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H-Town Takes A-Town (Pt. 3): SXSW Week Is Here... [3/18/2009 02:37:00 PM]:
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
Wed., 3/18/09 @ Natrix Natrix House (3222 John Campbell's Tr.), 7PM-1AM:
Tyvjk
XYX
Ratas del Vaticon
Eat Skull
Psychedelic Horseshit
Talk Normal
Thurs., 3/19/09 @ Monkeywrench Books (110 E. North Loop), 11AM-3PM:
No Mas Bodas
Rozi Plain
Hurray for the Riff Raff
Bad Credit No Credit
Best Friends Forever
Thurs., 3/19/09 @ Cherrywood Cafe (1400 E. 38th 1/2 St.), 12-10PM:
Convair
500 Megatons of Boogie
Wood & Felt vs. Wall With One Side vs. Convair
Narreme vs. Warbler
Benjamin Wesley
Female Demand
The Goods
The Living Kills
Hollywood Black
Gretchen Schmaltz
Golden Cities
Jay vs. Colin Swietek
Alana Amram
Thurs., 3/19/09 @ Natrix Natrix House,7PM-1AM:
Pictish Trail
Charlie Mcalister
Buxton
The Wild Moccasins
Real Estate
The Yuppies
Fri., 3/20/09 @ Monkeywrench Books, 11AM-3PM:
Pariah Beat
Your 33 Black Angels
Viking Moses
Golden Ghost
The Shivers
The So So Glos
Fri., 3/20/09 @ Cue House (1106 E. 30th St.), 12-7:30PM:
Phil and the Osophers
Huge Sally
Drew Danburry
Wood & Felt
Michael Jordan
One Happy Island
Warbler
The Goods
Technicolor Victrola
The French Inhales
Fri., 3/20/09 @ Natrix Natrix House, 7PM-1AM:
Chris Paddock
Jay vs. David Israel vs. Phil and the Osophers
The Shivers
Jana Hunter
Steve Burns & The Struggle
Fri., 3/20/09 @ The US Art Authority (2908 Fruth), 10:15PM-2AM:
The Downside Up
The NY Howl
Bad Credit No Credit
Sister Suvi
The So So Glos
Sat., 3/21/09 @ Club 1808 Outside (1808 E. 12th), 11AM-8PM:
Buxton
Stalkers
Asa Ransom
Golden Cities
Franz Nicolay
The So So Glos
Bad Credit No Credit
Narreme vs. Warbler
Woozyhelmet
Michael Jordan
Jana Hunter
Moth!Fight!
Ume
The Wild Moccasins
Young Mammals
David Israel
LIMB
Tambersauro
Sat., 3/21/09 @ Carousel Lounge (1110 E. 52nd St.), 9:30PM-1AM:
Low Red Center
The Mathletes
Asa Ransom
Spider Problem
Bad Credit No Credit
Sun., 3/22/09 @ Barcelona (209 E. 6th St.), 12-6PM:
American Sharks
Warbler
You(genious)
Moth!Fight!
The Faceless Orchestra
Benjamin Wesley
Wall With One Side
Wood & Felt vs. Convair
SXSW Texadus: Movement of the Honky
Wed., 3/18/09 @ Co-Lab Space (613 Allen St. -- RSVP!):
TheART
Female Demand
Benjamin Wesley
Stereo is a Lie
B.B. Mercy
The Steps
The Western Civilization
listenlisten
Papermoons
Sleepy Horses
The Dry Season
The Steps
Pink 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
Casa de Gallo Party
- 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!
Labels: H-Town News, Musical Crap, Public Service Announcements, SXSW, Things To Do
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