SXSW 2014: The Strypes

Not far from Rainey St. at the Palm Door by the Convention Center is another day party with some good bands.  This one is the "Next Big Thing" coming out of the U.K.  The hype is huge.  A bunch of kids that wowed Elton John and have signed with Mercury Records.

Jake Bugg is channeling the Beatles so I guess we need the next Rolling Stones.  Here they are.

Got Love if You Want It

SXSW 2014: Sylvan Esso

Another electronic-focused band (at least on this song) playing the Blackheart on Friday is a duo comprised of a singer from Mountain Man (who we saw at Buffalo Billiards during SXSW 2010) and a musician from Megafaun.

This is a nice mellow song.

Coffee

SXSW 2014: Public Service Broadcasting

Since I'm getting complaints from my loyal reader that I'm not posting enough here you go. I'll cover a few things going on Friday.  It seems to work best on Friday and Saturday to concentrate on one area and just bar hop around there instead of trying to cover a lot of ground.  One option for Friday is the Rainey Street area.

This band is playing Blackheart along with Bob Mould, Wye Oak, Speedy Ortiz, and Eagulls.  Most of the rest are more rock-oriented but this band is electronic-focused.  It's a duo out of London.  Their Wikipedia page states: "They take samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material, attempting to 'teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future.'"  This song teaches us about Everest.

Reminds me of old M83, or Air.  Pretty cool I think.  Nice mellow start to the day.

Everest

SXSW 2014: Lucius

Moving on to Thursday I assume we'll be going to the Heartbreaker Banquet.  I'm really excited to see Hooray for the Riff Raff, who play the Chapel Stage.  We'll need to get in line early to see them.

I'll cover some of the newer bands first.  Lucius is an indie-pop band with two female lead-singers.  They formed in Boston but are now in Brooklyn.  They were in town for a sold out show in January at the Parish.

This is a nice song.  I'll embed the video of another song, "Go Home", which shows their range.

Until We Get There

SXSW 2014: Speedy Ortiz

Going for the "most SXSW shows in a week" award is a band out of Northampton, MA.  They're playing everywhere it seems.  The first chance to see them is at Waterloo Records on Wednesday, which also has Hospitality playing right after them.

Kind of a more mainstream Pixies sound.

American Horror