RE: (TV) Re: [Television-group] sxsw / recommendation

["Scott Simpson" <ssimpson@nyc.rr.com>]

Don't know how I managed to miss S-K through that decade.

Glad to hear it lives on.

But it was a decade.  Oh yeah.  Looking forward to hearing WF as soon as my % recovers.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rovner
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:21 PM
To: Television-group@yahoogroups.com; tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) Re: [Television-group] sxsw / recommendation

You most definitely will get an amen from Rovner.  Wild Flag was the best show I saw at SXSW, and I'm super glad Robin recommended I attend.  More energy than any band I saw, and as Robin notes, the guitar interplay was awesome.  I actually have never heard Sleater-Kinney, but Carrie Brownstein is a monster on the guitar (Mary is pretty darn good as well).

Other good bands for me were Mike Watt playing straight through his entire new album "Hyphenated-Man", Edwyn Collins with a cracking band backing him up (amazing for a guy who had 2 brain hemorrages (I think I spelled that wrong), lost almost all ability to speak, and is partially paralyzed), and a little band called Jukebox The Ghost who play pop songs that draw from the Beatles, Queen, some prog rock, etc., but have a magical ability to create ear worms in my head.  I'm especially glad I ran out of energy and did not attend Yoko Ono (which was one of my "to see" artists), as everyone says it was awful.

And, as usual, a highlight of my trip was getting to hang out with Robin.

-----Original Message-----
>From: robin dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Mar 23, 2011 9:04 PM
>To: tv@obbard.com, television-group@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Television-group] sxsw / recommendation
>
>i think i've recovered from my sxsw overload enough to post.  and i hope i can get an amen from rovner on this -- wild flag.  
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>the band is carrie brownstein and janet weiss from sleater-kinney, mary timony from helium, and rebecca cole from the minders.  and they were just the very best thing of the week.  
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>the best example i've found at dime is this show:
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>http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=349257
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>and there is a great video here (from philadelphia).
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDo3eNVIOok
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>to (very tangentially) tie this to TV:  the guitar interplay between carrie and mary, who share leads, is pretty amazing.  definitely a strong two-guitar band.  and -- you'll hear this on the mellow johnny's show -- mary timony sings a lot like richard hell.  i'm serious.  you'll agree if you listen.
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>i think their tour is over, but they should be on the road again once the record is out.  you're missing something sweet if you miss 'em.
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>another highlight -- le butcherettes, from mexico city.  their first album is also pending; i can say they were great live.  i think they'll be touring with the deftones this summer.  i'm tempted to buy tickets just to catch them as the opening act.
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>tune-yards was great, as ever.  low-lights:  dum dum girls...and yoko ono was one weird scene, not in a good way.
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>r
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