We ended up seeing Thee Oh Sees five times during sxsw. Which means I've now seen them live eight times. I've only seen Jonathan Richman live 5 times, and Miley Cyrus live once. So I must be a pretty big fan. The above video is all captured from the sweaty packed shows in March. (I don't think I'll ever tire of the three frame .gif effect.)
Get the newest oh sees record: mp3 format or buy the record from In the Red - I hear it's pressed on orange-opaque vinyl.
What I ended up seeing in alphabetical order, repeats noted in parenthesis, newly discovered favorites denoted in bold:
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks Andrew WK Awesome Color The Baths (2) The Beets Birthday Suits Black Angels Black Cock The Carrots Cheap Time Cheeseburger Cococoma Destruction Unit Eternal Summers The Fresh and Onlys (3) The Girls at Dawn (2) Golden Triangle Gun Outfit Gwar Hunx & His Punx JEFF the Brotherhood Magic Kids (2) Man or Astroman? Mickey The Muffs Pierced Arrows Puffy Areolas Rainbow Bridge Rayon Beach Reading Rainbow Shapes Have Fangs The Spits (2) Tamaryn Thee Oh Sees (5) Thomas Function Total Slacker (2) Ty Segall Tyvek Vivian Girls White Mystery Wizzard Sleeve Woods (2) Wounded Lion Woven Bones
I think I'm forgetting some - but it's all a blur at this point. I made a compilation of some of my favorites. Find it *here.
*(ugh - I'm afraid the files might be a little sloppy (missing artwork) - but I'm too tired to correct it at this point. my apologies.)
(FREE BREAKFAST TACOS + DAILY JUICE!) noon YellowFever 12:45 The Rural Alberta Advantage 01:30 The Morning Benders 02:15 Japandroids 03:00 Titus Andronicus 03:45 The Black Angels 04:30 GZA 05:15 Fucked Up
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Escapes IV @ Club 1808
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt (NY)(5:30pm) Male Bonding (UK) (6pm) Peter and the Wolf (6:30pm) Reverse X Rays (7pm) Popo (7:30pm) Prince Rama (8pm) Quiet Hooves (8:30pm) Light Pollution (9pm) Yellow Fever (9:30pm)
update 3/17: saw - Eternal Summers, Reading Rainbow, The Carrots, Total Slacker, Shapes Have Fangs, The Baths, Wounded Lion, Woven Bones, Fresh & Onlys, and Thee Oh Sees
I've been doing endless research and planning for the looming sxsw weekend. It's overwhelming - listening to bands on myspace, reading blogs, following pathways to find those secret parties and free shows. whew.
Like with most things, in the end, you just have to leave all the researching and scheduling aside, trust that you know what you're doing and go with the flow.
Even with all that research, until today I hadn't gotten super excited about anything. I stumbled onto a Carbon/Silicon track and I was like, whoa who are these guys?! Yeah, duh. I was hoping to have discovered some new kids. But no, big surprise - I like the Mick Jones' and Tony James' collaboration. It's funny, it's just it sounded like it was recorded on GarageBand or something, so I didn't assume big things. More research needs to be done - but I wonder if they'll record something more polished.
Another one that's not a big surprise as far as what I'm typically drawn to, but at least not already (or ever will be) a "rock legend" is Jeffery Lewis. Not for everyone. Probably not for most. He designed the cover for the Moldy Peaches, and he sounds like Adam Green. Sometimes Daniel Johnston without mental illness comes across as superficial and pretentious, but I think I might like him. He just released "12 Crass Songs" which I thought was maybe just lewd songs, but it's covers of Crass songs. I'm curious.
And then there's my guilty pleasure. MGMT. I can't help it - they're so ridiculously ablaze in watered down Vice magazine hipness and youth. Plus the singer is daarrreamy and is so often found without his shirt. yeow!
Oh and holy fuck, please don't forget about Rachel Ray's Showcase. I'm planning on being there. The Ettes are playing. Pleaaase let there be cleverly named snacks. Puhleeeez.
