GOPisEvil's musical bacchanalia 2004 - A SXSW review

[GOPisEvil]

As usual, I attended 4 nights and 3 days of music associated with the South by Southwest Music and Film Festival. Below are the musical acts I caught.

Wed. evening
Divisions of LauraLee (Sweden)
The Rite Flyers (Austin)
the Six Parts Seven (Kent, OH)
Modest Mouse (Issaquah, WA)

Thurs. afternoon
Schubas' 8th Annual SXSW Roundup, sponsored by Schubas Tavern, Chicago @ Yard Dog Folk Art
The National (NYC)
The M's (Chicago)
Earlimart (LA)
The Redwalls (Chicago)
The Sleepy Jackson (Perth, Australia)

Thurs. evening
Seachange (Nottingham, UK)
Preston School of Industry (Seattle)
Pretty Girls Make Graves (Seattle)
Mission of Burma (Boston)

Fri. afternoon
Bloodshot Records Party @ Yard Dog Folk Art
Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys (Kansas City)
Dollar Store (Chicago)
Bobby Bare Jr. & The Young Criminals Starvation League (Nashville)
Misra/Glurp/KVRX/Nasty Little Man/Post Parlo Party @ The Caucus Room
Zykos (Austin)
Western Keys (Austin)
The Deathray Davies (Dallas)
The Wrens (Secaucus, NJ)

Fri. evening
Lili Haydn
Kacy Crowley (Austin)
Baptist Generals (Denton, TX)

Sat. afternoon
33 Degree Records In-store
John Vanderslice (San Francisco)
Matthew Caws of Nada Surf (NYC)

Sat. night
Esquire Magazine Presents
The Mavericks (Nashville)
Patty Griffin (Austin)
Old 97's (Dallas)
Los Lobos (LA)

Whew! No wonder I hung out at home all day Sunday! :hangover:

[mr_hat]

1. Patty Griffin!!! ~swoon~

[GOPisEvil]

2. She was fantastic!

She got better through her set, too. *swoon* is right!

[Fleshdancer]

3. so how was it?

Embarrassingly enough, I've never been to SXSW. It was just getting started when I left Austin and now that I'm back, I'm stunned at how big it is!

Is there any place to park downtown??

[GOPisEvil]

4. There's always places to park.

Sometimes ya gotta walk a little bit, but there's always a place to park (for a fee of course). What REALLY sucks is that sometimes there are two good shows going on at the same time, or two shows back to back, but across town. Ugh!

Friday night was the worst - I tried to get into several shows, but the venues were all too crowded. :-( At least I got home early that night. :eyes:

[Fenris]

5. What does Pretty Girls Make Graves sound like?

Upon the sand, upon the bay
"There is a quick and easy way" you say
Before you illustrate
I'd rather state :

"I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am"

And Sorrow's native son
He will not smile for anyone


And Pretty Girls Make Graves
Oh ...


End of the pier, end of the bay
You tug my arm, and say : "Give in to lust,
Give up to lust, oh heaven knows we'll
Soon be dust ... "


Oh, I'm not the man you think I am
I'm not the man you think I am


And Sorrow's native son
He will not rise for anyone


And Pretty Girls Make Graves
Oh really ?
Oh ...


I could have been wild and I could have
Been free
But Nature played this trick on me


She wants it Now
And she will not wait
But she's too rough
And I'm too delicate


Then, on the sand
Another man, he takes her hand
A smile lights up her stupid face
(and well, it would)


I lost my faith in Womanhood
I lost my faith in Womanhood
I lost my faith ...
Oh ...


Hand in glove ...
The sun shines out of our behinds ...
Oh ...


Oh Morrissey...you really hammer your own homosexuality home...:D

[GOPisEvil]

6. Loud and crunchy!

With, um, whatshername from Bikini Kill on vocals.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Kick for the morning music lovers!

:kick:

[KG]

8. couldn't make this year.

sat. night looked like paradise. was jimmy L. in town?

[GOPisEvil]

9. Yeah, he played Thursday night.

http://www.sxsw.com/music/showcases/pages/6408.html

Sucks you couldn't make it. This was a good year (Friday night notwithstanding). Saturday ruled!