10 Bands to See at SxSw

To answer your questions, friends: No, I won’t be going to SxSw this year. No, I won’t be seeing you in Austin next week. I won’t be able to attend your awesome party with 11 bands I’ve never heard of, 2 that are awesome, and free beer for two hours. Thanks, though!

That being said, I figured that’s what people are talking about this week, so I might as well put a little guide together. I’m not even going to do a write up about these bands  – just a super quick write up with an mp3 to match.

If you do happen to make it, check these bands out – it will be totally worth it. And yes, I skipped out on a ton of great bands. If you’re there you’ll see hundreds of ’em, these are just 10 that I would make sure to see if I were there.

1. Aficionado – Albany, NY – SxSw Appearances

RIYL – At the Drive In, The Hold Steady, World Inferno Friendship Society

“The Myth About Real Life”

2. The Bronx/Mariachi El Bronx – Los Angeles, CA – SxSw Appearances

RIYL – Pissed Jeans, Black Flag, Every Time I Die/Ozomatli, DeVotchka, Los Lobos

“Past Lives” (The Bronx)

“Slave Labor” (El Bronx)

New York’s Alright If You Like Saxophones. 2.0

If you read this blog, then you know that I gushed and gushed and gushed and gushed about the second week of July in New York City this summer. Well, I’m back to gush again about the third week of October this Autumn. (If you’ve really been paying attention, I actually asked for one of these tours way back in March).

 

That being said, if all of my paychecks come in on time (freelancing is a pain), then I’ll be at least three. The first one would be the most exciting if Webster Hall wasn’t such a shithole. I’ve never been a big Thrice fan, and Rise Against and AK3 haven’t really held my attention over the past four or five years, but that’s a really solid lineup for younger kids. I’ll be at the Revival Tour that night though with my fellow neck-bearded whiskey drinkers. And yeah, I haven’t seen NOFX since maybe ’99 so I’m excited for that too. 

October 11: Webster Hall; Against Me!, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Future of the Left

 

October 13: Roseland Ballroom: Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Gaslight Anthem

 

October 13; Blender Theater at Grammercy: Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music), Tim Barry (Avail), Ben Nichols (Lucero)

 

Ocotber 15, 16: Irving Plaza: NOFX, Dillinger Four

 

Tom Gable Added to Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, Ben Nichols Tour

A while ago, in a review of a show, I briefly mentioned the Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, Ben Nichols tour that was coming up. I just watched this video at spin.com and Tom Gable announced that he’d be joining them. That just makes the whole thing a little bit cooler. Very excited for this, though I’d rather just have Against Me!, Hot Water Music, Avail, and Lucero tour. 

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