Thee Oh Sees - Flood’s New Light

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Thee Oh Sees - The Dream (Live @ Pitchfork Fest 2012)

Currently scheming plans to catch them in NY with Ty Segall. I need to see this band again ASAP.

My SXSW Wrap-Up

Tuesday, 3/13
@ Scoot Inn (Sailor Jerry SXSW Kickoff Party)
Thee Oh Sees

Wednesday, 3/14
@M.I. Annex
Titus Andronicus

@Red-Eyed Fly
Tycho
Y La Bamba

@Side Bar
Fort Lean

@Lipstick 24
Javelin

@The Stage On Sixth
Tennis 

@Red-Eyed Fly
The Wedding Present

@Beerland Patio
Apache Dropout

@Trailerspace Records (Burger Records Fest)
Gap Dream
Pangea
Lovely Bad Things
White Mystery
Audacity
Mean Jeans

@Valhalla
Puffy Areolas

Thursday, March 15
@Scoot Inn (Thrasher Death Match) 
King Tuff
Dope Body
Titus Andronicus
Deerhoof
Thee Oh Sees
Andrew WK

@The Annex @ 1808
Mutilation Rites 

@Trailerspace Records (Cakeshop NYC Party)
Heavy Cream
The Wrong Words
Diarrhea Planet
Mean Jeans 

@Longbranch Inn
Blouse 

Friday, March 16

@Trailerspace Records (Monofonus Press Presents)
Puffy Areolas
Modern Convenience 

@Emo’s East
Total Slacker
Thee Oh Sees
Kid Kongo

@Spiderhouse
Thee Oh Sees

Saturday, March 17
@512 Bar (Boston to Austin)
Pretty & Nice
You Can Be A Wesley

@Trailerspace Records
Mean Jeans
The Wrong Words
The Resonars
Mikal Cronin
Apache Dropout
Night Beats

Favorite Live Band: Thee Oh Sees
They tore it up each of the four times I saw them,including two sets 2 hours apart (video from that second show). Somehow I had never seen them live before, and I will not make the mistake of missing them again.

Favorite Venue: Trailerspace Records
We essentially lived here during SXSW. Awesome bands, no lines or waiting ever, great pizza next door, and BYOB. Thanks for having us, guys.

This Band Melted My Face Off: Puffy Areolas
I had the pleasure of catching two Puffy Areolas sets, one as a five piece at Valhalla and one as a two-drummer, three guitar beast of a seven piece at Trailerspace (video here). Their brand of psych-garage freakout is exactly the kind of stuff I was hoping to find at SXSW.

Favorite Band I Had Not Heard Before: Blouse
Though we intended to go to the Longbranch to catch the White Arrows’ nightcap set, Blouse went on shortly after we got there and won me over pretty quickly. 

Biggest Disappointment: Tennis
I completely understand that traveling across the country to play multiple sets a day in quick succession is not an optimal situation for most bands, but Tennis looked pretty bored and seemed to mail it in hard. 

Worst Venue: Emo’s East
If you took everything you don’t like about the Worcester Palladium and then added the negative qualities of an airplane hangar, you would get Emo’s East. This place bummed me out so much that I skipped The Spits and The Gories.

Notable Things I Discovered On The Trip:
1. The Best Show - Marky Ramone’s Romance Novel (might be the funniest thing I have ever heard)
2. The Puddle of Mudd cover of Funk 49 by James Gang (also funny)
3. Spotify was born for road trips.

As a music junkie who had kind of gotten lost when it came to seeing live shows recently, this is exactly what I needed.

Thee Oh Sees - I Can’t Pay You To Disappear