini
Easy Star All-Stars
Eyeris
Ezra Furman and the Harpoons
Fannius III
Gary Clark Jr. (duh)
Gavin Castleton
Geeks
Gentleman Reg (not new)
Glacier Hiking
Great Northern
Greg Camp
Ian Moore
Johnny Goudie and The Little Champions
Kill The Noise
Kristoffer Ragnstam
Kyle Andrews
Ladyhawke
Landon Pigg
Le Castle Vania
Li’l Cap’n Travis (not new)
Littl’ans
Macaco Bong
Mack Winston & The Reflections
MAGIC WANDS
Magneta Lane
MC Frontalot
Melissa Auf der Maur
More or Les
Motel Motel
Mr Lewis and The Funeral 5
Nadastrom
NID & SANCY
Passion Pit
Port O’Brien (duh)
Prolyphic
Scissors for Lefty
Sgt Dunbar and the Hobo Banned
Shiny Toy Guns
Shout Out Out Out Out
Solid Gold
Sonpub
The Brothers Movement
The Chesterfield Kings
The Cloud Room (not new)
The Ettes
The Gay Blades
The Gin Riots
The Golden Filter
The High Dials
The Hot Kicks
The Lemurs
The Love Language
The Moog
The River Phoenix
The Sea
The Von Bondies
We Were Promised Jetpacks
White Lies
Wintersleep
Little Black Dress
Living Things
Quaff
Rafter
Rediscover
Ringo Deathstarr
Ross Royce
Russian Futurists (not new)
Sam Roberts Band
Alaska in Winter

 

Now keep in mind this is just the stuff I deemed worthy of going on my iPod. At that moment. On second review, that might change. As you know, I am incredibly picky about what goes on Steve. Something may be iPod worthy but not really show worthy, so this is no guarantee that I will be attending said shows. But I love new music.

My next step should really be to make notes on the bands, like Gus does. [My favorite being the description he gave to Winter Gloves - "tokyo police club w less guitars and worse singing"] We’ll see how that goes. And then of course there is the party list to go through….

Yeah, we’re ready…mostly

Published
by
April
on March 4, 2009
in sxsw
. 3 Comments

Normally I hate posting chats, but we covered so much ground in this one, it seemed a waste to just let it go. So I prettied it up with links where appropriate, stripped out the “brb”s and present to you now. Also, check out the Austinist list of parties and day shows - it’s one hell of a list!

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Gus: :-)
gearing up for sxsw?
do you like Hole?

April: i did at the time

Gus: did you like celebrity skin?

April: yes

Gus: Melissa Auf der Maur
is playing sxsw

April: and yes, i am gearing up for SXSW. this dude uses the “i’m a loner” line in his song and i love it for that 
oo, she’s Canadian.
you know how i love the Canuks

Gus: I’ve liked what I’ve heard so far
it’s clear that she and billy corigan wrote that entire album

April: it’s pretty good
i like the song on the sxsw page

Gus: oh and the other band that I think might be good is An Horse

April: i think they made the cut last night

Gus: and I listen to way to much girl music

April: i’m on the J’s right now
HA

Gus: oh and amanda palmer
I’m still on the b’s

April: i got through A-C last night, then brought in the rest of part 1 of the torrent to work with me.

Gus: I should consider doing that
an horse I think will be good
like an australian rainer maria
and they don’t even have a cd out yet

April: nice comparison

Gus: any other bands you’ve found so far?

April: Dead Confederate
liked them

Gus: i’ve heard that name somewhere

April: i thought i had too

Gus: listening to the random stuff on the player now
Perseph One
houston hiphop

April: interesting
speaking of which
check out this party 
friend of mine runs the charity

Gus: hiphoppedity

April: i’ll need to stop by at least

Gus: oh and Joe Jack Talcum
ha!

April: …seriously?

Gus: yes

April: mmmk

Gus: heartsrevolution

April: interesting sound
me likey

Gus: me too
oh dude and we need to go see the oak ridge boys

April: HAHAHA
ironically, right?

Gus: i know all the oak ridge boys hits
elvira? my heart’s on fire.
hell yes

April: they play at Stubbs right?
i will need 6 Texas Teas

Gus: I’m not sure where they’re playing, but it’s probably too much of a pain in the ass to go
but I think it would be hilarious to go

April: i’m pretty sure it’s Stubbs
and um, i doubt it’ll be a big crowd…

Gus: one of the few memories I have of nebraska is my dad’s oak ridge boys 8-track
oh and I also like electro too much
from Mexico!

April: are they going to ask to borrow your cell phone?

Gus: haha
I almost forgot about that one
where were we?

April: like in the middle of Red River

Gus: it was a valid question

April: true
but it was the delivery that made it
Mexican electo, huh?
i dig it
but they need new shirts
look kinda gay in their pic

Gus: and that’s not cool in mexico
so they must be really cool

April: you know, the two of us have excellent taste in music
we should totally start a blog

Gus: ha
oh and stillwater oklahoma
this dude listens to ok computer every day. I promise

April: not in love with that one so much

Gus: it sounds like an interpretation of ok computer
not as good, but it’s stillwater

April: it’s not like they’re from Mustang

Gus: oklahoma is a small state
nerdcore hiphop! 

April: sounds like Andy Samberg
change the lyrics around to be about dicks in boxes and it’s totally a Lonely Island song

Gus: he does actually

April: Kill The Noise

Gus: Gordon Gano is playing tooo?

April: wha?

Gus: he just came up in the player

April: huh

Gus: its not doing much for me
kill the noise or gordon gano

April: agreed on gano

Gus: dude, there’s a lot of mexican bands
or the player just really likes them

April: could be you got a racist player
i’m sad i didn’t like Kittens Ablaze more
cause that name is awesome

Gus: maybe it’s racial profiling
I knew I should have used a fake name

April: totally
ooh, maybe you could sue!

Gus: all tiny creatures might as well be the octopus project

April: which is gonna be awkward, b/c i think octopus project is on the list

Gus: haha
i’ve seen them somewhere around 10 times
I’ll give all tiny creatures a shot

April: i don’t like their little bio section
pretentious

Gus: haha
pretentious indie rock bands
don’t be ridiculous

April: i know, it’s so rare
but it does happen!

Gus: fuck yeah third eye blind

April: NO GUS

Gus: ha

-fin- 

Coolest Thing EVER

Published
by
April
on March 3, 2009
in Uncategorized
. 0 Comments

I preach over and over the benefits of using sched.org for your SXSW planning needs. It’s awesome. FAR better than the my.SXSW site, especially when you get to the music schedule. [Viewing 100 different events going at the same time in a linear format? Ugh.]

Anywho. Last year I printed out my sched.org schedule and carried the page around with me in my little blue patent purse; hauling it out every hour to see where I was supposed to be next. This year I am thrilled to see I can export to my iPhone. Totally made it for me this year.

Today though, they topped themselves. Now there is a playlist that creates off the schedule you’ve made. Unbelievably freaking cool.

Here’s what mine looks like today; based off the initial pass I made at the schedule:

Super cool, right??

sched.org never fails to impress. Now to rift through the SXSW showcasing artist mp3s and add to the list!