[New Orleans, LA] An in-the-meantime band. They were quintessential Midwest rockers – Cheap Trickian – basically the hard rock you’d hear in a bar. For instance, he had a Kum N Go t-shirt on. Borderline poppy punk, borderline heartland rock – i.e., power pop. It wasn’t your typical SXSW fare but we both enjoyed it. Oy oh! Just looked them up, realized they’re Reatard-affiliated (The Bad Times), we’ve seen them before & loved them, and this is why I have to keep notes. Apologies, Reatard disciples.

We were just there for drinks, but watching a group of musicians converge on the front room of the Skellig and proceed to play quality folk music was truly a tremendous addition to the day. I counted 10 players – guitars and string instruments that I could see – and maybe there were others hidden around the corners making beautiful music together. It was breathtaking in its simplicity and joy of making music. Seeing as how they play most Sunday evenings there, something I might try to do again.

Rockboy discovered this band at SXSW this year and I’d come to like them a lot too – I kept telling him that she sounded like some 70s singer! Janis Joplin! but that wasn’t quite right – it became suddenly and blatantly apparent seeing them live: the round expansiveness and tone of every note of her voice is verbatim Jefferson Airplane/ Grace Slick – her voice is the band though the other aspects are just as appealing – she sits playing drums in the center while outputting this incredible voice flanked on each side by matching boys: lead and bass guitars – Rockboy describes them as a mix of White Stripes and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs which is accurate with the bluesy driving minimalism of the former and the feminine intensity of the latter – incredibly young crowd who of course could not understand in totality the greatness of this little band

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Wao! What a great time! The concert started 1 hour late, but it was so worth the wait! George Michael was as excellent and entertaining as he could ever be. Well Worth my money and time… Would do it again in a heart beat!

April 12th starts at 8pm! Momo’s on Rio Grande/6th Street above Katz. Rockin’ for Rescue is Dedicated to ending the euthanasia of homeless pets by creating awareness and providing education to the public and provide support for non-profit animal rescue organizations. Please visit http://www.myspace.com/rockinforrescue Rockin for Rescue where you can make a tax-free donation or purchase some very cool t-shirts or wristbands!!! Hope to see your shiny faces at the show!!! Lisa Umbarger from the Toadies will be performing with her new band Tile. Come out and check out the new band.

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Will Sheff of Okkervil River. As much as I like one of their songs, their show was dull as shit and Will Sheff was dull as shit. That self-consumed whine and a seeming conviction that he was saying something worthwhile.

no recollection, some old-timey rock country surely

We squirreled away to out seats during the opening act, Sparklehorse. We ended up hearing three songs and as far as I could tell, it was three songs too many.

The B-52′s have been hailed as the world’s best party band, and they lived up to the billing tonight. The tour was a double bill with The Pretenders but the B-52′s were slotted last. They were promoting a greatest hits set (the band’s latest studio effort was 1995′s Good Stuff which is already on the bargain shelf). Cyndi Wilson is back sharing harmonies with Kate Pierson, which is a good thing. Their particular vocal chemistry makes a huge difference, along with Keith Strickland’s guitar licks and whatever the hell Fred Schneider does.

The band invited a handful of fans to dance and bop on stage with them. Most of the stuff sounded like it came straight from the studio, but a off kilter version of Roam left a bad taste in my mouth, quickly vanquished by such classic tunes as Channel Z and Private Idaho. The two new tracks, Debbie and Hallucinating Pluto, fit right in.

John Cale opened the show and then stayed on stage to perform with the Creatures. Siouxsie took a break half way through the performance and gave the stage back to John Cale, much to my regret. Think Julian Cope (if that’s a helpful reference) or bad Lou Reed.