Live Music vs. Basketball
by Poseur on Mar 20, 2009 10:28 AM CDT
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PrintSouth by Southwest is always the first weekend of the tourney. I usually choose to watch the tourney because I love the tourney to an almost unrerasonable degree. but this year, my girlfriend wanted to visit her sister in Austin and see lots of cool bands.
Given that the first day was sort of a dud, I think I made the right call. I'm sorry I missed the LSU game, but them's the breaks sometimes. Instead, I saw the Wrens. As Maryland beat Cal, I watched the Avett Brothers. And as American jumped out to a huge lead over Villanova, I was singing along to Cursive.
Hopefully, while the Hold Steady rocks my ass out, some little school will be upsetting a major power. I still don't regret the SXSW decision.
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I've never seen the Wrens
but I still listen to “The Meadowlands” quite a bit. A really accomplished album.
I was lucky enough to see the Avetts as they were coming up in small clubs in NC. Then I saw them about two years ago at a 500 person venue and the show had lost some of the charm (as is inevitable I suppose), though they still brought a lot of energy. I think some of my beef is that their songwriting has tipped way too far in the direction of cute. The new songs seem increasingly aimed at their audience of 16 year-old girls.
Also, good to know that Cursive is still together. I would’ve guessed that they had stopped touring by now.
Anyway, I’m jealous you’re at SXSW and I’m not.
There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!
Cursive
Actually, they had broken up. They got back together to put out one more album (which is so-so), but in a short set, they mainly stuck to stuff from Domestica and the Ugly Organ. A good call. I had never seen or really heard of the Avetts. A photographer from the Village Voice told me I would like them. she was right.
Yesterday, I saw this lineup: the Obits (awesome), the Handsome Furs (decent), the American Analog Set (sucked so bad that light couldn’t even escape the stage), the Thermals (very awesome), and the Hold Steady (so awesome that it warped the space time continuum).
I made it back to home base in time to watch the Siena-Ohio St/ Wisconsin-FSU overtime thrillers. It might have been my greatest day on the planet earth.
I saw American Analog at SXSW in 2001
They were the musical realization of “blah,” which I guess their records were, too. I pretended to like them in college. It didn’t help that Man or Astroman? came out afterwards and melted faces.
Just listened to the NPR podcast from the Avetts’ set at Stubbs. Wow, it sounded bad. I really think their well is dry; the new material is just embarrassing. They were always in danger of becoming Barenaked Ladies; I think it’s happening.
I really liked the Handsome Furs song “Hands of Iron” off of Plague Park; I recently used it in a short film I edited.
Continue to be jealous.
There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!
by Man Mountain on Mar 22, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
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