Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

SxSW XXI III – Sound & Vision


Photo by Frank Yang

Nicole Atkins & The Sea (Neptune City, NJ)
Photos: Nicole Atkins & The Sea @ The Mohawk Patio – March 14, 2008
MP3: Nicole Atkins – “Maybe Tonight”
MP3: Nicole Atkins – “Party’s Over”
Video: Nicole Atkins – “The Way It Is”
Video: Nicole Atkins – “Neptune City”
MySpace: Nicole Atkins
– Nicole Atkins tells The Daily Tarheel that Letterman owes her a steak, is welcomed back to her one-time home by The Charlotte Observer and calls Philadelphia Weekly from an IHOP

Blair (New Orleans, LA)
Photos: Blair @ The Mohawk – March 14, 2008
MP3: Blair – “Androgynous”

The Dodos (San Francisco, CA)
Photos: The Dodos @ The Mohawk Patio – March 14, 2008
MP3: The Dodos – “Jodi”
MP3: The Dodos – “Fools”
Video: The Dodos – “Fools”
Stream: The Dodos / Visiter
MySpace: The Dodos
Daytrotter has a session for download and San Francisco Weekly talks to The Dodos, who are at the El Mocambo on April 9.

Cadence Weapon (Edmonton, AB)
Photos: Cadence Weapon @ The Mohawk Patio – March 14, 2008
MP3: Cadence Weapon – “Real Estate”
MP3: Cadence Weapon – “Sharks”
MP3: Cadence Weapon – “Black Hand”
Video: Cadence Weapon – “Sharks”
Video: Cadence Weapon – “Black Hand”
MySpace: Cadence Weapon
The London Free Press, The Toronto Star and The Independent talk to Cadence Weapon, whose Afterparty Babies is out now and will be at the Danforth Music Hall on April 25.

Cameron McGill (Chicago, IL)
Photos: Cameron McGill @ The Mohawk – March 14, 2008
MP3: Cameron McGill – “Not On My Side”
Video: Cameron McGill – “Depression Glass”
MySpace: Cameron McGill

Bowerbirds (Raleigh, NC)
Photos: Bowerbirds @ The Mohawk – March 14, 2008
MP3: Bowerbirds – “In Our Talons”
MySpace: Bowerbirds
The Daily Collegian talks to Beth Tacular of Bowerbirds.

Jens Lekman (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Photos: Jens Lekman @ Club DeVille – March 14, 2008
MP3: Jens Lekman – “The Opposite Of Hallelujah”
MP3: Jens Lekman – “Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo”
Video: Jens Lekman – “Sipping On The Sweet Nectar”
The Stranger rattles of five or six things it knows about Jens Lekman. Number seven could be that he plays the Music Gallery on April 7 and 8.

British Sea Power (Brighton, England)
Photos: British Sea Power @ The Mohawk Patio – March 14, 2008
MP3: British Sea Power – “Waving Flags”
MP3: British Sea Power – “No Lucifer”
MP3: British Sea Power – “Atom” (edit)
Video: British Sea Power – “Waving Flags”
MySpace: British Sea Power
The Des Moines Register, QRO and Aversion interview British Sea Power. They’re at Lee’s Palace on May 16.

Portastatic (Chapel Hill, NC)
Photos: Portastatic @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: Portastatic – “I Wanna Know Girls”
MP3: Portastatic – “Sour Shores”
Video: Portastatic – “Song For A Clock”
MySpace: Portastatic

Wye Oak (Baltimore, MD)
Photos: Wye Oak @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: Wye Oak – “Warning”
MP3: Wye Oak – “Regret”
MP3: Wye Oak – “Family Glue”
MP3: Wye Oak – “Obituary”
Stream: Wye Oak / If Children
MySpace: Wye Oak
Splice Today interviews Wye Oak, who release If Children on April 8 and play Sneaky Dee’s on May 2.

Radar Bros. (Los Angeles, CA)
Photos: Radar Bros @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: Radar Bros. – “Warm Rising Sun”
Video: Radar Bros. – “When Cold Air Goes To Sleep”
Stream: Radar Bros. / Auditorium
MySpace: Radar Bros.
– The Radar Bros talk to Harp about the making of their new video.

Shout Out Louds (Stockholm, Sweden)
Photos: Shout Out Louds @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: Shout Out Louds – “Tonight I Have To Leave It”
Video: Shout Out Louds – “Tonight I Have To Leave It”
Video: Shout Out Louds – “Impossible” (YouTube)
Stream: Shout Out Louds / Our Ill Wills
MySpace: Shout Out Louds
The Village Voice hangs out with the Shout Out Louds.

She & Him (Los Angeles, CA)
Photos: She & Him @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: She & Him – “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?”
Stream: She & Him / Volume One
New York Magazine and Time Out: New York talk to M Ward and Zooey Deschanel.

Destroyer (Vancouver, BC)
Photos: Destroyer @ The Parish – March 14, 2008
MP3: Destroyer – “Dark Leaves Form A Thread”
MP3: Destroyer – “Foam Hands”
Stream: Destroyer / Trouble In Dreams
Paper talks to Dan Bejar about Trouble In Dreams. Destroyer is at Lee’s Palace on April 19.

Full reviews for the day here. For an ongoing list of torrents, MP3s and streams from SxSW 2008, visit Largehearted Boy.

By : Frank Yang at 8:26 pm
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