Destroyer
[Thursday 13 March @ Volume (day show)]


Shout Out Louds
[Thursday 13 March @ Emo's Outside (day show)]

Tapes 'n Tapes
[Thursday 13 March @ Emo's Outside (day show)]

Some pics...

Destroyer at The Parish for the Merge Showcase.

And so, a la TV Guide, here's my Cheers and Jeers in reference to my fun Spring Break SXSW-ing.

MUSIC

Cheers: Montreal (hell, all of Quebec)
I witness performances from Handsome Furs, Islands, Chromeo, and Hollerado. All Montreal-based bands. All of the performances were intriguing and awesome! Even though they didn't play the songs that I knew them for, the stuff they played sufficed. I love the Montreal music scene. Plus I got a Quebec t-shirt for reasons currently unknown.

Jeers: Vancouver

This was my first time attending South by Southwest and all the related events in Austin and it is finally past. SXSW 2008 to me was all about live music and meeting industry people to learn as much as I could. Ultimately, I made numerous business acquaintances and countless new friends. I won't go into all the details here, but I'd like to at least get a link to my site (counterlogic.net) which has (and will soon have even more) SXSW 2008 media. "Read more" after the jump for some interview links and more!

SXSW started off right with Black Joe Lewis on Wednesday. Austin's very own twenty-something soul shouter was so much fun I thought about going out on a high note and picking things up the next day. Instead I hit a very weird Slits reunion, if two original members and three young recruits count as "the Slits" at all. Ari Up bounced around in skintight leggings, mooned the crowd, and reminded us repeatedly that "the Slits exist!" Entertaining, yet surreal.