Posts Tagged: Okkervil River

Interesting Reads / MP3 / Music / Music Festivals — 10 Comments
9
Apr 08

Thom York vs Trent Reznor: Chi-Town Take Over

Radiohead vs Nine Inch Nails

Yesterday, Chicago Sun-Times blogger, Jim DeRogatis leaked the entire lineup for what looks like 2008’s best summer music festival, Lollapalooza. The first four artists on the roster get your blood pumping, but two in particular caught my attention. Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails.

Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have been taking turns giving the music industry the big finger. The Brits made headlines last October for releasingIn Rainbows without the control support of a record label, and Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails followed suit with last month’sGhosts I-IV.

The two bands have also been busy one-upping each other with their innovative promotion strategies. Life was happy having two brilliant bands continuously providing for innovative and buzzworthy ways to distribute digital media, simultaneously help digging record labels’ graves. That is, until Reznor accused Radiohead of ripping their fans off by selling them low-quality files.

Wired has come up with a 10 round face-off between the bands, and looking at the people’s votes, it seems Nine Inch Nails has got Radiohead beat in terms of innovation. Now we pose this question, who will take over Chi-Town this first week of August (Aug 1-3)?

The official lineup is found below

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MP3 / Music / Music Festivals / Remixes — 5 Comments
11
Mar 08

Filter Picks at SXSW

Filter Picks at SXSW mp3

This is Filter Mag’s top picks of who to go see at this year’s South by Southwest Festival. I think their selection is pretty great, really. Here ya go.

WEDNESDAY MARCH 12th

@ Antone’s (213 W 5th St)
Simian Mobile Disco - 8:00 p.m.
Lightspeed Champion – 10:00 p.m.
Sons & Daughters – 11:00 p.m.
The Kills – 12:00 a.m.

@ Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St)
Okkervil River feat. Roky Erickson – 11:00 p.m.

@ Bourbon Rocks Patio (508 E 6th St)
Eastern Conference Champions – 11:00 p.m.
The Black Angels – 12:00 a.m.

@ Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)
Jesca Hoop – 8:00 p.m.
Division Day – 11:00 p.m.
The Ting Tings – 12:00 a.m.
The Duke Spirit – 1:00 a.m.

@ Club de Ville (900 Red River St)
Martha Wainwright – 12:00 a.m.

@ Emo’s Annex (600 Red River St)
The Von Bondies – 11:00 p.m.
Grand Ole Party – 12:00 a.m.
The Lemonheads – 1:00 a.m.

@ Emo’s IV Lounge (601 Red River St)
Kimya Dawson – 12:00 a.m.
The Blow – 1:00 a.m.

@ Emo’s Main Room (603 Red River St)
Be Your Own Pet – 10:50 p.m.
The Black Keys – 1:00 a.m.

@ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (323 E 6th St)
Frightened Rabbit – 12:00 a.m.
Bon Iver – 1:00 a.m.

@ Mohawk Patio (912 Red River St)
The Big Sleep – 1:00 a.m.

@ SESAC Day Stage Cafe Austin Convention Center (500 E Cesar Chavez St)
Akron/Family – 4:30 p.m.
Ra Ra Riot – 5:00 p.m.

@ Stubb’s (801 Red River St)
Johnathan Rice – 9:00 p.m.
R.E.M. – 12:00 a.m.

Check out the best spots for Thursday, Friday and Saturday after the jump!

THURSDAY MARCH 13th

@ Auditorium Shores Stage (Riverside Dr & S 1st St)
Spoon – 8:00 p.m.

@ Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St)
Yo La Tengo – 9:30 p.m.
My Morning Jacket – 11:00 p.m.

@ BD Riley’s (204 E 6th St)
Darker My Love – 1:00 a.m.

@ Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)
Pigeon John – 10:00 p.m.
Money Mark – 10:45 p.m.

@ Cedar Street Courtyard (208 W 4th St)
Islands – 8:00 p.m.
Man Man – 10:00 p.m.
DeVotchKa – 12:00 a.m.

@ Dirty Dog Bar (505 E 6th St)
The Hourly Radio – 9:00 p.m.

@ Emo’s IV Lounge (601 Red River St)
Yeasayer – 1:00 a.m.

@ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (323 E 6th St)
The Wombats – 1:00 a.m.

@ Mohawk Patio (912 Red River St.)
Bon Iver – 11:00 p.m.
Jens Lekman – 12:00 a.m.
Black Mountain – 1:00 a.m.

@ The Parish (214B E 6th St)
Kate Havnevik – 8:00 p.m
Priscilla Ahn – 9:00 p.m
Rocco Deluca and the Burden – 10:00 p.m
Ingrid Michaelson – 12:00 a.m.

@ The Rio (301 San Jacinto Blvd)
MGMT – 10:45 p.m.

@ Vice (302 E 6th St)
The Raveonettes – 12:30 a.m.

@ Wave Rooftop (408 E 6th St)
YACHT – 11:00 p.m.
Switches – 12:00 a.m.
Holy Fuck – 1:00 a.m.

FRIDAY MARCH 14th

@ Antone’s (213 W 5th St)
Foreign Born – 10:00 p.m.
Vampire Weekend - 11:00 p.m.
DeVotchKa – 12:00 a.m.

@ Bourbon Rocks Patio (508 E 6th St)
The Ruby Suns – 8:30 p.m.
Handsome Furs – 10:30 p.m.
The Helio Sequence – 11:30 p.m.

@ Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)
The Watson Twins – 9:00 p.m.
Castledoor – 10:00 p.m.
Earlimart – 11:00 p.m.
Joseph Arther – 1:00 a.m.

@ Cedar Door (201 Brazos St)
The Virgins – 8:00 p.m.
The Little Ones – 9:00 p.m.
Rogue Wave – 10:00 p.m.
Dr. Dog – 11:00 p.m.
Tapes ‘n Tapes – 12:00 a.m.
Nada Surf – 1:00 a.m.

@ Central Presbyterian Church (200 E 8th St)
My Brightest Diamond – 12:00 a.m.
Castanets – 1:00 a.m.

@ Club de Ville (900 Red River St.)
White Rabbits – 12:00 a.m.
White Denim – 1:00 a.m.

@ Habana Calle 6 Patio (709 E 6th St)
Tilly and the Wall – 1:00 a.m.

@ Mohawk Patio (912 Red River St)
Be Your Own Pet – 11:00 p.m.
J Mascis – 12:00 a.m.
Thurston Moore w/ Band – 12:45 a.m.

@ Momo’s
The Submarines – 10:00 p.m.

@ Ninety Proof Lounge (333 E 2nd St)
Born Ruffians – 11:00 p.m.

@ The Parish (214B E 6th St)
Shout Out Louds – 11:00 p.m.
She and Him – 12:00 a.m.
Destroyer – 1:00 a.m.

@ Red Eyed Fly (715 Red River St)
The Forms – 9:00 p.m.
Land of Talk – 10:00 p.m.
Say Hi – 11:00 p.m.

@ The Rio (301 San Jacinto Blvd)
Limbeck – 12:30 a.m.

@ Stubb’s (801 Red River St)
The Ting Tings – 8:00 p.m.
MGMT – 10:00 p.m.
The Cribs – 11:00 p.m.
Sia – 12:00 a.m.

@ The Thirsty Nickel (325 E 6th St)
Scissors for Lefty – 1:00 a.m.


SATURDAY MARCH 15th

@ Bourbon Rocks (508 E 6th St)
Film School – 12:25 a.m
Minipop – 1:20 a.m

@ Buffalo Billiards (201 E 6th St)
Oh No! Oh My! – 10:00 p.m.
Sea Wolf – 1:00 a.m.

@ Cedar Street Courtyard (208 W 4th St)
Tiny Masters of Today – 8:00 p.m.
The Deadly Syndrome – 10:00 p.m.
A Place To Bury Strangers – 12:00 a.m.
The Airborne Toxic Event – 1:00 a.m.

@ Dirty Dog Bar (505 E 6th St)
Neva Dinova – 11:00 p.m.
Two Gallants – 12:00 a.m.
Tokyo Police Club – 1:00 a.m.

@ Emo’s Annex (600 Red River St)
Ra Ra Riot- 10:00 p.m.
The Spinto Band – 12:00 a.m.
Dr. Dog – 1:00 a.m.

@ Emo’s Main Room (603 Red River St)
The Raveonettes – 10:00 p.m.

@ Maggie Mae’s (323 E 6th St)
Jaymay – 8:00 p.m.

@ Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (323 E 6th St)
David Bazan – 8:00 p.m.
Jim Noir – 9:00 p.m.
Nada Surf – 10:00 p.m.
British Sea Power – 1:00 a.m.

@ The Parish (214B E 6th St)
Tift Merritt – 8:00 p.m.
Jason Collett – 11:00 p.m.
Los Campesinos! – 12:00 a.m
The Stills – 1:00 a.m.

@ St David’s Church (304 E 7th St)
M. Ward (solo) – 9:00 p.m.
Jim James – 10:00 p.m.

@ Vice (302 E 6th St)
MSTRKRFT – 1:00 a.m.

@ Wave Rooftop (408 E 6th St)
Low vs Diamond – 10:00 p.m.
The Virgins – 1:00 a.m.