SXSW Day 1 (Wednesday): Return To The Center Of The Universe


All photos by Clint Miller

We left Savannah, Georgia a few hours after the St. Patrick’s Day parade and made the cross country trek to Austin, Texas. Upon arriving at SXSW around noon, everyone in our crew was already exhausted from traveling, but there is certain adrenaline that carries you through upon arriving to such a magical experience, and we were poised to tackle the day regardless of our condition.

We started things off at Paste magazine’s day show, and it was a fantastic way to kick this thing off. First up, I finally got to see Anathallo and they were everything I had hoped for. They churned out a set mostly made up of Canopy Glow tunes, and they sounded spectacular. I couldn’t have asked for a better way to start the day.

We hung out a little while and then checked out Port O’Brien. I had listened to their last album and enjoyed it, but it didn’t really blow me away. Live, the songs took on new life, and the dueling solo contest between the two guitarists was fun to watch. In typical SXSW fashion, the band had arrived in town about 10 minutes before their set and even said their manager was driving their van around in circles during their set because they didn’t have time to find a parking spot. It was apparent they were “winging” the set, but it sounded tight despite that.


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Torrents Of The Day: Norah Jones, M Ward (4-27-2007) The Tabernacle

Two torrents from the same night:

Norah Jones 2007-04-27 The Tabernacle (24-bit) (FLAC)

Norah Jones
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA
Friday April 27, 2007

Taper: George Wang
Source: DPA 4023 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Mogami interconnect >
Edirol R-09 @ 24/48
Location: Sec 104 Row G Seat 1, 7th row stage right

WAV > FLAC: .wav @ 24/48 > CD-WAV/FLAC frontend v1.7.1 > .flac

01: Intro – 00:34.000
02: Come Away With Me – 04:12.000
03: Those Sweet Words – 03:51.400
04: Thinking About You – 03:31.733
05: Be My Somebody – 04:11.666
06: Rosie’s Lullaby – 04:30.733
07: The Sun Doesn’t Like You – 03:15.733
08: Not My Friend – 03:00.866
09: I’ve Got To See You Again – 05:39.133
10: Sunrise – 03:26.266
11: Sinkin’ Soon – 04:52.266
12: Painter Song – 03:36.466
13: My Dear Country – 04:00.747
14: Intro > – 00:29.533
15: Little Room – 03:46.600
16: Humble Me – 04:46.866
17: I’m Gonna Get You Yet – 04:25.000
18: Broken – 03:53.800
19: Until The End – 04:16.733
20: Creepin’ In * – 05:35.000
21: Hands On The Wheel * – 06:06.600
22: Encore: – 00:09.666
23: Not Too Late – 03:40.466
24: Don’t Know Why – 03:22.000
25: The Long Way Home – 04:13.733
26: Outro – 01:25.013

Total: – 94:54.027

Notes:

* with M. Ward

compiled by George Wang on 05-03-2007

M. Ward 2007-04-27 The Tabernacle (24-bit) (FLAC)

M. Ward
The Tabernacle
Atlanta, GA
Friday April 27, 2007

Taper: George Wang
Source: DPA 4023 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Mogami interconnect >
Edirol R-09 @ 24/48
Location: Sec 104 Row G Seat 1, 7th row stage right

WAV > FLAC: .wav @ 24/96 > CD-WAV/FLAC frontend v1.7.1 > .flac

01: Intro > – 02:04.800
02: Duet For Guitars #3 – 03:58.000
03: One Life Away * – 02:29.000
04: Guess Things Happen That Way * – 02:37.733
05: Intro > – 01:24.133
06: It Hurts Me Too – 01:58.133
07: Oh, Lonesome Me – 04:46.600
08: He Gives Us All His Love – 02:22.266
09: Outro – 01:19.347

Total: – 23:00.014

Notes:

* with Norah Jones

compiled by George Wang on 05-06-2007

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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