SXSW: Friday Party Picks
We saw a lot yesterday, but more on that later. (For now: Islands, you rule.) Shaking off the cobwebs and the Shiners, we're getting ready to head back outside, so here are suggestions for what to catch today. Of course, there's the second part of our three-day party (the Whigs, Liam Finn, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Kaki King, the Weakerthans, Lightspeed Champion), which still includes free SoCo ... and nachos to help absorb the SoCo. Also, NPR's broadcasting today's installment live online, so cheer loudly and have your NPR debut. There's obviously more going on than what we're doing (the "x" in SXSW stands for "excess"), so we put together a carefully curated list for you below. It includes a bunch of Hot Freaks (literally, figuratively), Pitchfork's packed party, the early-evening metal of Enslaved and 1349, and two out of three of the festival's "fuck" bands.
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Lightspeed Champion (12PM)
The Weakerthans (1PM)
Kaki King (2PM)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (3PM)
Liam Finn (4PM)
The Whigs (5PM)
Lightspeed Champion - "Galaxy Of The Lost" (MP3)
The Weakerthans - "Night Windows" (MP3)
Kaki King - "Pull Me Out Alive" (MP3)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - "Glue Girls" (MP3)
Liam Finn - "Second Chance" (MP3)
The Whigs - "Right Hand On My Heart" (MP3)
Hot Freaks @ The Mohawk (Outside)
Nicole Atkins & The Sea (12PM)
The Dodos (1PM)
Cadence Weapon (2PM)
White Denim (3PM)
Blitzen Trapper (4PM)
British Sea Power (5PM)
Hot Freaks @ The Mohawk (Inside)
Blair (12:30PM)
Ola Podrida (1:30PM)
Cameron McGill (2:30PM)
Bowerbirds (3:30PM)
Jason Collett (4:30PM)
Hot Freaks @ Club DeVille (Insound stage)
Evangelicals (12:30PM)
Crystal Castles (1:30PM)
Fleet Foxes (2:30PM)
Peter Morén (3:30PM)
Jens Lekman (4:30PM)
Pitchfork/Windish @ Emo's
High Places (12PM)
Lykke Li (12:30PM)
White Williams (1PM)
Fuck Buttons (1:30PM)
Jay Reatard (2PM)
Atlas Sound (2:30PM)
Bon Iver (3PM)
Times New Viking (3:30PM)
Yeasayer (4PM)
A Place To Bury Strangers (4:30PM)
No Age (5PM)
Vice Saves Texas @ 1106 E. 11th St.
Howlin Rain (1:15PM)
Monotonix (2PM)
Fucked Up (2:45PM)
The Night Marchers (3:30PM)
Jay Reatard (4:15PM)
Dark Meat (5:45PM)
Enslaved (6:30PM)
1349 (7:15PM)
Village Voice Presents The Showdown @ La Zona Rosa
HEALTH (12PM)
The Cribs (12:45PM)
The Black Keys (1:45PM)
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (3PM)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead (4PM)
FILTER @ Cedar Street Courtyard
Born Ruffians (12PM)
Shout Out Louds (12:45PM)
Los Campesinos (1PM)
The Pigeon Detectives (2:15PM)
The Wombats (3PM)
Lightspeed Champion (4PM)
special guest (5PM)
That's a lot of music. To help you narrow down the list without wasting important drinking or Tex Mex time, surf to The Morning News, where you'll find 763 six-word SXSW reviews. Their thoughts on one of today's stars, Jens Lekman: "Swedish accents crack me right up." And a general insight: "Many bands say they were influenced by Pavement. Very few say that they were influenced by No Doubt." More than six words, but true.
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Tags: Kaki King | Liam Finn | Lightspeed Champion | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin | SXSW | The Weakerthans | The Whigs
For those not in Austin...
Capsule Records Anniversary Show
Doors at 8pm
The Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St btw Stanton & Rivington
$8
White Room, The Bad Sleep Well, Junior League and The City and Horses...
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"Many bands say they were influenced by Pavement. Very few say that they were influenced by No Doubt."
Very few are any fucking good, either.
One time I was stuck in the outskirts of Dallas and I was at some shitty restaurant. They had a special on "domestic beers". I asked if that included Shiner Bock, but it didn't. What the hell?
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the shows were amazing and so were the interviews for kaki king, lightspeed champion and the whigs....it's all here:
http://www.uncensoredinterview.com
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