We are heading to Austin this afternoon for SXSW. If you are interested, we will be updating Twitter regularly. You can follow our updates by clicking here. We can also be reached at rollogrady@gmail.com.
DJ Booka Shade – Contact (Brigitte Bardot Remix)
Twin Sister (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Album: Color Your Life EP (Spring 2010)
Label: Infinite Best Records
Twin Sister – All Around and Away We Go
Twin Sister – All Around and Away We Go (Demo)
Recommended SXSW 2010 Shows
Band of Horses – Fri, March 19th – 855pm @ Central Presbyterian Church (200 E. 8th St.)
Black Angels – Saturday, March 20th – 1am @ Galaxy Room (508 E. 6th St.)
The Black Angels – Bloodhounds On My Trail
Black Joe Lewis – Sat, March 20th – 1130pm @ Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St.)
The Black Keys – Saturday, March 20th – TBA @ Mohawk (912 Red River St.)
The Black Keys – Goin’ Down South [RL Burnside Cover]
Yesterday we posted a preview of over 180 bands that we feel are worth checking out at South by Southwest. Today we focus on 25 artists that are among the best of the 2000+ participating bands at SXSW. The futures of these bands are bright, and we certainly recommend seeing them play at least once during the festival in Austin this weekend.
Allo, Darlin’ (Myspace)
Hometown: London, England
Label: WeePop, Fortuna Pop
Allo, Darlin’ – Dear Stephen Hawking
Allo, Darlin’ – Will You Please Spend New Year’s With Me?
Avi Buffalo (Myspace)
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Label: Sub Pop
Avi Buffalo – What’s In It For
Avi Buffalo – Margaux Home Rec
Rollo & Grady is heading to Austin later this week. Almost 2000 bands are participating this year at South By Southwest, and deciding which shows to attend can be overwhelming. After sampling roughly 1200 bands, we selected 200 bands to check out. Many of these artists we’ve covered in the past, but we’ve also discovered several new groups that we’re excited to share with you. Tomorrow we’re highlighting 25 artists that we feel will generate the biggest buzz at (and after) the festival.
Adam Green (Myspace)
Hometown: New York, New York
Label: Rough Trade / Fat Possum
Adam Green – What Makes Him Act So Bad
Admiral Radley (Website)
Hometown: Sherman Oaks, California
Label: Unsigned
Air Waves (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Label: Catbird Records
Air Waves – Knock Out
Alex Bleeker and The Freaks (Myspace)
Hometown: New Jersey
Label: Underwater Peoples
Alex Bleeker and The Freaks – Animal Tracks
Pearl Harbor
We have a pair of tickets to give away to see Smith Westerns and Pearl Harbor today at the Echo. Please email us at rollogrady@gmail.com to claim the tickets. ****5pm show****
Lil Daggers (Myspace)
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Album: Spring 2010
Label: Unsigned
Lil Daggers – Hungry
Lil Daggers – Ya Tu Sabe
I’m going to be on the air tomorrow morning with disc jockey, Michael Moore, Jr. of KHUM-FM, a freeform radio station based in Humboldt County. We are playing a game of radio ping-pong. If you are not familiar with the concept of radio ping-pong, it’s pretty simple. One person picks a song – then the other follows it up with a selection of their own. You can stream the show live from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PST on KHUM.com (click on live stream). It’s going to be a great show.
Here is the set list from last year’s show.
Funkadelic – “Red Hot Mama” [R & G Pick]
Sugar Pie Desanto – “Git Back!” [MM Pick]
King Kahn & The Shrines – “Destroyer” [R & G Pick]
Bobby Cook Quartet – “Ridin’ High” [MM Pick]
Elbow – “Grounds For Divorce” [R & G Pick]
Radiohead – “I Might Be Wrong” [MM Pick]
Morphine – “I Think She Likes Me” [R & G Pick]
Scott H. Biram – “Sinkin’ Down” [MM Pick]
Deer Tick – “Straight Into A Storm” [R & G Pick]
Son Volt – “Down To The Wire” [MM Pick]
White Denim – “Say What You Want” [R & G Pick]
Stevie Wonder – “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” [MM Pick]
Robert Jay – “Alcohol Part 1″ [R & G Pick]
Black Joe Lewis And The Honeybears – “I’m Broke” [MM Pick]
Generationals – “When They Fight, They Fight” [R & G Pick]
Marlene Shaw – “Liberation Conversation” [MM Pick]
Cavern – “Liquid Liquid” [R & G Pick]
MC Yogi – “Ganesh Is Fresh” (feat. Jai Uttal) [MM Pick]
Mark Farina – “Blue Boy Remember Me” [R & G Pick]
