Wednesday 17th March, 2010
Latitude 30
512 San Jacinto St. Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas, 78701
8:00 / Free
For the third year running, we here at Rockfeedback are once again shipping ourselves off to the Deep South depths of America for one of the most exciting and innovative of the year’s music events, Texas’ South By South West festival. After the success of our showcase at last year’s festival we decided to expand somewhat. So, in conjunction with our sister label Transgressive Records we are very proud to announce the line-up for our showcase, to be held at Latitude 30:
9:00 – 9: 30 - Chew Lips
Minimalist dance pop band Chew Lips formed in South London in 2008, and in January 2010 released the Unicorn LP to rave reviews. It's a debut that couples techno beats with smart mouthed and edgy vocals that wedge themselves into one’s brain from listen number one.
10.00-10.30 - Banjo or Freakout
Alesso Natalizia – the bedroom-pop dreamweaver who records as Banjo or Freakout – honed his skills creating intimate, atmospheric interpretations of tracks by artists from Burial to High Places, but quickly evolved into writing blissfully scuzzy, lo-fi acoustic electronica with the kind of metronomic pulse that Animal Collective would be proud to call their own. Performing with a full band, specially for us.
11.00-11.30 - Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit
Both part of a strong movement of talented young British folk musicians and also enjoying a place in a scene that is very much his own, Johnny Flynn – multi instrumentalist, masterful lyricist, artist, actor, poet... the list goes on – saw critical acclaim across the board for his debut album A Larum, released in 2008. Its highly anticipated follow up is due imminently.
12.00-12.30 - Male Bonding
Recent Sub Pop signings Male Bonding make the kind of rabble-rousing, lo-fi punk that sounds like it’s being thrashed out on a rusty guitar and corroded iron drums. We’ve managed to collar them for a few of such noises whilst on their whistle-stop tour of the U.S.
1.00-1.30 - The Invisible
Dave Okumu, Tom Herbert and Leo Taylor may have been well known to London scenesters in various different guises for some time, yet it was only with their self titled debut LP in 2009 that The Invisible became public property, earning a Mercury Music Prize nomination for their soulful blend of rock and electronica.
Righto, hopefully see you there.
