SXSW 2023: Recap

 Monday March 13th

@GSD&M

Texas String Assembly
The Heavy Heavy
Devon Gilfillian
The Nude Party

Tuesday March 14th

@Waterloo Records
Good Looks

@Ray Benson's Birthday Party
The Tiarras
Asleep at the Wheel w/
The Shootouts
William Beckmann
Willis Allen Ramsey
Spoon

Wednesday March 15th

@High Noon
Devon Gilfillian
Andrew McMahon
Barrie
Kate Davis
Michigander

@Side Bar
Near Beer

@Cedar Street Courtyard
Lime Garden (partial)
Brooke Combe

@GSD&M Sonic Guild
Rattlesnake Milk (partial)
TC Superstar

Thursday March 16th

@GSD&M Bloody Mary Morning
Como Los Movies
Hermanos Gutiérrez

@Waterloo
Juliana Riolino

@Parish
Bartees Strange

@Inn Cahoots (Bose/BME)
Danielle Ponder

@High Noon (Paste)
Overcoats (2 songs)
Bonny Dune
Sunny War

@Cedar Street Courtyard (BME)
Far Caspian

Friday March 17th

@Luck Reunion
Bella White (Saloon)
Angel White
The Golden Dregs (Saloon)
Devon Gilfillian
The Heavy Heavy
Sadurn (Saloon)
Sierra Ferrell
Margo Price with Band of Heathens
Arcy Drive
Leon Russell Tribute
The War and Treaty
Spoon
Thee Sacred Souls
Willie Nelson and Family

SXSW 2023: TALK

 Also playing Friday at Whole Foods is this artist from Canada.  He plays at 5:45pm.  This article has a summary: 

Calling fans of Guns N Roses, Foo Fighters, and Elton John. In need of a bright and bold modern rockstar to spice up your playlist?

Well, 25-year-old independent artist TALK from Ottawa, Canada is just that. Plus, he writes, plays all instruments, and produces his own tracks.

 

SXSW 2023: L.A. Edwards

Friday at Whole Foods has a pretty good afternoon lineup. It has Krooked Kings at 4:15pm, Dream, Ivory at 6:30pm and this band in between at 5pm. 

This article sums them up:

L.A. Edwards is a Nashville-based quartet, comprised of brothers Luke (vocals, guitar), Harry (drums), Jay (keys), and Alex Edwards (lead guitar). The band imparts graceful Laurel Canyon songcraft on groove-driven rock with sun-soaked twang...Their debut record, “True Blue” (produced by Ron Blair of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) provides a fresh take on the Laurel Canyon sound, combining Eagles-esque harmony, Stones-inspired guitar weaving, the melancholy of Jackson Browne, and the working-class optimism of Tom Petty himself.

Sign me up.

 

SXSW 2023: Texas String Assembly

 This is the first band on the GSD&M party so they probably play first. Do512 describes them thus:

"They are exactly what they sound like - accomplished acoustic string musicians playing in the venn diagram of bluegrass, folk-country, and hippie jugband music - and they have a fast-growing fanbase."

It looks like they are from San Marcos.

Fun song.

 

SXSW 2023: Darling West

I finally found the Paste Magazine schedule. It's at High Noon on the east side. This is Friday's lineup:

12:00pm – C K Talkington + Renee Zellweger (you think it's the actress?)
12:40pm – TBA
1:20pm – Far Caspian
2:00pm – Fruit Bats
2:40pm – Why Bonnie
3:20pm – Darling West
4:00pm – Cheekface
4:40pm – Hannibal Buress
5:20pm – Death Valley Girls
5:55pm – McKinley Dixon
6:30pm – Ron Gallo

That Far Caspian/Fruit Bats combo could be worth the bike ride.  We saw the band after Why Bonnie, Darling West, at Whole Foods in 2017. It was on the small stage. I think they just did acoustic but I remember liking it.  They are described on do512 as "Norwegian Cosmic Folk/Americana.  

This is a new song.