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The Kills

Administrator — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:52:49 +0000

The Kills have a disquieting intensity to their music. It reflects into their videos – the gritty, unsettling, often violent cinematography of Last Day of Magic and Black Balloon exemplify – and, appropriately enough, carried into their live show on Friday. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince prowled the stage, pacing and circling each other like a cat and dog ready to fight. They leaned over a sea of grasping hands and sang into the crowd; Jamie aimed his guitar at Alison like a gun; they each snarled lyrics into the other’s face.

Within the three-song encore, they included a cover of I Put A Spell On You… it was entirely appropriate.

More at Mary’s Flickr photo set.

Spoon at Scoot Inn

Administrator — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:12:34 +0000

Spoon played last night to a sold-out hometown crowd for a solid hour-and-a-half, with a mix of old and new material.

The first part of the set was devoted almost entirely to new music, and it showed in the band’s slight hesitancy at first: you could tell that they were not quite comfortable with the songs yet. At the same time, their focus on recording over the past months also meant that some of the older songs showed the same hesitancy, as the band tried to get back into the swing of playing live again.

The crowd called out requests for old favorites, Britt laughed off any slip-ups with a rueful smile, and the sound was superb. The new material was intriguing, and while Britt didn’t let slip any details about a release date, you can be sure we can’t wait to hear the tracks all polished and pretty.

For more pics, check out Mary’s Flickr photo set.

YellowFever, Vivian Girls, Ariel Pink

Administrator — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:24:09 +0000

Local minimalist pop trio YellowFever opened for Vivian Girls, who played 15+ shows during just the few short days of SXSW, and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. We’ve got some pics from the show below, and more in Mary’s Flickr photos set.

SXSW in Photos Part II

Administrator — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:15:45 +0000

St. Vincent

Wavves

King Khan and the Shrines

Department of Eagles

M. Ward

Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)

Juliette Lewis

SXSW in Photos

Administrator — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:55:00 +0000

It’s been weeks since the insanity passed, and we’re still recovering from the influx of tourists and musicians to our fair city. We interviewed some stellar artists, snapped thousands of photos, and are still going through all the material. Here are just a few shots of that crazy week… click the band name for more photos.

Ume

Brazos

Sunset

The Black and White Years

That gets you through Tuesday of SXSW; we’ll be posting the rest soon enough.

IFC Crossroads Party

Administrator — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:02:38 +0000

It was a struggle finagling our way into the ultra-private IFC Crossroads Party with Gomez and the Decemberists, but we managed! The lighting at Pangaea, a dance club except during sxsw insanity, was wonderful, so check out a few shots from the night.
Gomez

The Decemberists

As usual, more photos from the party are up at Mary’s Flickr.

Pnuma & Big Gigantic

Administrator — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:52:27 +0000

You’ve probably heard of the Pnuma Trio, right? If not, let us sum up: funky electronica mixed with driving live drums and bass. Well, on Saturday night two of the famous group were getting feet moving at the Parish. Big Gigantic, an unsigned group from Colorado – who, given their party-startin’ skillz probably won’t stay unsigned for long - kicked it off with a mix of laptops and live drums and saxophone.

Big Gigantic

Pnuma

More shots on Flickr.

Fujiya, Miyagi

Administrator — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:02:56 +0000

If you weren’t at Emo’s last night for Fujiya & Miyagi, you missed a killer show. The room was packed, the crowd was dancing, and both the indoor and outdoor stages were tearing it up.

First, Masonic played the outside stage.

Then, Project Jenny, Project Jan got everybody groovin’ inside.

Then, Fujiya & Miyagi! Their set (plus encore) was 16 songs, and they didn’t waste a second on talking. Set list at the bottom of the post.

A quick detour back outside to catch the tail-end of Schatzi’s set was necessary.

Then it was back inside, just in time to catch Fujiya & Miyagi getting the Project Jenny, Project Jan guys on stage for one last song.

After all that, it was back outside for Cruiserweight.

Fujiya & Miyagi Setlist:

Sore Thumb
Ankle Injuries
Uh
Paper Airplanes
Pussyfooting
Cassette Single
Photocopier
Pterodactyls
Sick & Tired
Transparent Things
Knickerbocker
In One Ear
Collarbone
Pickpocket
Electro Karaoke
Pins & Needles

And as usual, more photos of the night at Mary’s Flickr.

Homegrown – Chillville Edition

Administrator — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:42:04 +0000

Shuttle Debris

Ohn

Govinda

As usual, for more photos from the night check out Mary’s Flickr.

Lykke Li at Antone’s

Administrator — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:15:56 +0000

Check out Mary’s Flickr for more from Lykke Li’s set at Antone’s.