SXSW 07


Actually it’s live at Stubb’s from SXSW but check out the videos below:

Melvins - Blood Witch .

Melvins - Rat Faced Granny .

Melvins - Talking Horse .

(thnx Rory for forwarding us our FIRST TIP!)

Since I won’t be at SXSW and everyone else is, I thought I would tell you here about other site’s posts about the Texan Musical Festival. I hope everyone had fun without me!!!. . Here’s the wrap:

A. GVB’s recap with PICTS HERE.

B. Idolator’s recap HERE complete with charts and pie graphs. And HERE.

C. Central Village now with more words and picts HERE.

D. Swedesplease talks to their two SXSW friends HERE and HERE.

E. Aquarium Drunkard is happy to be back in LA but loved SXSW HERE. And more updates HERE.

F. BV has live Beirut HERE, Live Melvins and Stooges HERE and Daniel Johnston HERE.

G. Stereogum has it’s update HERE.

BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.

ADDED:

H. Chromewaves has their last? update HERE.

I.  Central Village has some videos HERE.

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Since I won’t be at SXSW and everyone else is, I thought I would tell you here about other site’s posts about the Texan Musical Festival.. . Here’s the 4th night:

A. CHROMEWAVES has the last day up HERE.

B. NME tells about Slash, the Stooges and The Black Lips, HERE and HERE and HERE, respectively.

C. SubPOP goes interactive HERE.

D. Daily Refill Talks to Michael Pitt about music at SXSW HERE.

E. MOKB talks about their second to last day HERE.

F. Stereogum has some updates HERE and HERE.

G. Idolator has day four HERE and outlaw speak HERE.

H.  Pitchfork has another Saturday review HERE.
BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.
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My buddy Luke is out in Austin with his band Heloise & the Savoir Faire and he snagged a camera-phone shot of The Punk Guy favorites Menomena!

Don’t ask me how he got that angle, but the man is quite tall…

Since I won’t be at SXSW and everyone else is, I thought I would tell you here about other site’s posts about the Texan Musical Festival.. . Here’s the 3rd night:

A. CHROMEWAVES have been updating since day 1 and I missed it. CHECK IT HERE.

B. NME has Pete Townshend with the Fratellis and the Buzzcocks, HERE and HERE.

C. MOKB says happy st patty’s from SXSW HERE.

BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.

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D.  Central Village eats and sees HERE>

E.  Chromewaves with more and more updates and mp3’s HERE.

F.  Idolator has the outlaw speaking HERE and another update HERE.

G.  Kwaya Na Kisser has live KEXP tracks from Peter Bjorn and John HERE.

H.  Largeheartedboy updates too HERE.

I.  NME catches up with We are Scientists and see what they THINK HERE.

J.  Pitchfork has one of many updates HERE.

tonight’s menomena.  expect lots of pictures from the show tomorrow or monday.

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Since I won’t be at SXSW and everyone else is, I thought I would tell you here about other site’s posts about the Texan Musical Festival.. . Here’s the 2nd night:

A. Idolator’s Second day Wrap-up HERE includes a song by kids and tells you how to be a SXSW outlaw HERE.

B. NME saw two of thepunkguy’s favorites, HERE and HERE.

C. Swedesplease has two nice updates from SXSW HERE and HERE.

D. GVB has pictures of Fat Lip, Bonde de Role and Spank Rock HERE.

E. Get free WIFI at SXSW HERE.

F. Where are the big guns in all this? BV and SG? Where are you??

ADDED:

G. NME posts some brave shirtless Gossip picts HERE.

H. Pitchfork has more to SAY HERE and HERE>

I. Central Village runs Late HERE.

J. Lily Allen live at NME HERE.

K. Swedesplease gets postcard number # 2 from Marit HERE.

L. Bloc Party’s Setlist at NME HERE.

M. Stereogum reminisces about last night HERE and picks for TONIGHT. AND HERE.
BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.

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Since I won’t be at SXSW and everyone else is, I thought I would tell you here about other site’s posts about the Texan Musical Festival.. . Here’s the first night:

A. Idolator breaks it down with a chart HERE.

B. GVB saw the rapture and then had their own party with Hello Stranger and Peter and the Wolf HERE.

C. NME has Lily Allen HERE and the Rapture LIVE HERE.

D. Central Village sees Matt and Kim but we don’t HERE.

E. MERGE RECORDS took picts HERE.

F. We are Scientists write from NME’s site HERE.

G. Pitchfork has this to say… HERE and THIS and THIS.

ADDED LATE:

H. Swedesplease has Marit Bergman sending in letters to Sweden HERE.

I. Stereogum saw Meat Puppets HERE and suggestions for TONIGHT HERE>

J.  Largeheartedboy has some great dls from the first day HERE.
BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.

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For those of you who know thepunkguy.com pretty well, you know that at least one of us here LOVES the band 31knots. Anyway, checking in on their website today and I see that they are playing Uncle Paulie’s in Brooklyn on march 30.

So much for that super secret location disclosed in our last post about them. Check out their tour information HERE.

31knots - Man Becomes Me .

31knots - Welcome to Stop .

31knots - Hearsay .

BUY THESE RELEASE HERE. CHECK OUT MORE MUSIC FROM THiS ARTIST HERE. BACK TO HOMEPAGE HERE.

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