BFF’S @ SXSW #1: Going Ga-ga- for Goddesses!
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Earl Greyhound | 24 Mar 2008 | 0 Comments | Share this...
SXSW can be overwhelming, but when you’ve got a BFF by your side, only magic can happen!
Yes it was mayhem. Yes it is a synonym for exhaustion. Yes it’ll chew you up and spit you out on the hot Austin sidewalk. But at SXSW when you’ve got a BFF by your side, only magic can happen! My SXSW BFF was the lovely Serena Southam, my dear friend and fellow singer-songwriter, and between her Canadian know-how and our mutual insistence on flow, we managed to catch loads of great shows by really really RAWSOME bands… So to begin, this is my blog-ode to the hot-rock-goddess-ladies of SXSW--
We started our first day off at the Canadian barbecue, and were treated to Hot Springs from Montreal. Their lead-singer/guitarist is a sorceress of the highest order-- there was a magnetic pull from the stage that no one could resist, and they made me dance like a maniac!
After that I lost all sense of time, but I know that I caught a really fantastic 1am show from our good friends The Big Sleep-- Sonya was like a shadow-maiden-- one of the sci-grooviest bass players around in my book.
Serena introduced me to the Austin singer-songwriter Pink Nasty-- what a find! Really great songs. And I love any gal who wears moccasins! Moccasins rule!
I’d been looking forward to the Land of Talk show all festival-- that gal has got a one-of-a-kind voice, brilliant melodic sensibility, and the most original rock songs ever! Favorite Lyric: “Isn’t summer special, easy hair”
The only “The” band I know that actually lives up to their name is The Gang. THEY ROCK SO HARD! And of course they have a grrrl-- Ava, the Icelandic Valkyrie. AND Serena and I got to yell back-ups at their show, which leads me to my-- Favorite Lyric: “We’re takin’ a piece right outa this, them fat fuck-offs don’t know shine from shit! So sick fed up with them bubbly splits, them fat fuck-offs don’t know shine from shit!” YEAH!
Finally, we caught the swirling, popped-out offerings of Golden Dogs, another Canadian find by Serena. A cover of a Wings song was all I needed to be completely hooked. Come on get happy!
Okay, there’s more to come later this week, so stay tuned… By the way, Serena and my country alter-ego do a lot of singin’ together in our cosmic-Americana band Larune, and she’s got her own band Serena Jean & The Whiskeytrippers… You can download free tunes by both bands at The Periodic Label…
