SXSW is indeed a big, dumb, shit-show, or “a self serving hoke of indie mememe! screemers” as our friend Matthew Bower says, but, just like last year, we’re making it worth attending…
Saturday, March 17 2012….
featuring…
SAMESACK – cruel heaviness from members of Butthole Surfers, Shit & Shine, Rubble, Todd, etc…
VAZ – NYC creep-rock mainstays who have dominated forever as Hammerhead, Vaz, and GasWar…
SUBMISSIONS – post-industrial dirge duo with the unlikely resume of Best Coast, The For Carnation, The Pope, Goliath Bird Eater, Bipolar Bear, German Army, etc…
THE SUPREME DICKS – living legends of outsider psychedelic indie rock…
SHIT AND SHINE – British invasion of pounding, rhythmic, droning, heavy artillery art rock…
NIGHT CONTROL – noise-pop perfection from the past/distant future…
PRIZEHOG – this local slo-mo psychedelic sludge power trio return for an encore aQ SXSW performance….
LEATHER SKY – ugly, unhinged hardcore from inside the bunker, with ties to Epileptinomicon, MjolniirDXP, Deth Spa, etc….
HEX MACHINE – psyched to finally see these Virginia crushers live, their sound equal parts gnarled Voivod-ish math metal and grunge infused Amrep style noise…
…possible surprises, daily breakfasts at Tamale House #3, the works…more info to come……WATCH THIS SPACE.