To prepare myself for the constant overload of music to which I’ll be subjected to at SXSW (this week!), I spent all of last weekend traveling across town watching music under a consistent yet moderate intoxication while sleeping as little as possible. The first show was Friday, March 13th at Spaceland with the band Explode into Colors opening for Quasi. Quasi is a trio from Portland who is on tour in support of American Gong, the newest album …
I will rarely say that I get everything I highly demand from one band, but Local Natives comes pretty damn close to meeting that standard.
This five member band from LA showcases an intermix of classical musicianship and heart felt indie vibes. Their music incorporates layered violins, touches of trumpets, hard electric guitar, drums, and original vocals (all best exemplified in their song “Who Knows Who Cares”). I’m guessing the high expectations for “Local Natives” will be met by their …
You may know him as the hard core Jack Bauer, the man who saves the world on a weekly basis on the hit show, 24.
But LP33.tv got to know him as Kiefer Sutherland. The label owner, the music lover, the all around rad individual.
This young Louisiana band is quickly becoming an Austin favorite and will be appearing all over SXSW week. GIVERS first brought their blissful, energetic live show to Austin opening for Dirty Projectors and have since been back every few months to ever-growing crowds. They are a must-see this SXSW and I personally recommend you catch one of their five shows:
When The Troubadour says a show is sold out, they mean SOLD OUT. We’re talking packed house, wall-to-wall, hope-you-like-people-’cause-it’s-standing-room-only-and-your-shoulders-will-be-touching sold out. Friday night, the infamous LA venue gave SXSW attendees a taste of the debauchery to come.
This show was thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish – Brooklyn-based Bear Hands kicked off the show with an ambient tune while people were still filing in, and then blasted the audience with ten times the energy for the second song unrelenting the …
If you’re into trance/psychedelic tunes, then Dengue Fever is the band for you to check out at SXSW 2010. Dengue Fever, a six-member band from Los Angeles, will be bringing a relaxed California vibe and an eclectic sound to the stage at SXSW.
Dengue Fever sounds like a revamped version of the Fugees, minus the Lauren Hill drama. They have flowing reggae vocals layered with cool melodic beats, and accentuate different aspects of the band in each song. In “March of the Balloon Animals,” the band showcases a farfisa organ melody playfully layered with synthesizers while in “Tiger Phone” Chhom Nimol’s and Zac Holtzman’s vocals dominate steady, moving background instrumentals. Holtzman’s voice is consistent with the music’s flowing vibe, while Chhom does come off a little shrill, and the synthesizers can be a bit much, but listening to Dengue Fever live at SXSW is bound to be an entirely different experience.
You can catch a live version Dengue Fever’s “Woman in Shoes” here, watch exclusive Dengue Fever interviews at LP33.tv and check out Dengue Fever’s “Seeing Hands” below:
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A long standing pillar in the pop-punck genre, Motion City Soundtrack has been commanding the attention of teens ever since ‘99. It’s no surprise that with the release of their latest album, My Dinosaur Life in January, 2010, they have once again managed to pack out venues.
It was evident that Motion City Soundtrack still holds a spot in in the teen hipster heart when frontman Justin Pierre brought about screams as he stepped foot on stage of …
Preparing to drop her debut album, “The Family Jewels” on February 15, Marina & The Diamonds is the latest European songstress ready to bring her sound to America for this March’s SXSW festival in Austin, TX.
While most indie rock praise throughout the decade has gone to nearby New York borough Brooklyn, seemingly out of nowhere Staten Island has provided its answer to its neighbors blossoming indie scene: Cymbals Eat Guitars.
Do artists uninspired by profit who simply love to make music exist in the mainstream?
It appears so. The recording artist Beck released another Record Club video last week on Beck.com, a cover of Skip Spence’s Dixie Peach Promenade.
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, Beck’s Record Club is an experiment of sorts where various artists are invited to his studio to remake a classic album. The goal is not to replicate the album, …
