H-Town Takes A-Town (Pt. 3): SXSW Week Is Here…
Well, we’re just about there — the lucky, non-work-having bastards among us, that is. Yours truly blew all his time off flying to London & back earlier this month, so he’s once again going to have to miss the SXSW shenanigans once again…I’m gonna make it there one year, I swear (still working on the press pass).
Luckily, others are more fortunate than I, and so if all goes well SCR will be ably represented by roving correspondent Lance H. (of Tambersauro/Esotype Recs/Golden Cities infamy), who’ll be trawling the parties and shows and whatever while he’s not actively on-stage drumming, writing up his thoughts, and blogging ’em here. He’ll be joined, hopefully, by fellow kind volunteers Brigitte Z. (of Hater) and David C. (of Houston Calling), with other guests maybe popping up, besides. Got my fingers firmly crossed, y’all…
So, as I’m stuck here in SCR‘s well-fortified mountaintop HQ, what better way to pass the time than giving you a little advance warning of things H-town-centric that’ll be going down in the general vicinity of Austin this week. Yeah, I’m going to be pretty Houston-focused, still, when it comes to the SXSW stuff, despite all the cool non-Houston people playing (That Petrol Emotion, woo!) — sorry, but H-town needs the spotlight from somewhere, dammit. The exceptions are going to be groups that’re putting on a bunch of shows, some w/Houston bands, some without, like the Human Party Virus crew; I’m going to list all of them, in the interest of solidarity, yo.
Houston-area bands are listed in puke-y yellow/green where possible, and linked where possible to reviews & whatnot, as well. Oh, and I’m attempting to list the bands playing in order from first to last, but I’m skipping the schedules — if you want the specific times, go to whatever the link is, eh?
NOTE: I will be attempting to update this thing as the days roll on, so if you hear/see anything H-town-related that’s not on this list, definitely let me know (“gaijin” at “spacecityrock dot com”), and I’ll add it as soon as I can. Anyway, here’s what I’ve at least heard about that involves Houston bands:
Human Party Virus
- Wed., 3/18/09 @ Third Base (1717 W. 6th), 1-10PM:
- Warbler
- Grandfather Child
- Cedar Boy Bailey
- Framework
- Giant Princess
- Woozyhelmet
- Your Kisses Cause Crashes
- Bad Credit No Credit
- Narreme
- The Always Already
- Golden Cities
- Inoculist
SXSW Texadus: Movement of the Honky
Wed., 3/18/09 @ Co-Lab Space (613 Allen St. — RSVP!):TheARTFemale DemandBenjamin WesleyStereo is a LieB.B. MercyThe StepsThe Western CivilizationlistenlistenPapermoonsSleepy HorsesThe Dry SeasonThe StepsPink Snowflakes
Anarchy at SXSW! (A Silence Production & Thy Old Murkville Forest) 
- Thurs., 3/19/09 @ Rancho Relaxo (3402 Merrie Lynn), 12PM-12AM:
- Doctor Jones
- Florene
- Buxton
- Rozi Plain
- Pictish Trail
- Golden Ghost
- Viking Moses
- Peter and the Wolf(!!!)
- Dana Falconberry
- Fight Bite
- listenlisten
- Samamidon
- Via Audio
- The Black
- Micah P. Hinson
- Drug Mountain
- Native America
- Vega
- Thurs., 3/19/09 @ Casa de Gallo (2604 Diaz), 1-10PM:
- B L A C K I E
- Giant Princess
- Elaine Greer
- Buxton
- News on the March
- Papermoons
- The Eastern Sea
- Bart Davenport
- Bolt
- Fri., 3/20/09 @ Casa de Gallo (2604 Diaz), 1-10PM:
- Elaine Greer
- The Wild Moccasins
- Tiny Animals
- News on the March
- Something Fierce
- Bolt
- Mount Righteous!
- The Unbearables
- One Hundred Flowers
- Local Natives
Indiehouston.org Day Party
- Fri., 3/20/09 @ Co-Lab Space (613 Allen St. — RSVP!):
- Muhammid Ali
- B L A C K I E
- sIngs
- Future Blondes
- Welfare Mothers
- Jana Hunter
- News on the March
- The Riff Tiffs
- Paris Falls
- The Watermarks
- Fat Tony/B L A C K I E
- Ghormeh Sabzi
- Kristine Mills
- The Tontons
- Buxton
- The Wild Moccasins
- Giant Princess
- Young Mammals
- The McKenzies
- DD/MM/YY
- Tambersauro
- Japanther
High Five! Party Party! II
- Fri., 3/20/09 @ IONA Handcrafted Books (RSVP!)
- Abby Birds
- The Seas
- The Watermarks
- Palomar
- Hightide Blues
- Little Fish
- Whitman
- Your Kisses Cause Crashes
- Gliss
- The Pons
- The Boxing Lesson
- Halloween Town
- Built By Snow
- Roxy Epoxy and The Rebound
- DJ Czech One
- GRRRL Parts
- Ryan Pardey
- Ceeplus Bad Knives
Too Much Cake: New Performances
- Sat., 3/21/09 @ Co-Lab Space (613 Allen St. — RSVP!):
- Patrick Doyle
- Christian Ochoa
- Cody Ledvina
- Misc. Diskette
- Frank Olson
- Julia Wallace
- Aisen Chasin
- Bunnyphonic
- Daniel Adame
- David Waddell
- Michael Anthony Garcia
- James Beard
- Balls Deep
- Emcee Eats
Load Records/Dull Knife Showcase
- Sat., 3/21/09 @ The Independent/501 Studios (501 35N/5th):
- Balaclavas
- White Mice
- Rusted Shut
- Indian Jewelry
- Six Finger Satellite
Bizarro house party?
- Sat., 3/21/09 @ 505 E. 50th St., 6PM-???:
- Welfare Mothers
- Battle Rifle
- Guitars
- Muhammid Ali
- Ghettobird
- Vorvordoss
- Manstamp
Mos Fuk Dupp Day Party
- Sat., 3/21/09 @ Co-Lab Space (613 Allen St. — RSVP!):
- Kaylan Rexer
- Silent Alarm Activated
- Abby Birds
- The Blind Pets
- The Upper Echelon
- Oh No Oh My
- Guitars
- The Western Civilization
- Sarah Jaffe
- Boom Boom Box
- I Love Math
- Halloween Town
- Your Kisses Cause Crashes
- Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
- Built By Snow
- The Boxing Lesson
- Gliss
- The Pons
Random SXSW-Related News:
- 3/19: Heard from correspondent David C., who reported that sadly, yesterday’s H-town-focused “Texadus” party at Co-Lab (feat. Benjamin Wesley, The Western Civ, & other cool folks) got shut down by the fire marshal at about 2PM. Damn. I’ve heard reports, though, that all the permits’ll be obtained in time for the other Co-Lab-hosted shows, so keep yr fingers crossed.
- Chatted the other night with Chris from the much-beloved Buxton, and sadly, while his band is indeed playing all over the freakin’ place at SXSW, he’s missing the fun due to illness. Damn. Luckily, he’s found an able temp replacement in the form of Brett from By the End of Tonight & sIngs, but still… Get better soon, man!
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