SXSW 2017: Lillie Mae

ACL released their "Bloody Mary Morning" lineup for Thursday at GSD&M.  I know a few and don't know a few.  I listened to the lowest band and didn't care too much for the one song I heard so we don't need to be there at 10am.  Slow Dancer is playing everywhere so we'll see him at some point.

Lillie Mae has been a backup musician and singer for Jack White and now she's releasing her first album that was produced by Jack White and is being released on his Third Man Records.   Not a bad start.

She's playing Willie's party in Spicewood as well as this.  May be worth checking her out here.

Over the Hill and Through the Woods

SXSW 2017: CHINAH

Here's another band off the blogger's guide.  It's a trio out of Copenhagen.  Nice mellow pop sound in this song.

Also nothing showing for them during the day.  The Operation Every Band blog that puts together the matrix of shows to see says this year only 30% of the day parties have announced their schedules.  Way down from previous years.

Away From Me

SXSW 2017: Skott

SXSW just came out with their "Music Bloggers Guide to SXSW" that highlights the bands picked out by various music bloggers.  One of the acts is this singer from Sweden that's picked to be the next big indie pop sensation.  I don't see any day parties for her yet.

This song reminds me a lot of Lykke Li.  Another song of hers, "Amelia", is also good.

Porcelain

SXSW 2017: QTY

Weather Up always has a really good day party on Friday but we've never ventured over there.  This year is no exception.  A mix of local bands and out-of-towners.  Depending on the time slots it could be worth heading over there for awhile.

This is a duo out of NYC that actually grew up in NYC.  They released this song on Soundcloud and the internet blogs went nuts.  They've since released another really good song, "World Breaker", so they have 2 songs to their credit.  Very high expectations for these guys.

They're compared to early Strokes/Velvet Underground.  His voice has that Lou Reed vibe.

Rodeo

SXSW 2107: Living Hours

Friday at Urban Outfitters starts with the female singers.  There's Molly Burch at 1pm. (I like her album). Then Jay Som at 2pm. (I previewed her and really like her last album.)

Kicking off at noon is this band out of Winnipeg. Dreamy pop.  One review called them mellow Tame Impala and another compared them to Beach House.

Seagull