The well is dry—SXSW Music Wristbands Are All Gone

So the pandemonium has struck all the hipsters in the ATX because Waterloo sold all of the wristbands….that means that I will have to Macgyver something for next to get a hold of one of the wristands. I guess according to a headcount done by news 8 in Austin of 4200 people waiting to get a wristband. If the good people from SXSW decide to sell anymore, I’m told it’s easiest if you bring cash instead of dealing with a credit card.

more news here
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=156126

**People in Planes**

Most notable for their new video directed by Joaquin Phoenix, and a good selection if I don’t say so myself. After listening to their single, they sound like a rockier Neil Young..

Joaquin Phoenix Likes People in Planes: Part Two, the Video
On January 12 I posted about Joaquin Phoenix directing the video for “If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)” (MP3), the lead single from People in Planes‘ debut album As Far as the Eye Can See. The video, filmed in the Ontario, California airport, is now public, via Windows Media (large/small) or Real Media (large/small) stream.”I’ve never heard anything like it (“If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode),” said Joaquin Phoenix via press release. “Really the movement and the rhythm of the song gave me my first ideas for images. I started doing some research on airports and found a couple of pictures from a Japanese architectural photographer and saw images of airports in blues and yellows. I really loved the idea of combining colors and giving it a really metallic look.”People in Planes touch down in New York this evening at the Mercury Lounge, in between Jeff Klein (7:30 PM) and the Waylons (9:30 PM). Yours truly will be there and will file a full report in the near future.

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People in Planes
Genre: Rock Hometown: Cardiff UK http://www.peopleinplanes.com/
Showcase information coming soon… –>Thursday, March 16 12:00 a.m.Dirty Dog Bar (505 E 6th St)
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People in Planes – If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)Download Stream

Gareth Jones – Vocals Peter Roberts – Guitar Kris Blight – Bass John Maloney – Drums Ian Russell – KeyboardThe great chasm for any musician is the distance between what they hear in their heads and what reaches listeners’ ears. Unless you’re a band committed to either effete esoterica or stage-humping feral lunacy, your success largely depends on how well you reconcile the purity of your musical ideas with an audience’s need for hooks and melody. This is what makes People In Planes so welcome: their music is equally ambitious and pleasing. The band’s debut: As Far As The Eye Can See is a richly atmospheric, sometimes challenging album that doesn’t stint on inviting melody and anthemic choruses.

The Subways

These kids are one evil triangle waiting to implode. 2 are dating and the other 2 are related. Sounds kinds of messy, but they achieve a great fresh sound that’s very concise and not too much else but some ROCK N ROLL!! Here are some mp3 from Stereogum, I am obsessed with their cover of Tv on the Radio’s “Staring at the Sun”

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002132.html

The Subways
Genre: Rock Hometown: Welwyn Garden City UK thesubways.net
Showcase information coming soon… –>Friday, March 17 10:00 p.m.Stubb’s (801 Red River St)
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Hailed by NME as “the sexiest thing to sweep rock ‘n’ roll off its feet in years,” the Subways have quickly established themselves as one of Britain’s most undeniably exhilarating new bands. Young For Eternity, the London-based trio’s Sire Records debut, is alive with teenage kicks and manic pop thrills, veering from rambunctious punk thrash and tender acoustic pop to grungy blues-infected dynamos like the addictive first single, “Rock & Roll Queen.”