I know I know I know, everyone on earth is talking about SXSW right now, and rightfully so. There’s not many places that could successfully convince almost 2,000 acts to come to one little town, and in some cases travel more than 8,000 miles just to play in a musty pub. For that, I credit the bands that keep the music scene in Austin thriving for the other 360 days a year. And so while everyone out there is talking about the next big New York, or British, or Japanese Ginsu-Surf-Rock-Shoegaze band that’s going to get found down there, I wanted to make sure we give credit where credit’s due. So this show was all about the music that makes Austin what it is. I remember the closings of some really cool venues from when I lived there (Lucy’s, Liberty Lunch…anyone?) and every time I go back I feel like half the town is redeveloped, but I’m glad that the live music that made Austin great doesn’t seem to have been lost along the way. Anyway, here’s the music, happy SXSW’ing, don’t forget to post your reviews of the shows you see if you’re down there this weekend…I think that robot centaur up there is getting pissed.
Catch the next episode of B.C. next Thursday at 4 pm CT.
- Sounds Under Radio - Portrait of a Summer Thief
- White Denim - IEIEI
- Oh No Oh My - The Boy With An Anchor
- Shearwater - Rooks
- Okkervil River - Calling and Not Calling My Ex
- The Unbearables - The Darker Part
- Black Joe Lewis - Master Sold My Baby
- Spoon - Well Allright
- The Octopus Project - IOIO
- Ghostland Observatory - Stranger Lover
- The Black and White Years - My Broken Hand
- What Made Milwaukee Famous - Sultan
- What Made Milwaukee Famous - Jeopardy of Contentment
- Tacks, The Boy Disaster - Frozen Feet
March 19th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Hey, thank you so much for playing us!
E-mail us if you’d like us to send you the tracks from our upcoming EP.
BTW- how did you originally hear about the band?
March 20th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Great list, Ben! I’d also like to give some love to a few of my favorite Austin bands…Explosions in the Sky and Low Line Caller.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Hooray- thank you for playing us! For any interested people reading, we’re hosting a free day party today at the Khabele School near Katz’s deli- we go on at 6:50.
Ben- e-mail us at the address above and we’ll send you more music.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hooray- thank you for playing the Unbearables! For any interested people reading, we’re hosting a free day party today at the Khabele School near Katz’s deli- we go on at 6:50.
Ben- e-mail us at the address above and we’ll send you more music.
March 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm
It’s always tough when you have so many great options to cram it all into just an hour, Explosions in the Sky was definitely up to bat for the show and I just couldn’t fit em in.
As for Low Line Caller, I’m chewing on some of their stuff now, thanks for the tip!
March 23rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
take a listen to the Black Angels too…also out of Austin…a bit Velvet Underground-esque