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I traipsed up to St.David's Episcopal Church to check out angular hipster acoustic guitar hero M. Ward, who I've never seen before. I was excited. I don't dig all of his material - it can get exceedingly spare and ingratiating to my ears at times - but some other stuff is absolute genius. I admire his propensity for innovation, not to mention that's he's a severely underrated guitarist. I made the line 10 minutes before set time, and stood there for 25 minutes. It moved maybe 30 feet. Then, a SXSW hack ambled outside and announced that it would be at least an hour and a half before anyone else would get in because the venue was at capacity. Sigh. OK, onward ... to Emo's, where the Raveonettes go on in 30 minutes. It's at capacity, too, but the badge line was short (the wristband line wasn't, heh) Aaah, there Sharin Foo now, helping to set up. Beautiful, though unusual, since roadies (four are on stage) are a luxury at SXSW; they have to pay (or be paid for) to have access to help out. |
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