SxSW, Marked Men
Thursday April 3, 2008 - 29 months ago
Posted by James Ellis / Filed under Music
Brief commentary on the music portion of this year’s SxSW, my first contact.
SxSW is a bit like visiting Six Flags for five days straight, but instead of waiting in line for rollercoasters, rock bands. Fifty-eleven bands are playing at any given moment. At all times everyone is consumed by a sense of anxiety about which bands they want to catch, if they can get into the shows, and where the after-hours hipster pool party is. We played a few shows as well.
Perhaps I would better enjoy the event if I had a personal concierge to make all decisions for me, secure my place on various guest lists and physically escort me from location to location. Without such services I found the experience a bit exhausting.
I did enjoy catching one of The Marked Men sets: four guys from Denton, TX blazing through power-pop tunes.
I’m a bit late to the punch on this one, but I’ve been repeat-listening their latest full-length, Fix My Brain, released on Swami. If you have the exact same musical taste as me, you’ll enjoy it.
Top track: Sully My Name (2MB, mp3). I’m a sucker for anything with double-tracked drums.
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