Austinist: Austinist SXSW Highlight Reel: Saturday

sitstageleft

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:51:15 -0600

nice to see Explosions in the Sky ended with that one. Wish I could have been there. I remember seeing them 2 nights in a row at the parish (the mercury then still, maybe?) when i was in high school and their second album was coming out. those shows were the jam!!

nickc

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:47:54 -0600

Little Boots' lyrics reflect the dark and ugly just below the smooth veneer of happy, poppy music. It has to do with where she comes from, Blackpool, a former seaside town that has seen better days. It is far from mindlessly happy. As for asking Joe Goddard from Hot Chip to produce, it was he who heard the initial demo and reached out to her. Then when she blew up on a Later... With Jools Holland appearance (it's on YouTube and she actually plays intruments, shocking I know,) other producers came to offer collaborations e.g Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco who produced the excellent track "Ghost." Thanks for the coverage on Fanfarlo, a criminally underrated band.

davetx

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:53:37 -0600

Jason Lytle, inebriated or not, was worth seeing 2x on Saturday.

nickc

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:22:02 -0600

pssst! It's Fanfarlo...