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Casiokids – March 19, 2009 – Red House, Austin TX (SXSW)

Posted by Dara on 19th March 2009 in Art Rock, Electronic, House, Techno

I went from hating this band to adoring them: a lesson in the value of staying for an entire set – it was more keyboard hell: they had a whole network of them (4?) with 3 guys managing them – guitar and drums too – everybody had on those fluorescent plastic sunglasses the kids like – initial impressions: like one of those clap bands – ambient electronic – yawn – then they started looping in video game sounds and then they started sounding like The Unicorns (which is a good thing) – and then there was disco and wah wah – I don’t know enough about electronic music to say but there’s a certain deep wall of undertone screech they can do that I really like – suddenly they were The Chemical Brothers and I began to adore them – there were some authentic pounding club moments but they tended to emphasize the goofy rather than the intensity but the intensity was there – the interesting thing about them to me was that they were a mix of an electronic band and a band-band – additionally, the vocals were dissonant with the music in some ways (kind of an indie rock complaint style) but once I got up and started watching them it made more sense – they also put on a great stage show, throwing microphones in a call and response across the stage to each other!

April 24, 2006: TV on the Radio — Emo’s, Austin, TX

Posted by Dara on 24th April 2006 in House, Modern Rock, Soul

they made my face smile mostly because they are indescribable, love them for the drone as in band above – they always make me think of New York diners and dark streets with car lights streaking, but they are more than that live – more black, some soul and some Seal though I won\”t stand that by that, kind of a heavy rock band with a crooner singer, can\”t describe them because they are that special

June 11, 2004: D: Fuse, Sky Lounge, Austin TX

Posted by Dara on 11th June 2004 in House

was really excited-thinking he was world famous but thinking he’s probably from Austin, he was very qualified, the music lacked diversity but pulled the crowd, it was the closest to a rave that I’d been as far as music, interesting lights