[San Francisco, CA] among the top three bands of SXSW 2011 (for me) – last year, the lead singer of The Magic Kids had a jacket on that said “Hunx and His Punx” but I thought he was referring to him and his band, turns out the Hunk is not him – it is a very fabulous thin boy in a moustache, cap, see-through leopard-print leggings, and a raggedy t-shirt – Rockboy had just told me he’d ran into one of the members of Operator Please, who had an outrageous blonde wig on, had dropped something, and then staggered up to stare meaningfully at Rockboy for way too many seconds – turns out it was actually Hunx: hipsters, they’re hard to tell apart – the lead singer was rock star outrageous, rolling around on the ground exposing his very exposed crotch (“I wear really pretty underwear”), and preening in front of male audience members – I don’t know if he was really drunk/high or putting on the sort of show that will make him famous, but his crew of 4 to 5 female guitarists/back up vocalists even seemed a little surprised – I would have just classified them as classic 60s rock with a male lead instead of a female lead, but Rockboy heard (and rightfully so) really gay Ramones, Redd Kross, and some Rocky Horror – he seems the sort of flame that will burn out fast if he doesn’t take care

[New York, NY] only saw them for a few songs but they were striking – really pretty soul rock – like Jackson 5 on acid – every band member had long hair that was parted in the middle – and they would engage in moments of thrash like the kids do nowadays to pretend that their pop bands are hardcore

this band played music I would never ever listen to and I loved them – it was rousing brassy soul that Rockboy called R&B, as it was born at least – the red-headed lead singer seemed to be a former choir boy what with his slacks and shiny vest but his frenetic sweaty bug-eyed antics made him immensely watchable – not sure if they were doing covers or original material

I liked this guy a lot but I’m not positive that’s his name – I thought he was calling himself Rick Undercut! he came out in a stupid fake long clumpy beard but he worked the crowd (unlike last guy), he moved quickly through his songs (which always pleases my quick-process style) and played a diverse mix of soul, hardcore rap, and sleazy 70s funk, he did a little bit of scratching but mostly was attentive and interactive, he had an unfortunately drab voice but it didn’t hurt him too much