SXSW Day 4 (Saturday): One Last Night To Get Dirty

Clint got a little earlier start on the final day than me, and went to see Still Flyin’:

After I awoke from a too short slumber I headed out to the 40 Watt showcase at Side Bar. Our gracious host Larry dropped me off and I went inside to catch a proper Still Flyin’ set, something I wanted to do since I caught their acoustic set the other night at the Todd P. party. To my surprise D.J. from Still Flyin’ did a short hilarious rap set as his alter ego Excalibrah. It was a nice change from the serious rock shows I had been catching during SXSW. After that Still Flyin’ came on stage with too many members to count. I really enjoy the beach music meets big family band thing that they do. The stand out song was “Rope Burn” which shows they have the power to craft incredibly catchy indie pop songs similar to their sister band Je Suis France. As soon as the set ended I hoofed it to Waterloo Park to meet up with the rest of the Ohmpark crew.

Excalibrah:

Still Flyin’:

After that we met back up at the Mess With Texas free mini-festival in Waterloo Park. This event features two big stages and showcases bands that have been playing SXSW shows all week.


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Humpday Randomnimity

The Echo Project has revealed what artists are playing which days. I also just realized Elevado is on the line-up. I’ve been jamming their latest release hard lately:

Elevado : This World Is On Fire : Song Of A Purple Man

There’s a bunch of cool stuff going on at Islands/The Unicorns camp.

Islands : Return to The Sea : Swans (left After Death)

Somebody died at a recent Smashing Pumpkins show.

ok, here’s bunch of great random tracks for today cuz that’s the kind of mood i’m in:

Caribou : Andorra : After Hours

The Fiery Furnaces : Gallowbird’s Bark : Tropical Ice-Land

Cyann & Ben : Sweet Beliefs : Let It Play

Eddie Vedder : Into The Wild : Society

Grandaddy : The Early Demos : You Want Me Back

Monday Mash-Up

So at first i didn’t know what to think about the new Smashing Pumpkins album, but the more i listen to it and get comfortable with it the more I like it. Here’s a track i like alot:

Smashing Pumpkins : Zeitgeist : Neverlost
Here’s a little something to jam out to:

Sonic Youth : A Thousand Leaves : Hits Of Sunshine
Another classic:

Ugly Cassanova : Sharpen Your Teeth : Hotcha Girls
Here’s some interesting releases out tommorrow that i’m excited about:









Here’s some Tokyo Police Club:

Here’s The Shins:

For the Atlanta college kids like me, Summer 2007 is over. I went to some cool fests, saw some great shows, and had a fun time so I leave you with this today:

Grandaddy : Just Like The Fambly Cat : Summer…It’s Gone

Video Of The Day: Grandaddy

Sugarkane’s Top 50 Albums of 2006

2006 was a great year for me, and the main reasons are mostly related to music. I decided to do this list in December because i wanted to learn about as much music as possible, and what I thought would take a few days ended up taking almost 2 months, but it was extremely educational for me and i feel very good about this list. There were so many albums that I would like to give props to and cutting it down to 50 was hard. On a technical note, I went by U.S. release date with the exception of Laura’s Radio Swan Is Down (It was released in Australia over a year ago and has no U.S. release date). Feel free to blast it:

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