SxSW Day 3
When a day starts with Edwyn Collins and ends witnessing raw New Orleans bounce at “Austin’s only gay nightclub”, even the inbetween disappointments (and there were many) can’t seem that bad.
The Music at SXSW
SXSW Day 2
While gigs that fall outside the official SxSW jurisdiction tend to be where you find more left-of-centre bands, it’s also where you experience schedules not being kept to and slapdash set-ups. While this Friday in Austin is plagued with missing bands because of unofficial gigs not keeping to schedule, the day also begins with some disappointing soundbleed at a non-SxSW gig at Betsy’s Bar
SXSW Day 1
The first song I hear upon arrival in the US (playing in a cab outside LAX) is Beach Boys’ ‘God Only Knows’. That’s gotta be a good sign. Less than 24 hours later, it’s the Ghost Room and HBO have chosen Austin’s SxSW, the world’s biggest music conference/festival as the place to launch the new season of their New Orleans musical/drama Treme. Not only does it begin with one of the show’s signature second line celebrations (which goes a little awry at the end as someone is knocked down by a car) but inside Orleansesque Ghost Room we are immersed in the jazz keys of Henry Butler.
3 QUESTIONS - WHITE DENIM
White Denim are an Austin psych garage four-piece. TheMusic.com.au grabbed James (guitarist) for a couple of minutes after their set in Austin.
ARE THE BIG GUNS IN AUSTIN?
Just passed one of the stars of Sons Of Anarchy in the street – the mother really looks likes a scary biker.
