SXSW, In Pictures

I might as well hang it up. Our Village Voice SXSW group blog rocks. It’s on the Dallas Observer‘s site, here. I could contribute to it, but I’m having some computer woes. So, for now, I’m just going to throw some pictures atcha.

That redhead is Piney Gir. Her real name is Angela. She was born in KC, but she lives and makes quirky, country-tinged pop in the UK.

Locals the Hearers filled the Parish with dark, layered acoustical jams at the Anodyne Showcase.

After the Hearers, the Architects ripped the club in half. Really — I’ve seen a bunch of Architects shows, and today, they were ON.

I had to kill a bitch. No, actually, a bartender carting supplies to the bar spilled a bottle of Bloody Mary mix. It stank.

Anodyne’s newest signee, the Meat Puppets, put on a reunion show to a packed, enthusiastic house. The place smelled like ketchup because of the incident mentioned above.

I waited in line for an hour to see awesome North Carolina rock band the Reigning Sound. It was totally worth it. After their set, they turned around and became the backup band for comeback sensation Mary Weiss, who, 40 years ago, was in the classic girl band the Shangri-Las. That one-two punch of the Reigning Sound and Mary Weiss (whose voice is downright soothing) was the best thing I’ve seen so far. It doesn’t get much better than classic, soulful American rock ‘n’ roll from the South.

My pals Shannon and Matt of Drama Club Records had the in to a party hosted by (I think) Purevolume.com. The drinks were free and the people there were not too disgustingly hip. In fact, some of the kids, having been out all day in the sun, were, well, a bit disgusting.