Here’s a good SXSW Friday – if you have a teleporter – starting at High Noon, and including several totally unnecessary editorial comments:
Candi & The Strangers @ The Independent; The Monarchs @ Creekside;
12:15 Ideal Soul Mart @ the Dog & Duck;
1:00 The Davis Levels (pictured above) @ Waterloo Cycles; (+ Fucked Up @ Red 7 @ 1:12, btw);
1:30 Suzanna Choffel @ Jovitas (where I yesterday, in quick succession, saw Monahans, Gordon Gano, and Matt the Electrician, more on that soon);
2:00 (We call this one Austin Indie Fan Sophie’s Choice:) Shearwater @ Waterloo Records + The Wooden Birds @ The Mohawk + Ume @ The Independent;
2:50 Brazos @ Red Eyed Fly (odd venue for them…);
4:00 …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ The Independent + Brazos (again) at Downtown Burgers + New Roman Times @ The Ghost Room;
4:30 Amy Cook @ Jo’s Coffee + Centro-Matic @ Club DeVille;
5:00 Neon Indian (who we will continue to claim as an Austin artist, regardless of his mailing address) @ Emo’s;
5:45 Grupo Fantasma @ Mess With Texas;
6:30 Oh No! Oh My! @ Lovejoy’s;
9:00 Strange Attractors @ The Spider House;
10:00 Ume (again) @ 21st. St. Co-op…and official tends to dominate the evening, but much much more Unofficial coming tomorrow…