Dan continues to send in his SXSW coverage: LIVE. I will be updating as soon as I get them throughout the day.
See photos and brief commentary on part one: SXSW 2011: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
See photos and brief commentary on part one: SXSW 2011: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Carl Broemel
carlbroemel.com
This is Carl Broemel from My Morning Jacket. We got to this show by accident. We went to the venue to use the bathroom and get some brownies. It was at St. David’s Bethell Hall; they do brownies right.
Show had already started and I was intrigued by the music. Great guitars and pedal steal coming out from the speakers. Turned out it was a trio: guitar, bass and piano. One song sounded like Harry Nilson. Carl referred to it as soft rock and it was only his 7th solo show.
He then went on to play one solo with lots of loops from his guitar and pedal steal.
He closed with "Lollipop" acoustic; "lollipop, lollipop o lollipop lollipop...."
I was impressed enough to by the LP; yep vinyl!
carlbroemel.com
This is Carl Broemel from My Morning Jacket. We got to this show by accident. We went to the venue to use the bathroom and get some brownies. It was at St. David’s Bethell Hall; they do brownies right.
Show had already started and I was intrigued by the music. Great guitars and pedal steal coming out from the speakers. Turned out it was a trio: guitar, bass and piano. One song sounded like Harry Nilson. Carl referred to it as soft rock and it was only his 7th solo show.
He then went on to play one solo with lots of loops from his guitar and pedal steal.
He closed with "Lollipop" acoustic; "lollipop, lollipop o lollipop lollipop...."
I was impressed enough to by the LP; yep vinyl!
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Josh T Pearson joshtpearson.co.uk Josh has gotten tremendous press with his new release. Mojo is very much trying to help get the word out. He is originally from Texas and has been in Paris for the last 10 years. He plays a flamenco strumming style of guitar for songs that have very deep personal meaning. He has a great Texas voice and really draws you into the lyrics. Amazing version of "Rivers of Babylon". |
Sharon Van Etten sharonvanetten.com Played to a standing room only show at Central Presbyterian Church. Band sounded great as a three piece. Material coming from the new release which has gotten a lot of air play locally. I really like her choruses. They have great hooks. |
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J Masics www.jmascis.com Playing Mojo BBQ at the Mean Eyed Cat. Playing tuneful songs from the new CD. Playing a very old Gibson with effects, he showed off his dexterity with an acoustic. He included a cover of Edie Brickell's "Circle of Friends". The story was he learned to love the song on the tour bus. |
Jim Jones Revue www.jimjonesrevue.com 50's screaming rock and roll. They know how to work up a frenzy. Jerry Lee Lewis piano, screaming guitars and throat damaging vocals all at 2 pm in the afternoon. They blew the circuit breaker at the venue. Amazing. |
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Erland & The Carnival erlandandthecarnival.com Hypnotic, psychedelic guitar based band from Scotland. Reminded me of the Electric Prunes meet the Last of the Shadow Puppets. This one was a great surprise. I wasn't sure what to expect but they were one of the highlights. Again Mojo BBQ. |
Hurray for the Riff Raff myspace.com/hurrayfortheriffraff Great Cajun Country 4 piece. They're just a bunch of kids but they have a great sound and can trade off instruments. So you can have that sift touch if harmonica in one song and then a fiddle on the next. Sounds like they have a couple releases. They hail from New Orleans so the Cajun sound is no surprise. Mojo BBQ again. |
