I only saw 8 bands that day. That seems a little low for SXSW. This one is short and sweet. Big ups to these bands. Calla. Go to that site and ‘It Dawned On Me’ will start playing. Sounds kind of like Dandy Warhals. Inward Eye. 3 young brothers from Winnipeg with amazing live energy. […]
Here’s what I remember….. I spent most of that afternoon (last wednesday) at the Canadian Blast party in the Brush square. Solid sets by Magneta Lane and Pilate. Swollen Members, not so great. They did have a great big tour bus, but I’m not sure the crowd appreciated the long wait in between them and […]
I have a good reason for not posting. I spent the last 6 days in Austin, TX (also known as Awesome, TX) seeing concerts, eating nachos and drinking bad beer. Top award goes to a beer called Fat Tire. It scored high for having a cool name, but was knocked down to a low score […]
I first heard The Acorn while listening to CBC Radio 3’s podcast. The song ‘Blankets’ came on (from the bands second effort, an EP called the ‘Blankets!’ EP) and it stuck with me for a couple days. Then as I heard more of their music on their website (or on their label’s site, Kelp Records […]
So, last night I went to a concert, some guy pushed me, then the crowd started swirling. Then I got kicked out. And never got to talk to that girl that I was meant to… Maybe I’ll have to watch this video a couple more times. (It’s in windows media format, if it doesn’t work, […]