Ah, nothing like getting egg on your t-shirt in the morning less than an hour before interviewing Jambinai at their hotel. Despite that blip in the morning, I still enjoyed my time with the band, a Korean avant-rock band I saw the prior day at COREA Impact. Typically when listening to music that blends traditional with modern, you'd hear a funky EDM fusion, yet with Jambinai, you are blasted with rock music tempered with Korean folk instruments. Despite some language barriers, I had the privilege of dissecting what drives them to boldly defy "tradition," understanding their passion for experimenting with music, and learning how they use their music to make bold political statements on occasion (interview found here).
As a first time SXSW attendee, I had no clue what I was doing. By Saturday I was so exhausted it took 3 days for me to fully recover. Regardless, I still had a blast. Click here for our article on tips for SXSW.
There are other components of SXSW that overlaps with the music portion, and the music festival typically begins the Monday following the start of the SXSW. I arrived early this year to avoid long lines to pick up my badge [something I would recommend to everyone], and with plenty of time to kill, I explored other components of the festival I wouldn't have a chance to see once the first sound check began.
1 ex hex - it's real - merge 2 - tacocat - this mess is a place - sub pop 3 - lucille furs - another land - rput 4 - kero kero bonito - time n' place - polyvinyl 5 - sneaks - highway hypnosis - merge 6 - homeshake - helium - sinderlyn 7 - frankie & the witch fingers - zam - greenway 8 - karen o & dangermouse - lux prima - lux prima 9 - weyes blood - titanic rising - sub pop 10 - mountain goats, the - in league with dragons - merge 11 - nude party, the - s/t - new west 12 - goggs - pre strike sweep - in the red 13 - darwin's finches - good morning creatures ii - artificial head 14 - abjects - never give up - yippee ki yay 15 - cochemea - all my relations - daptone 16 - health - vol 4: slaves of fear - loma vista 17 - better oblivion community center - s/t - dead oceans 18 - viagra boys - street worms - s/r 19 - tunic - complexion - self sabotage 20 - anemone - beat my distance - luminelle 21 - methyl ethel - triage - 4ad 22 - ritual howls - rendered armor - felte 23 - parcels - s/t - kitsune 24 - yowler - black dog in my path - double double whammy 25 - cat power - wanderer - domino 26 - public practice - distance is a mirror - wharf cat 27 - dire wolves - paradisiacal mind - feeding tube 28 - takao - stealth - em 29 - green dome - thinking in stitches - case study 30 - seakid mollusk - s/t - s/r 31 - lake minnetonka - melbourneapolis - two and four 32 - holter, julia - aviary - domino 33 - sweet, ian - crush crusher - hardly art 34 - j. mascis - elastic days - subpop 35 - dreams - no one defeats us - astralwerks
1 - karen o & dangermouse - lux prima - lux prima 2 - kero kero bonito - time n' place - polyvinyl 3 - ex hex - it's real - merge 4 - weyes blood - titanic rising - sub pop 5 - tacocat - this mess is a place - sub pop 6 - lucille furs - another land - rput 7 - green dome - thinking in stitches - case study 8 - homeshake - helium - sinderlyn 9 - frankie & the witch fingers - zam - greenway 10 - darwin's finches - good morning creatures ii - artificial head 11 - cochemea - all my relations - daptone 12 - nude party, the - s/t - new west 13 - goggs - pre strike sweep - in the red 14 - parcels - s/t - kitsune 15 - dire wolves - paradisiacal mind - feeding tube 16 - viagra boys - street worms - s/r 17 - seakid mollusk - s/t - s/r 18 - sneaks - highway hypnosis - merge 19 - cat power - wanderer - domino 20 - tunic - complexion - self sabotage 21 - abjects - never give up - yippee ki yay 22 - health - vol 4: slaves of fear - loma vista 23 - mountain goats, the - in league with dragons - merge 24 - cloud nothings - last building burning - carpark 25 - public practice - distance is a mirror - wharf cat 26 - j. mascis - elastic days - subpop 27 - better oblivion community center - s/t - dead oceans 28 - methyl ethel - triage - 4ad 29 - drone butch blues - your heart breaks - sofaburn 30 - swearin' - fall into the sun - merge 31 - cursive - vitriola - 15 passenger 32 - yowler - black dog in my path - double double whammy 33 - holter, julia - aviary - domino 34 - dreams - no one defeats us - astralwerks 35 - public memory - demolition - felte
Day 2 was spent mostly exploring other aspects of the festival. While I was not able to attend a comedy stage, I heard a resounding buzz of approval around the festival regarding the lineup. A note to future festival-goers: the stage is inside a tent, and doors close once the show starts, so plan to get in the line early if there's a stand-up comic you want to see.
1 - green dome - thinking in stitches - case study 2 - frankie & the witch fingers - zam - greenway 3 - karen o & dangermouse - lux prima - lux prima 4 - cochemea - all my relations - daptone 5 - weyes blood - titanic rising - sub pop 6 - drone butch blues - your heart breaks - sofaburn 7 - parcels - s/t - kitsune 8 - cat power - wanderer - domino 9 - seakid mollusk - s/t - s/r 10 - cloud nothings - last building burning - carpark 11 - kero kero bonito - time n' place - polyvinyl 12 - dire wolves - paradisiacal mind - feeding tube 13 - dreams - no one defeats us - astralwerks 14 - viagra boys - street worms - s/r 15 - darwin's finches - good morning creatures ii - artificial head 16 - homeshake - helium - sinderlyn 17 - methyl ethel - triage - 4ad 18 - swearin' - fall into the sun - merge 19 - cursive - vitriola - 15 passenger 20 - goggs - pre strike sweep - in the red 21 - public practice - distance is a mirror - wharf cat 22 - j. mascis - elastic days - subpop 23 - public memory - demolition - felte 24 - jandek - london thursday - corwood 25 - 7fo - ryu no nukegara - em 26 - tunic - complexion - self sabotage 27 - health - vol 4: slaves of fear - loma vista 28 - yann tiersen - all - everythings calm 29 - ritual howls - rendered armor - felte 30 - omotai - a ruined oak - tofu carnage 31 - buxton - stay out late - new west 32 - nude party, the - s/t - new west 33 - devante hunter - thus far - s/r 34 - yowler - black dog in my path - double double whammy 35 - holter, julia - aviary - domino
KAABOO has been around for 5 years in Del Mar, CA, so while this isn't their first rodeo, it is the festival's first time in Texas, and with a new venue and new city comes growing pains. Despite all of this, the festival organizers executed the first day of festivities flawlessly.
1 - frankie & the witch fingers - zam - greenway 2 - low - double negative - sub pop 3 - kero kero bonito - time n' place - polyvinyl 4 - 7fo - ryu no nukegara - em 5 - methyl ethel - triage - 4ad 6 - kenney, madeline - perfect shapes - carpark 7 - health - vol 4: slaves of fear - loma vista 8 - homeshake - helium - sinderlyn 9 - kazyak - reflection - s/r 10 - aphex twin - collapse ep - warp 11 - mai lan - autopilote - cinq7 12 - swearin' - fall into the sun - merge 13 - devante hunter - thus far - s/r 14 - public practice - distance is a mirror - wharf cat 15 - takao - stealth - em 16 - darwin's finches - good morning creatures ii - artificial head 17 - seakid mollusk - s/t - s/r 18 - les louanges - la nuit est une panthere - bon sound 19 - nude party, the - s/t - new west 20 - cat power - wanderer - domino 21 - dreams - no one defeats us - astralwerks 22 - angelo de augustine - tomb - asthmatic kitty 23 - tirzah - devotion - domino 24 - cloud nothings - last building burning - carpark 25 - cochemea - all my relations - daptone 26 - ritual howls - rendered armor - felte 27 - nadler, marissa - for my crimes - sacred bones 28 - buxton - stay out late - new west 29 - goggs - pre strike sweep - in the red 30 - yowler - black dog in my path - double double whammy 31 - j. mascis - elastic days - subpop 32 - ingeborg von agassiz - o giver of dreams - s/t 33 - dire wolves - paradisiacal mind - feeding tube 34 - jandek - london thursday - corwood 35 - green dome - thinking in stitches - case study
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