Entries Tagged With: Vampire Weekend
Bonus MP3: Vampire Weekend -- "M79 (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
By Pete Freedman At 12:35pm Mar 18, 2008
[So we decided to try our hand at some live recording this weekend at South by Southwest. We did it on the same equipment we tape our interviews on, so the quality ain't gonna blow you away. But the crowd noise and whatnot do make these taped versions pretty fun in our book. Enough reading. Knock yourself out and download that sucker. -- Pete Freedman]Vampire Weekend -- "M79 (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
.
Bonus MP3: Vampire Weekend -- "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
By Pete Freedman At 10:00am Mar 18, 2008
[So we decided to try our hand at some live recording this weekend at South by Southwest. We did it on the same equipment we tape our interviews on, so the quality ain't gonna blow you away. But the crowd noise and whatnot do make these taped versions pretty fun in our book. Enough reading. Knock yourself out and download that sucker. -- Pete Freedman]Vampire Weekend -- "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
.
Bonus MP3: Vampire Weekend -- "A-Punk (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
By Pete Freedman At 05:50am Mar 18, 2008
[So we decided to try our hand at some live recording this weekend at South by Southwest. We did it on the same equipment we tape our interviews on, so the quality ain't gonna blow you away. But the crowd noise and whatnot do make these taped versions pretty fun in our book. Enough reading. Knock yourself out and download that sucker. -- Pete Freedman]Vampire Weekend -- "A-Punk (Live at Antone's - SXSW 2008)"
.
Over The Weekend: SXSW Edition with Vampire Weekend, Motorhead, The Black Keys
By Chelsea Mueller At 03:27am Mar 17, 2008
Lemmy from Motorhead at SXSW. (Mark C. Austin)
Vampire Weekend
After debating it, getting shit from you guys for debating it and getting a tarot reading saying he needed to go Pete caved and went to see Vampire Weekend. Turns out, great decision. Bonus: Pete should be adding some mp3s from the packed Friday night show at Antone's to DC-9 today.
Motorhead
I was very excited when I saw Motorhead on the schedule to play a free afternoon party on Thursday. So, let's just say I was pretty pissed when a couple hours beforehand I got tripped and broke my big toe. I still walked down to Stubb's to see the band, and the pain was very much worth it. Lemmy and Co. blew me and hundreds of others away. I won't tell you not to feel bad about missing it, but you can feel a little better about it by listening to DC-9's recording of Motorhead playing “Killers” at the show.
The Black Keys
So, it's no shocker than both Pete and I were at the Village Voice Media day party Friday afternoon. We work for them. However, we couldn't help but share how awesome The Black Keys were at the shindig. If you need proof, I happen to have a live song up for your aural pleasure.
Read more "Over The Weekend:..." >>
.
What It Was Like: Basia Bulat, Foreign Born, Vampire Weekend, DeVotchKa, Robyn
By Pete Freedman At 09:31am Mar 15, 2008
Is it possible that Robyn's Friday night set was even better than Vampire Weekend's? Don't laugh! (Pete Freedman)
So the all the hype caught up with me tonight; after fighting it and fighting it, I decided to give in to Vampire Weekend. Catching Helio Sequence during the day had something to do with it. So did those darn tarot cards. So was it worth it? Well, here's What It Was Like on Friday night...
Band: Basia Bulat, a Canadian Americana outfit with decent lead vocals.
Where: Antone's
What It Was Like: Like if the Dixie Chicks were more rootsy and if their vocals were trembly like Stevie
Verdict: Not bad. But not great either. Here's the deal: If Basia Bulat were a band from Dallas, I'd probably dig them after a while--they sound like the type of act that grows on you. But for a Canadian act that, as the lead singer said, had never been to Texas before, it's not worth investing your time in them. Their set was decent, but not good enough to say that booking agents around the region are gonna be running around trying to get them to come this way again. If you're dying for female Americana or Texas Swing, check out Burleson's Quebe Sisters.
Random Note: You have to give the Basia Bulat folks credit for playing to their crowd. At one point, the band covered Austin legend Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You In The End."
Read more "What It Was Like:..." >>
.
Village Voice Media @ SXSW
• 2008 Village Voice Media SXSW Party
• Broward-Palm Beach New Times
• Cleveland Scene
• Dallas Observer
• Denver Westword
• Houston Press
• LA Weekly
• Miami New Times
• Minneapolis City Pages
• Broward-Palm Beach New Times
• Cleveland Scene
• Dallas Observer
• Denver Westword
• Houston Press
• LA Weekly
• Miami New Times
• Minneapolis City Pages
• Nashville Scene
• OC Weekly
• Phoenix New Times
• The Pitch Kansas City
• Seattle Weekly
• SF Weekly
• St. Louis RFT
• Village Voice
• 2007 SXSW Coverage
• OC Weekly
• Phoenix New Times
• The Pitch Kansas City
• Seattle Weekly
• SF Weekly
• St. Louis RFT
• Village Voice
• 2007 SXSW Coverage
.
Slide Shows
The Top 25 Moments of SXSW 2008
Duffy, Moby, Lou Reed, N.E.R.D., British Sea Power, Vampire Weekend, Monotonix and, of course, Motorhead.
The Ten Best Live Show Fliers from SXSW 2008
Austin was covered in paper, tape and paste this weekend. Here are ten of our favorite posters, featuring gas masks, roller girls and Shepard Fairey.
SXSW: Flatstock
Didn't make it to the poster show's annual stop at Austin Convention Center? We've got pics of what you missed.
SXSW: Two Gallants, GZA, Monotonix, Black Mountain, Okkervil River and Roky Erickson,
Saturday night in Austin. The grand finale. Tons of new pics. Plus plenty more from the past four days of music and mayhem.
Village Voice Media Party at La Zona Rosa
Health, the Cribs, the Black Keys, the Soundtrack of Our Lives and ...You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead rock the crowd at our SXSW party on Friday.
Scenes from SXSW
Moby, Matt Pinfield, a superhero and a vagrant cross-dressing mayoral candidate -- sometimes the best action at Austin's South By isn't on stage.
SXSW from A to Z
Hundreds of bands play the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin each year. From Amy Lavere to Zookeeper, here are a handful booked for 2008.
KC @ SXSW 2008
Photos from Kansas City's raid on Austin. Photos by Jason Harper.
NX35: The Denton Stage at South by Southwest
Some of our favorite Denton bands, including Sarah Jaffe, Mom and Record Hop, played an afternoon party Wednesday, March 12, at SXSW.
SXSW: MC/VL
St. Paul's MC/VL, a hip-hop crew with old school beats and grad school cred that City Pages spoke with last year, took to the streets of Austin (and disrobed) in an effort to be heard.
SXSW: Son, Ambulance
Omaha's Son, Ambulance played at the Dirty Dog Bar on Saturday, March 15.
SXSW: White Light Riot
Minneapolis' White Light Riot played at Fuze on Friday, March 14.
SXSW: Solid Gold
Minneapolis' psychedelic dance groove combo Solid Gold played at the Thirsty Nickel on Friday, March 14.
SXSW: The Photo Atlas
Denver band The Photo Atlas, whose sound is reminiscent of At the Drive In, played at Pure Volume in Austin.
Red House Records at SXSW, March 13
Minnesotans rocked SXSW Thursday, with St. Paul-based roots label Red House Records throwing a showcase party and melodic indie rockers White Light Riot ... well, just partying.