I generally prefer partyin' in Bushwick to Williamsburg, plus factor in a solid music line-up and the free booze and this party looks like a winner. Stick around for Tulsa who've been tearin' it up lately with their melodic indie jams (Tulsa also plays Mercury Lounge on Tuesday)...
(and yes, I'm aware that a suggested donation isn't exactly free but... close enough.)
I got like a hundred emails the week before CMJ telling me how great Cut Off Your hands are and that I needed to see them, so of course I was skeptical but turns out they were in fact pretty good, catchy songs & tons of energy...
(Note: click on any photo below to open the full photo set for that band)
Here's a very quick recap of my day three @ SXSW '07:
Vietnam @ Red Eyed Fly (Little Radio)
I was chillin' in the courtyard at Side Bar waiting for the Park the Van day show to kick off when I heard the sounds of Brooklyn's Vietnam coming from Red Eyed Fly next door. So, I darted around the corner & caught their set at the Little Radio party. The guys have a dreamy, ambient Southern Rock sound somewhere between the "Southern Harmony..." era Black Crowes & Mogwaii.
Got back to Side Bar (a really comfortable little spot off from the chaos of the main strip with a friendly staff) just in time to catch Tulsa. Keep an eye out for this band, they put on a great show that got the crowd buzzing.
The front man of the Capital Years took it right to the streets during their set running to the front door of the club and luring in dazed & hungover hipsters with some Rock n' Roll pied-piper action.
F-ing mind blowing!! I'll write more about this later but these guys from San Diego absolutely killed with a sound that reminded me of a (perhaps) heavier Comets on Fire. Earthless were easily one of the 5 best bands I saw all week in Austin.
I stumbled onto this set in progress completly by accident as I was wandering around looking for free beer. As far as I can tell this Austin band's specialty is flamboyantly gay punk filled with piercing feedback, snotty vocals and political sloganeering. It actually wasn't bad but went on for too long.
Fans of the band Fucked Up showin' their Tats
Cheeseburger @ the Longbranch Inn
I've seen Cheeseburger a few times in NYC but as they were playing I didn't even realize it was them. The singer's lost crazy weight and the band sounds tighter than ever!
Next up was the Diesel Jeans U-Music party right near the Texas state capital building. I couldn't get any pics of them but the Epochs were on as I was checking in playing some excellent tunes. The crowd was pretty low-key at first but once Matt & Kim hit the stage the crowd started getting into party mode. Their infectious positive punk energy (combined with a sweet all you can drink open bar) got everyone in the room feeling good.
Crowd participation was the theme for the evening at the Diesel Jam and when Girl Talk hit the stage an all out dance party broke out with the entire front of the crowd rushing the stage to shake their asses & party with the super DJ who kept his energy up by pounding shots of whiskey between the mixes. This party was crazy fun!
The after, after hours at PureVolume was bananas as always with a crowd of rockers & industry types wired on free vodkaReds (I was well into the double digits by this point) wandering around swappin' stories on the day's action with some good bands playing in the main room. When Denver's Photo Atlas hit the stage the crowd went completely nuts - moshing, crowd surfing, dancing on the stage and the band seemed to feed off the energy playing a ridiculously hot & longer than usual set.
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