Thursday, September 17, 2009

Baby I'm Back

Ha! Thought you'd gotten rid of me, hmmm?

OK so the last thing I posted was after SXSW 2007. I'm behind on posting my "best of" picks and shows.

SXSW 2008's "best of" were these:

Say Hi - Northwestern Girls
Astra Heights - The March
The Hard Lessons - See and be scene
Richard Julian - If you Stay
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me
Money Mark - Pick Up The Pieces
Magic Wands - Black Magic
Erin McCarley - Love, Save The Empty
The Boss Martians - Power of Doubt
Meiko - How Lucky We Are
Tiny Animals - Useless
Bella - Give It A Night
Holly Conlan - OK
The Redwalls - Summer Romance
The Hush Sound - Wine Red
Colour Revolt - Naked and Red
Daniel Lanois - Here is what is
Black Tide - Shockwave
Anamanaguchi - Power Supply

Most of these are available for free at http://2008.sxsw.com - except for a couple that have since become "hits" and taken down (stupid record companies don't get it).

And here are 2009's picks for best 20(ish) songs out of thousands:

Two Hours Traffic - Nighthawks
Crash Kings - 14 Arms
Madi Diaz - Nothing At All
Local Natives - Airplanes
Eugene Francis Jnr & The Juniors - Beginners
Miniature Tigers - Cannibal Queen
The Octopus Project - Wet Gold
Ume - The Conductor
Fol Chen - Cable TV
Kinch - The Economic Chastisement
Bashtak Joke Alash
Dear and the Headlights - I'm Not Crying. You're Not Crying, are you?
The Boat People - Unsettle My heart
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Bag Of Hammers
Choo Choo - A little wiser now
The Golden Dogs - Lester
Maps & Atlases - Witch
Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today
David Martel - The End of Self
School of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
The Bloodsugars - Bloody Mary

You can probably get most of these for free as well from http://2009.sxsw.com

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