I’ll save the really boring, long-winded stuff for our rocksquawk forum. (Joke!)Pictures up tomorrow. Promise.Choice words on every act we saw at SXSW, plus links for you pioneering listeners: Monotonix: dangerous * stinky * airborne Tokyo Police Club: minimalist * hip * polished Tapes N Tapes: plain * conventional * shrug Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & the Pons: theatrical * squatting * divas Del tha Funkyhomosapien: wack * disappointing * lazy El-P: coarse * sharp * angry Holy Fuck: tight * driving * leg-shakers Joan of Arc (ex- Cap’N Jazz): bitter * sweet * invisible Cordero: gorgeous * elegante * tough X: genuine * old * well-rehearsed DeVotchKa: sousaphone * string quartet * bouzouki Lyrics Born: good * once * drunk * (not otherwise) Full Stride: pro * beefy * affirming Health: spasm * pounding * screeeeeeech Islands: muddy * dull * excessive instruments The Breeders: don’t * call * it * a * comeback Bud Melvin (local!): GameBoy * vs. * banjo * everyone wins Foot Village: drums * megaphone * burning MSTRKRFT: eardrum * blowing * bass
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