Rawkblog chamber-folk heroes Pepper Rabbit have a sophomore album coming out this summer. Here’s a live take on one track that should make the set, the anthemic “The Annexation of Puerto Rico,” from the band’s set at our Waynestock party on Thursday.
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New York’s Ravens & Chimes spent their appearance at our Waynestock party previewing upcoming sophomore album Holiday Life. Here’s “Past Lives,” which bears a striking resemblance to the Manic Street Preachers’ classic “If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next” (right?).
“If you book them, they will come,” a great man once said. And indeed, though a couple of the busier groups cut it close, seven of my favorite bands made it to Waynestock — my first-ever unofficial day party at you-know-where, a collaboration with the thoroughly rad TwentyFourBit. I’m too emotionally attached to give this one a proper review, so I’ll offer a full round of thank-you’s: to LA Font, Scott Bartenhagen, Little Scream, Ravens & Chimes, Pepper Rabbit, ARMS and Sondre Lerche for playing and gracing us with so many great new songs; to the Liberty and Transmission Entertainment for having us; to Traci Larson for the sweet poster; and to Etnies, thinkThin and Origami Vinyl for their generous sponsorship. Enjoy the photos and look for a full SXSW 2011 recap later today. See you next year. Read the rest of this entry »
If you came to Waynestock, my and TwentyFourBit’s first ever SXSW party yesterday, thank you. It was a blast. (Though, a tip for next year: if you’re writing “+2″ on the Facebook wall after the party has started, you’re doing it wrong.) I’ll have a full recap with photos and more videos next week, but for now, here’s headliner Sondre Lerche playing “Domino,” the lead single from his upcoming self-titled album.
Oh, yes. Sondre Lerche at 6 p.m., ARMS at 5 p.m. and so on. Get to the Liberty at noon and we’ll have free beer, free snack bars from our sponsor thinkThin, free shirts from our sponsor Etnies, and free good vibes from our final sponsor, Origami Vinyl. See ya there, and be sure to use #Waynestock on the Twitters.
Poster by the amazing Traci Larson
No way! Way. Rawkblog and our pals at TwentyFourBit are proud to present our first-ever unofficial SXSW day party, Waynestock, sponsored by Etnies, thinkThin and Origami Vinyl. It’s all happening at the Liberty on Thursday, March 17, and we promise to make Wayne and Garth proud. Here’s the lineup and set times:
12 p.m.: LA Font
1: Scott Bartenhagen
2: Little Scream
3: Ravens & Chimes
4: Pepper Rabbit
5: ARMS
6: Sondre Lerche
We’ll have free Pabst Blue Ribbon until it runs out, free (and gluten-free) protein bars from thinkThin and free shirts from Etnies, so come early and often. You can get to-the-minute updates at our official Twitter page, @waynestockSXSW, and RSVP on Facebook. We’ll obviously be covering the event right here and via @DaveRawkblog and @TwentyFourBit as well.
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